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Statistical Handbook On STATISTICAL HANDBOOK ON Nicobars District 1994 Issuid By 54S8 STATISTICS ^ / O idaman And Nicobar Administraiion Blair. PREFACE The present edition of 'Statistical Hand Book on Nicobars District 1994' is the fifth in the series. It presents in a handyfornn of important 'Statistical Information' relating to various sectors of economy of Nicobars District. We are grateful to the Govt. agencies/Public sector organisations for their generous co-operation in supply of the relevant data for incor­ porating the same in this publication. The publication is a result of hardwork put ^ in by Smti. Sobhana K. Unny, Senior Investigator, Shri S. N. Sreeprakash, Statistical Assistant under overall supervision ef Shrl Jacob ^Varghese, Statistical Officer. It is hoped that the publication will be found useful by the readers. Suggestions for further improvements of the publication' are most welcome. (N.K. Gehani), Place: Port Blair. Director (Statistics' Directorate of Statistics Andaman & Nicobar Islands Port Blair NIEPA DC D09283 i l o - - vS LIBRARY & DOCUMENTATION C t? T ^ National lostitute of Educatioo; I Planning and Administration. 17-B, Sri Aurobindo Marg, N«vr Delbi-110016 rx CONTENTS Table No. Heading Pag& No. General Information ... 1— 2* 1.1 to 1.13 Area & Population ... 2— 7 2.1 to 2.5 Agriculture ... 8 - 9 3.1 to 2 Animal Husbandry ... 9 -1 0 4.1 to 4.2 Forest ... 10 5.1 to 5.10 • Education ... 11 — 16 6 1 to 6.2 Road & Transport ... 17 7.1 to 7.4 Power ... 17— 18 8.1 to 8.3 Law 8 Order ... 19 -20 9.1 to 9.3 Industries ... 20 10.1 to 10.4 Post & Telegraph ... 21— 22 11.1 to 11.2 Co-operation ... 2 2 -2 3 12.1 to 12.2 Civil Supplies .. 23 13.1 Navigational Aids ... 24 14.1 to 14.2 Employment ... 25 15.1 Water Transport ... 26 16.1 to 16.6 Medical & Public Health ... 26— 28 17.1 Tribal Sub Plan Outlay &■ Expenditure .. 29 18.1 to 18.5 Miscellaneous ... 30— 31 NICOBAR ISLANDS— GENERAL INFORMATION items Units Particulars (1) (2) (3) • LOCATION Bay of Bengal Distance from Port Blair to Car Nicobar Nautical Mile 150 Southern most Island in Great Nicobar Nicobars (About 100 miles from Sumatra) Northern moit Itltnd in Car Nicobar (76 Nicobars miles South from Little Andaman) Length of Nicobar group of Islands (Kms.) 259 Average Width (Kms.) 58 Biggest Island (Area in Sq. Kms.) Great Nicobar (1045.1) Smallest Island (Area in Sq. Kms.) Pilomilo (1.3) Inhabited Islands (No.) 12 1. Car Nicobar 2. Chowra 3. Teressa 4. Bampooka 5. Katcha! 6. Nancowrie 7. Kamorta 8. Trinket 9. Pilomilo 10. Little Nicobar 11. Kondul 12. Great Nicobar Important Islands in Nicobar Groupn (No.) 7 1. Great Nicobar 2. Car Nicobar 3. Nancowrie 4. Katchal B. Chowra 6. Toressa 7. Little Nicobar Population (1991 Census) No. 39,208 Males 21,311 Females 17,897 Tribal Population 26,770 Workfhg Tribal Population 5,338 Males 4,408 Females 930 Density of Population — 21 Sex Ratio (No. of Females per 1C00 Males) 840 Tehsil-wise Popularion Car Nicobar Tehsil No. 19,336 Nancowiie Tehsil 19,872 No. of Sub-division 2 No. of Tehsils 2 No. of C. D, Blocks 2 Highest elevation m Nicobars mtrs 700 Climate — Tropical Actual Rainfall during 1S94 (in m. m.) (^) Car Nicobar 2495.4 (b) Nancowrie 2613.0 (c) Kondul 2807.2 AREA AND POPULATION TABLE— 1.1 Sub-division, Tehsil and No. of villages. SI. No. Sub-division Tehsil included in Number of the sub-division villngds (1) (2) i3) (4) 1. Car Nicobar Car Nicobar 16 2. Nancowrie Nancowrie 1S4 Total 17D TABLE— 1.2 Population of Nicobars since 1901 (in No.) NIcobars Total % Decaaal variation Census Year -Male Fern.: le in population ( 1) (2 ) (3) (4J (5) ^ 1901 3537 2974 6511 1911 4833 3985 8818 ^35.43 1921 5242 403 ) 9272 5.15 1931 5444 4796 10240 "'10.44" 1941 6586 bSeB 12452 21.60 1951 6321 5683 12C09 (— ) 3.56 1961 7780 6783 14563 21.27; 1971 12146 9519 21665 48.77 1981 16815 13630 30454 40.57 1991 21311 17897 39208 2S-.74 t a b l e — 1.3 Island-wise population (No.) SI.No. Tehsll Islands Population ( 1) (2 ) (3) (4) 1. Car Nicobar I. Car Nic6t>ar 19336 2 . Nancowrie 1. Chowra 1225 Teressa 1779 3. Bampookn 51 4. Kathchal 5072 5. Kamorta 2973 6. NancowiiG 1014 7. Trinket 350 8. Little Nicobar 308 9. Koncul 147 10. Pilomilo 122 II. Great Nicobar “ 6831 Total 39208 ’ 3 TABLE— 1.4 Tehsil-wise population (in No.) Population Car Nicobar Nancowrie (1) (2) (3) Male 1971 7101 5045 1981 8031 8784 1991 10164 11147 Female 1971 6403 3116 1981 7455 6184 1991 9172 8725 Total 1971 13504 8161 1981 15486 14968 1991 19336 19872 Decadal variation 3850 4904 (1981— 1991) Variation (% ) (198 1— 91) 24.86 32.76 TABLE— 1.5 Sex Ratio * Decade Nicobars District (1) (2- - 1971 784 1981 811 1991 840- * iNumber of Females per 1000 Male*. TABLE— 1.6 Tehsil-wise Sex Ratio * Tehsil Sex Ratio 1971 1981 1991 (1) (2) (3) (4) Car Nicobar 902 . 928 902 - Nancowrie 618 704 783 * Number of Females p»r 1000 Male*f 4 T A B L E -1 ,7 T«h*il-wis0 Density of Population Persons per Sq. Km. SI. N«. T«h«ll 1961 1971 1981 ’ 991 “ (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1. Car Nicobar 77 105 120, 150 2. Nancowrle 3 4 8 12 TABLF— 1.8 Tribal Population in Nicobar Islanas vr^o-; Tribes Dscadt NIcobarese Shompens (1) (2) (3) 1971 17874 92 1981 21984 223 TABLE— 1.9 T»hsjl- wist Centu* Villages and average Population (1991 Census) SI. No. Tehsil Census Villages Average popu­ (No.) population lation per village l' c 1 (No.) - (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 1. Car Nicobar 16 19336 1209, 2. Nancowrle , 154 19872 129 Total ' ' 170 39208.^ 2 3 \ , TABLE— 1.10 Jsland-wise houses and households (No.) 1991 Ctnsuf '^ TTio " '^ccupieTTesiSent^"TouseRoId?Tehsil/lsland house T f T “ (2) ( 3 r ' (4) 1. Car Nicobar Tehsil 2545 2592 (i) Car Nicobar Island 2545 2592 2. Nancowrle Tehsil 4263 4304 (i) Chowra Island 249 (ii) Teressa 383 388 (iii) Bampooka 10 10 (iv) Katchal 1036 1040 (v) Kamorta 603 611 (vi)- Neneowrie -122 -127 (vil) Trinket 43 43 (viii) Little Nicobar 53 53 (ix) Kondul 25 26 (x) Pilomilo 29 29 (xi) Great Nicobar 1710 1728 - Total <1+2) 6808- 6896 TABLE— 1.11 House-holds and Scheduled tribe population (1991 Census) sr. No. E>tstrtcT/Te-h?il/lstands' No.' o t ' Scheduled Triba Population House­ holds Persons Male Female with S.T. members (1) (2) "(3)" (4) - (5) (6) I. Nicobar District 2728 21172 10841 10331 1. Car Nicobars Tehsil 1510 13514 6821 6693 1. (i) Car Nicobar Island 1510 13514 6821 6693 2. 1 jNancowrie TehsiJ 1218 7658 4020 3638 2. (i) Chowra Island 181 1114 572 542 (ii) Teressa 247 1166 592 573 (iii) Bampooka ,, 13 50 26 24 (iv) Katchal 302 2084 1100 984 (v) Nancowrie ,, 97 620 359 261 -(V4) Kamorta— „ 175 1269 656 614 (vli) Trmket 23 376 204 172 (viU) PUomilo 14 .78 -.49 • 29- (ix) Little Nicobar 48 288 155 143 (x) Kondul 18 129 65 64 (xi)_ .Great Nicobar 99 474 241 283 TABLE— 1.1 Literate Scheduled Tribe Population Literates (No.) Wa. SI.TJo •District Tehsil/lsland Person Male Fem’ale ( 1) (2 ) (5) Nicobar District I Car Nicobar Tehsil 10677 6251 4426 I. 1. Car Nicobar Island 10677 6251 4426 II Nancowrie Tehsil 10140 6417 3723- 1. Chcwra Island 244 181 . 63 2. Teressa Island 621 421 200 3. BampooKa Island 9 6 . 3 4. Katchal Island 2731 1651 1080 5. Nancowrie Island 515 314 201 6. Kamorta Island 1682 1044 638 7. Trinket Island 120 82 38 8. Pilomllc Island 46 38 8 9. Little Nicobar Island 69 49 20 Kondul Island 56 42 14 11. Great Nicobar Island 4047 2589 1458 Total ( U I I j 20817 12668 8149 • ... TABLE--1.13 Distribution of working Tribal Population (1991 Census) — (in No.) SI. Nfe.Tehsil Island Total main Culti­ Agri­ House­ Other workers vators cultural hold Labo­ Indus­ urers try (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 1 Car Nicobar Tehsil 6406 2 0 3844 34 1. 1. Car Nicobar 6406 2 0 3844 34 II. Nancowrie Tehsil 6842 266 263 914 61 II. 1. Chowra 374 0 0 1 0 2. Teressa 508 0 0 0 0 3. Bampooka 18 0 0 8 0 4. Katchat * 1720 0 0 363 11 5. Nancowrie 3'>3 0 0 103 1 6. Kamorta 101? 0 4 164 4 7. Trinket 86 1 0 55 0 8. Pftemllo • • * 50 0 0 24 ' 0 9. Little Nicobar 113 0 0 90 t) 10. Kondul 48 0 0 21 0 11. Great Nicobar 2590 265 259 85 45 Total •iS24^ ^'68 4758 •95 AGRICULTURE TABLE— 2.1 Distribution of Seeds in Nicobars District Year Vegetables (M T) Padcy (M T ) (1) (2) (3) 1992-1993 0.912 4.0 1993-1994 0.250 3.85 TABLE— 2.2 Distribution of Seedlings in Nicobcrs District (No.) Year Coconut Arecanut Fruit Plant Banana Pineapple Suckers Suckers Suckers (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6 ) 1992-'93 6682 19040 5269 16140 1993-'94 4289 10450 168 882 TABLE— 2.3 Distribution of Pesticides in Nicobars District Yeai^ Pesticides Dry Type Jn tonnts) Liquid Type (in Litres) (1) (2) (3) - 1991-'92 5.263 119.2 1992-'93 10.250 137.0 l993-'94 1.480 120.0 TABLE— 2.4 Distribution of Fertilizers in Nicobars District (in tonnes) Year Fertilizer ( N f P + K) -.
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