Nancowry Subdivision

Nancowry Subdivision is one of three local administrative divisions of the Indian district of Nicobar, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.^[3]

Nancowry Subdivision

Nancowry Subdivision
Geography
Location	Bay of Bengal
Coordinates	8.16°N 93.36°E / 8.16; 93.36
Type	Island group
Archipelago	Nicobar Islands
Adjacent to	Indian Ocean
Total islands	15
Major islands	Katchal Kamorta Teressa Nancowry Chowra
Area	453.65 km2 (175.16 sq mi)[1]
Administration
India
District	Nicobar
Island group	Nicobar Islands
Subdivisions of India	Nancowry Subdivision
Largest settlement	Kalatapu (pop. 1870)
Demographics
Population	10636 (2011)
Pop. density	23.5/km2 (60.9/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Hindu, Nicobarese
Additional information
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	744301
Telephone code	03192
ISO code	IN-AN-00[2]
Official website	www.and.nic.in
Literacy	84.4%
Avg. summer temperature	30.2 °C (86.4 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	23.0 °C (73.4 °F)
Sex ratio	1.2♂/♀
Census Code	35.638.0001
Official Languages	Hindi, English, Tamil Car (regional)

Demography

Nicobarese is the most spoken language in Nancowry tehsil. As of the 2011 census, Nicobarese is spoken as the first language by 88.61 percent of the tehsil's population. Population of major languages are

Nicobarese 7,497

Sadri 537

Hindi 377

Bengali 473

Tamil 806

Kurukh 286

Telugu 263

Malayalam 160.^[4]

Languages of Nancowry tehsil (2011)

1. Nicobarese (70.5%)
2. Tamil (7.58%)
3. Sadri (5.05%)
4. Bengali (4.45%)
5. Hindi (3.55%)
6. Kurukh (2.69%)
7. Telugu (2.47%)
8. Malayalam (1.5%)
9. Others (2.21%)

Administration

It includes 4 taluks:

• Nancowrie taluk
• Kamorta taluk
• Teressa and Chowra taluk
• Katchal taluk