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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.

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.

Languages of Nancowry tehsil (2011)

  Nicobarese (70.50%)
  Tamil (7.58%)
  Sadri (5.05%)
  Bengali (4.45%)
  Hindi (3.55%)
  Kurukh (2.69%)
  Telugu (2.47%)
  Malayalam (1.50%)
  Others (2.21%)

Administration

It includes 4 taluks:

References

  1. ^ "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Andaman. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. ^ Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
  3. ^ "Village Code Directory: Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  4. ^ "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue". Census of India 2011. Office of the Registrar General.