Little Nicobar (
Nicobarese: ''Ong'') is one of the
Nicobar Islands, India.
History
The
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami caused extensive damage to this island.
Geography
Little Nicobar Island's area is .
There are a few smaller islands off of Little Nicobar's shores: Menchal,
Pulomilo, Treis/Albatei, Trak/Mafuya and Meroe.
The island of
Katchal is located to the north.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Little Nicobar Island had 278 villagers in 59 households. The effective literacy rate (the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) was 100%.
Pulopanja,
Puloulo, and
Makhahu (Victoria Harbour) are the main villages on the island.
Administration
The island belongs to the
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
of
Great Nicobar
Great Nicobar is the southernmost and largest of the Nicobar Islands of India, north of Sumatra.
History
The Nicobar Island has been well known to Indian mariners since the time of the seafaring Cholas https://www.britannica.com/place/Nicoba ...
of Little Nicobar
Taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
.
Tehsils
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Image gallery
File:Map of Nicobar Islands-en.png, Map
File:LittleNicobarIslandMap.jpg, Map 2
References
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Islands of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Tehsils of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Nicobar district
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