Joginder Nagar is a village in the
Nicobar district
Nicobar district is one of three districts in the Indian union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The district's administrative territory encompasses all of the Nicobar Islands, which are located in the Indian Ocean, between the Bay ...
of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 572 islands, of which only 38 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a ...
,
India
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. It is located in the
Great Nicobar
Great Nicobar is the southernmost and largest of the Nicobar Islands of India, north of Sumatra. It is part of India, in the Nicobar district within the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
History
The Nicobar Island has been ...
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
.
Joginder Nagar and
Laxmi Nagar were originally
Shompen
The Shompen or Shom Pen are the Indigenous people of the interior of Great Nicobar Island, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The Shompen are designated as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group within the list o ...
camping sites. The Shompens deserted the place when forests were cleared to make way for a village of ex-servicemen.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census of India, Joginder Nagar has 208 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 76.65%.
See also
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Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari (Tamil; / kəɳjɑkʊmɑɾiː/; referring to Devi Kanya Kumari, officially known as Kanniyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin) is a town and a municipality in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the ...
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Indira Point
Indira Point, the southernmost point of India's territory, is a village in the Nicobar district at Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.
Rondo Island, Indonesia's northernmos ...
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List of extreme points of India
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Extreme points of Indonesia
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In the context of its Geography of Indonesia, geography, the northern extreme is 6°4'30" North and southern is 11°0'27" South. The western extreme point is at 94°58'22" East and the furt ...
References
{{Nicobar district
Villages in Great Nicobar tehsil