Village · Car Nicobar, Nicobars
# Kinyuka

Kinyuka is a village in Car Nicobar sub-district of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted 1,120 people in 309 households, the 7th largest of 16 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.4%.
- 1,120 people (2011)
- 309 households
- 73.9% literacy
- 1,007 females per 1,000 males

## Kinyuka PIN code and other codes

Kinyuka falls in Car Nicobar sub-district, Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Community development block Car Nicobar
- Census village code 645022

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Kinyuka from nearby towns?
- Car Nicobar (sub-district HQ) 4 km by road
- Car Nicobar (district HQ) 4 km by road
- Port Blair (nearest town) 278 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Kinyuka?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kinyuka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Community centre In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Big Lapathy
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ ITI / vocational school 5–10 km · Big Lapathy
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital under 5 km
- ○ Dispensary under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM under 5 km
- ○ Commercial bank under 5 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library under 5 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water
- Electricity (2011) 24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kinyuka known for?

The main crops are copra and arecanut.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Kinyuka

Of every 100 households in Kinyuka in 2011, 92 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 29 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kinyuka · ■ Car Nicobar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 92% 94%
- Toilet within the home 77% 87%
- No toilet (open defecation) 23% 12%
- Tap water 77% 89%
- Drinking water within premises 76% 70%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 25% 35%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 72% 58%
- Use banking services 95% 92%
- Television 41% 43%
- Mobile phone 52% 57%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 29% 25%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 3%
- None of these assets 4% 10%
- Own their home 94% 89%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kinyuka?

■ Kinyuka · ■ Car Nicobar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 73.9% 79.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1007 833
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1065 964
- Working population 28.8% 49.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 69.8% for women. 40% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 4 (1%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (0%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 98 (30%) · ■ Marginal 218 (67%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Car Nicobar
- Mus 1,553 people
- Tamaloo 1,515 people
- Sawai 1,247 people
- Arong 1,194 people
- Big Lapati 1,098 people
- Chuckchucha 1,021 people
- Tapoiming 941 people
- Small Lapati 938 people

All 16 villages in Car Nicobar

## Quick answers
- How far is Kinyuka from Car Nicobar? 4 km by road
- What is the population of Kinyuka? 1,120 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kinyuka in? Nicobars district (Car Nicobar sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Kinyuka? 73.9% (Census 2011)

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