# Great Nicobar, Nicobars (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)

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Sub-district · Nicobars, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 

# Great Nicobar

Great Nicobar is a sub-district of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. At the 2011 Census it had **8,367 people**, no towns and 72 villages (30 inhabited). The largest village is Campbell Bay (5,736 people).

- 8,367people (2011)
- 72villages
- 0towns
- 79.5%literacy

## Population of Great Nicobar compared with Nicobars

■ Great Nicobar · ■ Nicobars district

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****665**

**777

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**945

Working population ****45.9%**

**46.5%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Great Nicobar

Of every 100 households in Great Nicobar in 2011, 90 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 55 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Great Nicobar · ■ Nicobars district

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**18%

Tap water ****83%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****55%**

**37%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****23%**

**50%

Use banking services ****90%**

**91%

Television ****64%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**10%

Own their home ****60%**

**75%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Largest villages in Great Nicobar

- Campbell Bay · 5,736 people
- Joginder Nagar · 693 people
- Govinda Nagar · 676 people
- Laxmi Nagar · 230 people
- 7 km Farm · 141 people
- Afra Bay · 138 people
- Vijoy Nagar · 100 people
- Pulloullo/Puloulo · 81 people
- Pulopanja · 75 people
- Gandhi Nagar · 69 people
- Shompen hut · 63 people
- Pulobha/Pulobahan · 52 people
- Alexandera River · 47 people
- Makhahu/Makachua · 47 people
- Shompen Village-B · 44 people
- Indira Point · 27 people

[All 72 villages in Great Nicobar →](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/nicobars/great-nicobar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How many villages are in Great Nicobar?72 (30 inhabited, Census 2011)
- Which district is Great Nicobar in?Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the population of Great Nicobar?8,367 (Census 2011)