Village · Great Nicobar, Nicobars
# Joginder Nagar

Joginder Nagar is a village in Great Nicobar sub-district of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted 693 people in 208 households, the 2nd largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.
- 693 people (2011)
- 208 households
- 76.6% literacy
- 728 females per 1,000 males

## Joginder Nagar PIN code and other codes

Joginder Nagar falls in Great Nicobar sub-district, Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Gram panchayat Laxmi Nagar
- Community development block Campbell Bay
- Census village code 645195

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

## How far is Joginder Nagar from nearby towns?
- Car Nicobar (district HQ) 287 km by road
- Port Blair (nearest town) 556 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Joginder Nagar?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Joginder Nagar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1
- ● Sub post office In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Cambpbell Bay
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water and tanks / ponds
- 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 Joginder Nagar known for?

The main crops are copra. About 17% of the 839 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Joginder Nagar

Of every 100 households in Joginder Nagar in 2011, 47 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Joginder Nagar · ■ Great Nicobar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 47% 90%
- Toilet within the home 0% 72%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 25%
- Tap water 0% 83%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 51%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 55%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 79% 23%
- Use banking services 97% 90%
- Television 0% 64%
- Mobile phone 76% 78%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 3% 14%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 1%
- None of these assets 18% 10%
- Own their home 18% 60%

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

## What is the population of Joginder Nagar?

■ Joginder Nagar · ■ Great Nicobar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 76.6% 79.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 728 665
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 964 922
- Working population 48.2% 45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 72.5% for women. 71% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 24 (7%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 254 (76%) · ■ Marginal 55 (16%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Great Nicobar
- Campbell Bay 5,736 people
- Govinda Nagar 676 people
- Laxmi Nagar 230 people
- 7 km Farm 141 people
- Afra Bay 138 people

All 72 villages in Great Nicobar

## Quick answers
- How far is Joginder Nagar from Car Nicobar? 287 km by road
- What is the population of Joginder Nagar? 693 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Joginder Nagar in? Nicobars district (Great Nicobar sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Joginder Nagar? 76.6% (Census 2011)

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