# Sastri Nagar Village, Great Nicobar – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Great Nicobar, Nicobars 

# Sastri Nagar

Sastri Nagar is a village in Great Nicobar sub-district of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted **15 people in 6 households**, the 20th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 15people (2011)
- 6households
- 92.9%literacy
- 667females per 1,000 males

## Sastri Nagar PIN code and other codes

Sastri Nagar falls in Great Nicobar sub-district, Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

- Community development blockCampbell Bay
- Census village code645191

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Sastri 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](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Sastri Nagar?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Port Blair
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 5 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sastri Nagar known for?

About 17% of the 334 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Sastri Nagar

Of every 100 households in Sastri Nagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sastri Nagar · ■ Great Nicobar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**25%

Tap water ****0%**

**83%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**55%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**23%

Use banking services ****83%**

**90%

Television ****0%**

**64%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**10%

Own their home ****50%**

**60%

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

## What is the population of Sastri Nagar?

■ Sastri Nagar · ■ Great Nicobar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.9%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****667**

**665

Working population ****66.7%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 100.0% for women. 78% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 4 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (20%) · **■** Marginal 4 (40%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Great Nicobar

- Indira Point27 people
- Kokeon20 people
- Lawful20 people
- Pulomilo20 people
- Patisang13 people
- Chingen (incl.FC at Magar Nalla12 people
- Pattia11 people
- Shompen Village-A10 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Sastri Nagar from Car Nicobar?287 km by road
- What is the population of Sastri Nagar?15 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sastri Nagar in?Nicobars district (Great Nicobar sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Sastri Nagar?92.9% (Census 2011)