Village · Nancowry, Nicobars
# Alhiat

Alhiat is a village in Nancowry sub-district of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted 190 people in 59 households, the 21st largest of 44 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.
- 190 people (2011)
- 59 households
- 55.0% literacy
- 1,065 females per 1,000 males

## Alhiat PIN code and other codes

Alhiat falls in Nancowry sub-district, Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Community development block Nancowry
- Census village code 645030

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

## How far is Alhiat from nearby towns?
- Nancowrie (sub-district HQ) 70 km by road
- Car Nicobar (district HQ) 100 km by road
- Port Blair (nearest town) 359 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Alhiat?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Alhiat; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Sub post office In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ Railway station 10+ km

### Water and power
- Electricity (2011) 12 h summer · 12 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Alhiat

Of every 100 households in Alhiat in 2011, 100 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alhiat · ■ Nancowry rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 95%
- Toilet within the home 80% 78%
- No toilet (open defecation) 20% 22%
- Tap water 0% 62%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 36%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 26%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 55%
- Use banking services 93% 91%
- Television 22% 45%
- Mobile phone 22% 64%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 7% 17%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 8% 11%
- Own their home 100% 64%

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

## What is the population of Alhiat?

■ Alhiat · ■ Nancowry rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 55.0% 74.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1065 782
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 765 936
- Working population 29.5% 41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.7% for men and 48.2% for women. 59% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Other work 10 (18%) · ■ Marginal 46 (82%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Nancowry
- Chukmachi 237 people
- Vikas Nagar 235 people
- Enam 223 people
- Upper Katchal 217 people
- Berainak/Badnak 188 people
- Itoi* 181 people
- Malacca* 158 people
- Chongkamong 150 people

All 112 villages in Nancowry

## Quick answers
- How far is Alhiat from Car Nicobar? 100 km by road
- What is the population of Alhiat? 190 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alhiat in? Nicobars district (Nancowry sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Alhiat? 55.0% (Census 2011)

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