# Bengali Village, Nancowry – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Nancowry, Nicobars 

# Bengali

Bengali is a village in Nancowry sub-district of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted **354 people in 150 households**, the 6th largest of 44 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 354people (2011)
- 150households
- 75.1%literacy
- 609females per 1,000 males

## Bengali PIN code and other codes

Bengali falls in Nancowry sub-district, Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

- Community development blockNancowry
- Census village code645044

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

## How far is Bengali from nearby towns?

- Nancowrie (sub-district HQ)55 km by road
- Car Nicobar (district HQ)129 km by road
- Port Blair (nearest town)385 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 Bengali?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Bengali; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 3 doctors
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Nancowrie
- ○Degree college10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Port Blair
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)19 h summer · 19 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 Bengali known for?

The main crops are **coconut and banana**. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Bengali

Of every 100 households in Bengali in 2011, 100 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bengali · ■ Nancowry rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**22%

Tap water ****100%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**36%

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

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**55%

Use banking services ****76%**

**91%

Television ****47%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**17%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**11%

Own their home ****44%**

**64%

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 Bengali?

■ Bengali · ■ Nancowry rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****609**

**782

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****450**

**936

Working population ****46.9%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 61.6% for women. 69% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 138 (83%) · **■** Marginal 28 (17%)

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 Nancowry

- Mildera1,350 people
- Japan Tikri488 people
- Meenakshi Ram Nagar381 people
- Tahaila377 people
- Kalasi335 people
- Minyuk305 people
- Pilpilow282 people
- Kuitasuk277 people

[All 112 villages in Nancowry](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/nicobars/nancowry/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bengali from Car Nicobar?129 km by road
- What is the population of Bengali?354 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bengali in?Nicobars district (Nancowry sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Bengali?75.1% (Census 2011)