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

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Village · Nancowry, Nicobars 

# Champin

Champin is a village in Nancowry sub-district of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted **143 people in 33 households**, the 28th largest of 44 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 143people (2011)
- 33households
- 87.0%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Champin PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockNancowry
- Census village code645096

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

## How far is Champin from nearby towns?

- Nancowrie (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Car Nicobar (district HQ)121 km by road
- Port Blair (nearest town)435 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 Champin?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Champin; 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
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Port Blair
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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.

## Homes and amenities in Champin

Of every 100 households in Champin in 2011, 100 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 95 cooked with LPG; 97 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Champin · ■ Nancowry rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**22%

Tap water ****33%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****95%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**55%

Use banking services ****100%**

**91%

Television ****56%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****97%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**17%

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

**1%

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

**11%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Champin?

■ Champin · ■ Nancowry rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.0%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**782

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**936

Working population ****22.4%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 79.0% for women. 32% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (3%) · **■** Other work 17 (53%) · **■** Marginal 14 (44%)

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

- Malacca*158 people
- Chongkamong150 people
- Luxi149 people
- Changua/Changup146 people
- Hinnunga*124 people
- Munak incl. Ponioo/Moul117 people
- Daring115 people
- Ramzoo*98 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Champin from Car Nicobar?121 km by road
- What is the population of Champin?143 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Champin in?Nicobars district (Nancowry sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Champin?87.0% (Census 2011)