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

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Village · Nancowry, Nicobars 

# Kalasi

Kalasi is a village in Nancowry sub-district of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted **335 people in 78 households**, the 7th largest of 44 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 335people (2011)
- 78households
- 66.8%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Kalasi PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockNancowry
- Census village code645043

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

## How far is Kalasi from nearby towns?

- Nancowrie (sub-district HQ)160 km by road
- Car Nicobar (district HQ)400 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 Kalasi?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kalasi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Champin
- ○Degree college10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Port Blair
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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 Kalasi

Of every 100 households in Kalasi in 2011, 100 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 48 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalasi · ■ 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 ****100%**

**91%

Television ****41%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****48%**

**17%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kalasi?

■ Kalasi · ■ Nancowry rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**782

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****719**

**936

Working population ****25.4%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 58.6% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 12 (14%) · **■** Marginal 73 (86%)

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

- Japan Tikri488 people
- Meenakshi Ram Nagar381 people
- Tahaila377 people
- Bengali354 people
- Minyuk305 people
- Pilpilow282 people
- Kuitasuk277 people
- Raihion276 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kalasi from Car Nicobar?400 km by road
- What is the population of Kalasi?335 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalasi in?Nicobars district (Nancowry sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Kalasi?66.8% (Census 2011)