# Malacca* Village, Nancowry – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Nancowry, Nicobars 

# Malacca*

Malacca* is a village in Nancowry sub-district of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted **158 people in 35 households**, the 24th largest of 44 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 158people (2011)
- 35households
- 88.5%literacy
- 1,079females per 1,000 males

## Malacca* PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockNancowry
- Census village code645095

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

## How far is Malacca* from nearby towns?

- Nancowrie (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Car Nicobar (district HQ)122 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 Malacca*?

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

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Champin
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Champin
- ○Degree college10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Port Blair
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 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 wateruntreated 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 Malacca*

Of every 100 households in Malacca* in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 91 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Malacca* · ■ Nancowry rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****91%**

**26%

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

**55%

Use banking services ****94%**

**91%

Television ****66%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**17%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**11%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Malacca*?

■ Malacca* · ■ Nancowry rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.5%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1079**

**782

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2500**

**936

Working population ****25.3%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 82.3% for women. 37% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 15 (38%) · **■** Marginal 25 (62%)

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

- Upper Katchal217 people
- Alhiat190 people
- Berainak/Badnak188 people
- Itoi*181 people
- Chongkamong150 people
- Luxi149 people
- Changua/Changup146 people
- Champin143 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Malacca* from Car Nicobar?122 km by road
- What is the population of Malacca*?158 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malacca* in?Nicobars district (Nancowry sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Malacca*?88.5% (Census 2011)