Bengali is a village on Teressa Island in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Nancowry tehsil.[1]
Bengali | |
|---|---|
village | |
  Bengali Location in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India  Bengali Bengali (India) | |
| Coordinates: 8°19′12″N 93°06′50″E / 8.319968°N 93.113935°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| District | Nicobar |
| Tehsil | Nancowry |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 354 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Census code | 645044 |
Demographics
editAccording to the 2011 census of India, Bengali has 150 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 75.08%.[2]
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 354 | 220 | 134 |
| Children aged below 6 years | 29 | 20 | 9 |
| Scheduled caste | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scheduled tribe | 230 | 122 | 108 |
| Literates | 244 | 167 | 77 |
| Workers (all) | 166 | 152 | 14 |
| Main workers (total) | 138 | 124 | 14 |
| Main workers: Cultivators | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Main workers: Household industry workers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Main workers: Other | 138 | 124 | 14 |
| Marginal workers (total) | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Marginal workers: Cultivators | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Marginal workers: Others | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| Non-workers | 188 | 68 | 120 |
References
edit- ^ "Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ a b "District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.