Kakana is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Car Nicobar tehsil.[1][2]
Kakana
Sa-pë-ha | |
|---|---|
village | |
  Kakana Location in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India  Kakana Kakana (India) | |
| Coordinates: 9°09′28″N 92°47′58″E / 9.157827°N 92.799540°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| District | Nicobar |
| Tehsil | Car Nicobar |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 841 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Census code | 645017 |
Demographics
editAccording to the 2011 census of India, Kakana has 231 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 74.73%.[3]
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 841 | 456 | 385 |
| Children aged below 6 years | 93 | 55 | 38 |
| Scheduled caste | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scheduled tribe | 838 | 455 | 383 |
| Literates | 559 | 335 | 224 |
| Workers (all) | 299 | 247 | 52 |
| Main workers (total) | 29 | 26 | 3 |
| Main workers: Cultivators | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Main workers: Household industry workers | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Main workers: Other | 25 | 23 | 2 |
| Marginal workers (total) | 270 | 221 | 49 |
| Marginal workers: Cultivators | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 239 | 192 | 47 |
| Marginal workers: Others | 30 | 28 | 2 |
| Non-workers | 542 | 209 | 333 |
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.
- ^ National Geographic Atlas of the World (8th ed.). Washington, D.C.: National Geographic. 1997. p. 77.
- ^ 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.