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Mus Population - Nicobars, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Mus is a medium size village located in Car Nicobar Tehsil of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands with total 365 families residing. The Mus village has population of 1553 of which 787 are males while 766 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mus village population of children with age 0-6 is 164 which makes up 10.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mus village is 973 which is higher than Andaman and Nicobar Islands state average of 876. Child Sex Ratio for the Mus as per census is 1343, higher than Andaman and Nicobar Islands average of 968.

Mus village has lower literacy rate compared to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In 2011, literacy rate of Mus village was 80.20 % compared to 86.63 % of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In Mus Male literacy stands at 86.33 % while female literacy rate was 73.66 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mus village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Mus village.

Mus Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 365 - -
Population 1,553 787 766
Child (0-6) 164 70 94
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,481 725 756
Literacy 80.20 % 86.33 % 73.66 %
Total Workers 812 497 315
Main Worker 187 - -
Marginal Worker 625 349 276

Caste Factor

In Mus village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.36 % of total population in Mus village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mus village of Nicobars.

Work Profile

In Mus village out of total population, 812 were engaged in work activities. 23.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 812 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.