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Sawai Population - Nicobars, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Sawai is a medium size village located in Car Nicobar Tehsil of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands with total 286 families residing. The Sawai village has population of 1247 of which 632 are males while 615 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sawai village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 13.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sawai village is 973 which is higher than Andaman and Nicobar Islands state average of 876. Child Sex Ratio for the Sawai as per census is 1000, higher than Andaman and Nicobar Islands average of 968.

Sawai village has lower literacy rate compared to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In 2011, literacy rate of Sawai village was 86.23 % compared to 86.63 % of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In Sawai Male literacy stands at 88.46 % while female literacy rate was 83.93 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sawai 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 Sawai village.

Sawai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 286 - -
Population 1,247 632 615
Child (0-6) 172 86 86
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,212 614 598
Literacy 86.23 % 88.46 % 83.93 %
Total Workers 822 448 374
Main Worker 96 - -
Marginal Worker 726 372 354

Caste Factor

In Sawai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.19 % of total population in Sawai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sawai village of Nicobars.

Work Profile

In Sawai village out of total population, 822 were engaged in work activities. 11.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 822 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.