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Arong Population - Nicobars, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Arong is a medium size village located in Car Nicobar Tehsil of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands with total 233 families residing. The Arong village has population of 1194 of which 617 are males while 577 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arong village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 15.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arong village is 935 which is higher than Andaman and Nicobar Islands state average of 876. Child Sex Ratio for the Arong as per census is 1103, higher than Andaman and Nicobar Islands average of 968.

Arong village has higher literacy rate compared to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In 2011, literacy rate of Arong village was 87.73 % compared to 86.63 % of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In Arong Male literacy stands at 89.62 % while female literacy rate was 85.65 %.

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

Arong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 233 - -
Population 1,194 617 577
Child (0-6) 183 87 96
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,117 584 533
Literacy 87.73 % 89.62 % 85.65 %
Total Workers 527 349 178
Main Worker 506 - -
Marginal Worker 21 6 15

Caste Factor

In Arong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.55 % of total population in Arong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Arong village of Nicobars.

Work Profile

In Arong village out of total population, 527 were engaged in work activities. 96.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 527 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.