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Bengali Population - Nicobars, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Bengali is a medium size village located in Nancowry Tehsil of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands with total 150 families residing. The Bengali village has population of 354 of which 220 are males while 134 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bengali village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 8.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bengali village is 609 which is lower than Andaman and Nicobar Islands state average of 876. Child Sex Ratio for the Bengali as per census is 450, lower than Andaman and Nicobar Islands average of 968.

Bengali village has lower literacy rate compared to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In 2011, literacy rate of Bengali village was 75.08 % compared to 86.63 % of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In Bengali Male literacy stands at 83.50 % while female literacy rate was 61.60 %.

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

Bengali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 150 - -
Population 354 220 134
Child (0-6) 29 20 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 230 122 108
Literacy 75.08 % 83.50 % 61.60 %
Total Workers 166 152 14
Main Worker 138 - -
Marginal Worker 28 28 0

Caste Factor

In Bengali village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.97 % of total population in Bengali village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bengali village of Nicobars.

Work Profile

In Bengali village out of total population, 166 were engaged in work activities. 83.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 166 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.