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Upper Katchal Population - Nicobars, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Upper Katchal is a medium size village located in Nancowry Tehsil of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands with total 55 families residing. The Upper Katchal village has population of 217 of which 120 are males while 97 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Katchal village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 16.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Katchal village is 808 which is lower than Andaman and Nicobar Islands state average of 876. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Katchal as per census is 1250, higher than Andaman and Nicobar Islands average of 968.

Upper Katchal village has lower literacy rate compared to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Katchal village was 67.96 % compared to 86.63 % of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In Upper Katchal Male literacy stands at 77.88 % while female literacy rate was 54.55 %.

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

Upper Katchal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 55 - -
Population 217 120 97
Child (0-6) 36 16 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 211 117 94
Literacy 67.96 % 77.88 % 54.55 %
Total Workers 157 94 63
Main Worker 105 - -
Marginal Worker 52 31 21

Caste Factor

In Upper Katchal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.24 % of total population in Upper Katchal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Katchal village of Nicobars.

Work Profile

In Upper Katchal village out of total population, 157 were engaged in work activities. 66.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 157 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.