Alhiat is a village in the
Nicobar district
Nicobar district is one of three districts in the Indian union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The district's administrative territory encompasses all of the Nicobar Islands, which are located in the Indian Ocean, between the Bay ...
of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 572 islands, of which only 38 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a ...
,
India
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.
It is located in the
Nancowry tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
, on the
Chowra island.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census of India, Alhiat has 59 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 55%.
References
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Villages in Nancowry tehsil