Little Nicobar (
Nicobarese: ''Ong'') is one of the
Nicobar Islands
The Nicobar Islands are an archipelago, archipelagic island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean. They are located in Southeast Asia, northwest of Aceh on Sumatra, and separated from Thailand to the east by the Andaman Sea. Located southeast of t ...
, India.
History
The
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time ( UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 struck with an epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known in the sci ...
caused extensive damage to this island.
Geography
Little Nicobar Island's area is .
There are a few smaller islands off of Little Nicobar's shores:
Pulomilo, Menchal, Treis (Albatei), Trak (Mafuya) and Meroe.
The island of
Katchal is located to the north.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census of India, Little Nicobar Island had 278 villagers in 59 households. The effective literacy rate (the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) was 100%.
Pulopanja,
Pulobaha,
Pulloullo, and
Makhahu (Victoria Harbour) are the main villages on the island.
Administration
The island belongs to the
township
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of
Great Nicobar of Little Nicobar
Taluk
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 district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
.
Tehsils
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Image gallery
File:Map of Nicobar Islands-en.png, Map
File:LittleNicobarIslandMap.jpg, Map 2
References
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Islands of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Tehsils of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Nicobar district
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