Shompen_Village-B

Shompen Village-B

Shompen Village-B

Village in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Shompen Village-B is a village in the Nicobar district of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.[1]

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Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Shompen Village-B has 11 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 0%.[2] Along with Shompen Village-A, the village has the highest population of Shompen people. Before the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, the village was home to 106 Shompens.[3] However, by the 2011 census, it had only 44 people.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. [2]
    "District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Press Note: Safety and population profile of the primitive tribes in the andaman and nicobar islands". Ministry of Home Affairs. 5 January 2005. Maximum Shom Pens population are found in Shompen village (A) & Shompen village (B) with 103 & 106 population respectively.


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