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{{About|the village|the national park of the same name|Campbell Bay National Park}}
{{distinguish|Campbell Bay (Nunavut)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Campbell Bay
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| settlement_type = village
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| image_map = GreatNicobarMap.jpg
| map_caption = Campbell Bay is located in the eastern part of the Great Nicobar Island
| pushpin_map = India Andaman and Nicobar Islands#India#Bay of Bengal
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in India
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| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nicobar district|Nicobar]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Great Nicobar]]
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| elevation_m = 76
| population_total = 5736
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'''Campbell Bay''' is a village in the [[Nicobar district]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], [[India]]. It is located in the [[Great Nicobar]] [[tehsil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041230/main5.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=2017-10-25}}</ref> The island's [[Indira Point]] is famous for being the southernmost point of [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Andaman%20Nicobar.pdf |title=Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages |publisher=Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC |access-date=2015-07-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095346/http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Andaman%20Nicobar.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>

== Demographics ==

According to the [[2011 census of India]], Campbell Bay has 1608 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 86.28%.<ref name="census_2011"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Demographics (2011 Census)<ref name="census_2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3500_PART_B_DCHB_ANDAMAN%20&%20NICOBAR%20ISLANDS.pdf |title=District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands |work=[[2011 Census of India]] |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands |access-date=2015-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801173328/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3500_PART_B_DCHB_ANDAMAN%20%26%20NICOBAR%20ISLANDS.pdf |archive-date=2015-08-01 }}</ref>
! !! Total !! Male !! Female
|-
| Population || 5736 || 3362 || 2374
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 692 || 369 || 323
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 453 || 256 || 197
|-
| Literates || 4352 || 2708 || 1644
|-
| Workers (all) || 2707 || 2224 || 483
|-
| Main workers (total) || 2417 || 2037 || 380
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 38 || 28 || 10
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 21 || 21 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 7 || 5 || 2
|-
| Main workers: Other || 2351 || 1983 || 368
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 290 || 187 || 103
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 24 || 15 || 9
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 34 || 25 || 9
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 7 || 1 || 6
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 225 || 146 || 79
|-
| Non-workers || 3029 || 1138 || 1891
|}

==National park==
{{main|Campbell Bay National Park}}
Campbell Bay National Park is a part of Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. This national park is spread over 426 km<sup>2</sup> in the northern part of Great Nicobar. The park reserve's flora includes tropical evergreen forest, tree fern, and orchids and fauna includes [[Crab-eating macaque]], giant robber crab, [[megapode]], and Nicobar pigeon. This comes along the basin side of Glatiya river. The capital of these islands is Port Blair, these Islands were named Swaraj Shahid Island by Netaji Subash Chandra bose.

== INS Baaz ==
[[INS Baaz]] was inaugurated on 31 July 2012 by Admiral Nirmal Verma of [[Indian Navy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2012PR3686 |title=Press Information Bureau: Government of India news site |publisher=Pibmumbai.gov.in |access-date=2012-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Vinay Kumar |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3707955.ece |title=News / National : Naval air station opened in Campbell Bay |publisher=The Hindu |date=2012-07-27 |access-date=2012-08-01}}</ref> INS Baaz is a full-fledged "forward operating base" of the [[Indian Naval Air Arm]] at the very southernmost tip of the Andaman Nicobar Islands. The Naval Air Station (NAS) Campbell Bay overlooking the six degree Channel, one of the most crucial shipping lanes of the world, will soon become India's eye over the Malacca strait and the Bay of Bengal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiandefenceboard.com/threads/countering-china-indias-baaz-to-spy-on-the-malacca-strait.3335 |title=Countering China: India's Baaz to spy on the Malacca Strait | IDB - Indian Defence Forum |publisher=Indiandefenceboard.com |access-date=2012-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defencenews.in/defence-news-internal.asp?get=new&id=1368 |title=Defence News - India Now Commands The Strait Of Malacca With Naval Base 'INS Baaz' |publisher=Defencenews.in |access-date=2012-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801005024/http://www.defencenews.in/defence-news-internal.asp?get=new&id=1368# |archive-date=1 August 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[International Container Transshipment Terminal, Great Nicobar Island]]
* [[Port Blair Port]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Nicobar district}}

[[Category:Villages in Great Nicobar tehsil]]
[[Category:Landforms of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
[[Category:Bays of India]]
[[Category:Bays of the Indian Ocean]]

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