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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Shompen hut
| native_name =
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| settlement_type = village
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| pushpin_map = India Andaman and Nicobar Islands#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
| pushpin_map1 = India
| pushpin_map_caption1 = Location in India
| coordinates = {{coord|7.013|93.932|display=title,inline}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nicobar district|Nicobar]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Great Nicobar]]
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| seat_type = [[Panchayat]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 63
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| blank_name_sec1 = [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]] code
| blank_info_sec1 = 645198
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'''Shompen hut''' 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://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Andaman%20Nicobar.pdf |title=Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages |publisher=Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC |accessdate=2015-07-25 }}</ref>

== History ==

The Shompen Hut complex was built by the Government of India in 1984, at the 27th km point on the East-West road connecting [[Campbell Bay (Great Nicobar)|Campbell Bay]] to Kopen Heat (Copenheat) Nicobarese village.<ref>{{cite book |author=Rann Singh Mann |title=Andaman and Nicobar Tribes Restudied: Encounters and Concerns |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FPX6wiuZ3ikC&pg=PA177 |date=1 January 2005 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-8324-010-9 |page=177 }}</ref> The objective was to provide health, education and other services to the [[Shompen people]]. However, members of the Shompen tribe did not visit the complex frequently.<ref>{{cite book |author=India. Planning Commission |title=Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Development Report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ujf2N5O4iKgC&pg=PA103 |date=1 January 2008 |publisher=Academic Foundation |isbn=978-81-7188-652-4 |pages=103–}}</ref> A horticultural garden was also developed at the site.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri |author2=Sucheta Sen Chaudhuri |title=Primitive Tribes in Contemporary India: Concept, Ethnography and Demography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oG9_QkvmUKMC&pg=PA23 |year=2005 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-8324-026-0 |pages=23–}}</ref>

== Demographics ==

According to the [[2011 census of India]], Shompen hut has 14 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 0%.<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 |accessdate=2015-07-21 }}</ref>
! !! Total !! Male !! Female
|-
| Population || 63 || 35 || 28
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0
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| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 63 || 35 || 28
|-
| Literates || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Workers (all) || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| Main workers (total) || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Other || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Non-workers || 62 || 35 || 27
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Great Nicobar tehsil]]

Shompen hut - Revision history

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