Govinda Nagar

Govinda Nagar

Govind Nagar
Govinda Nagar Govind Nagar
village
Country	India
State	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District	Nicobar
Tehsil	Great Nicobar
Population (2011)
• Total	676
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
2011 census code	645199

Govinda Nagar is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.^[1] It was developed as a tsunami shelter to house people displaced by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.^[2]

In 2012, a new bird named "Great Nicobar Crake" belonging to the genus Rallina was discovered at the Govinda Nagar tsunami shelter by Zoological Survey of India scientists.^[3]

Demographics[edit]

According to the 2011 census of India, Govinda Nagar has 194 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 81.88%.^[4]

Demographics (2011 Census)^[4]
	Total	Male	Female
Population	676	385	291
Children aged below 6 years	69	34	35
Scheduled caste	0	0	0
Scheduled tribe	1	0	1
Literates	497	296	201
Workers (all)	305	249	56
Main workers (total)	211	185	26
Main workers: Cultivators	40	31	9
Main workers: Agricultural labourers	34	28	6
Main workers: Household industry workers	1	1	0
Main workers: Other	136	125	11
Marginal workers (total)	94	64	30
Marginal workers: Cultivators	0	0	0
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers	1	0	1
Marginal workers: Household industry workers	0	0	0
Marginal workers: Others	93	64	29
Non-workers	371	136	235

References[edit]

↑ "Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
↑ New flightless bird found in Indian Islands
↑ New bird found in India - Discovery in Nicobar second since Independence
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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[1] "Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

[2] New flightless bird found in Indian Islands

[3] New bird found in India - Discovery in Nicobar second since Independence

[census_2011-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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