Trinket Bay

Trinket Bay
village
Country India
State Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District Nicobar
Tehsil Great Nicobar
Population (2011)
  Total 3
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Census code 645208

Trinket Bay is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.[1]

History

Trinket was a panchayat village located on Trinket Island, in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. In 2001 its population was 244.[2] However, shortly after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, the entire population, along with that of the rest of the island, was evacuated to neighboring islands, principally Nancowry.[3] and Kamorta, where they were settled in a government-built village named Vikas Nagar.[4]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Trinket Bay has 1 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 0%.[5]

Demographics (2011 Census)[5]
Total Male Female
Population 3 2 1
Children aged below 6 years 0 0 0
Scheduled caste 0 0 0
Scheduled tribe 3 2 1
Literates 0 0 0
Workers (all) 0 0 0
Main workers (total) 0 0 0
Main workers: Cultivators 0 0 0
Main workers: Agricultural labourers 0 0 0
Main workers: Household industry workers 0 0 0
Main workers: Other 0 0 0
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 3 2 1

References

  1. "Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  2. "Andaman & Nicobar Population statistics". Andaman and Nicobar Administration. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  3. George Weber (2005), Earthquake and Tsunami: Maps, charts and statistics, chapter 4; published online at "George Weber's LONELY ISLANDS: THE ANDAMANESE; an on-line Documentation on the Andamanese and other Negrito people, and their relationship to the earliest migrations of modern humans; incorporating the web-site of the Nicobar Association" website.
  4. Zoyab, Alaphia. "A house for Mr. Gopinath, and a genset", The Hindu, August 4, 2012.(Entry retrieved 25 sept. 2013)
  5. 1 2 "District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Retrieved 2015-07-21.

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