Campbell Bay is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.[1] The island's Indira Point is famous for being the southernmost point of India.[2]
Campbell Bay | |
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village | |
 Campbell Bay is located in the eastern part of the Great Nicobar Island | |
  Campbell Bay Location in India | |
| Coordinates: 7°00′27″N 93°54′17″E / 7.007565°N 93.9047849°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| District | Nicobar |
| Tehsil | Great Nicobar |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,736 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| 2011 census code | 645200 |
Demographics edit
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%.[3]
| 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 edit
Campbell Bay National Park is a part of Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. This national park is spread over 426 km2 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 edit
INS Baaz was inaugurated on 31 July 2012 by Admiral Nirmal Verma of Indian Navy.[4][5] 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.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Press Information Bureau: Government of India news site". Pibmumbai.gov.in. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ Vinay Kumar (27 July 2012). "News / National : Naval air station opened in Campbell Bay". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Countering China: India's Baaz to spy on the Malacca Strait | IDB - Indian Defence Forum". Indiandefenceboard.com. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Defence News - India Now Commands The Strait Of Malacca With Naval Base 'INS Baaz'". Defencenews.in. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.