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About Gandhi Nagar Village

Gandhi Nagar is a small village in Great Nicobar tehsil, in the district of Nicobars, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 69, made up of 62 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 599.49 hectares hectares.

Gandhi Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhi Nagar village
Description Value
State Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District Nicobars
Tehsil Great Nicobar
Area (hectares) 599.49 hectares
Population 69
Male Population 62
Female Population 7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 113
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandhi Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Gandhi Nagar is the 10th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 279 residents. Its 599.49 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 696.

Getting to Gandhi Nagar

Gandhi Nagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gandhi Nagar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Dakhiyon, Danlet, Dogmar River and Elahi Ilhoya. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Gandhi Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhi Nagar village had a population of 69. That makes it the 10th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 279 residents.

Gandhi Nagar village has 62 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhi Nagar has about 113 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 696.

Gandhi Nagar covers 599.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gandhi Nagar falls under Great Nicobar tehsil of Nicobars district in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The census record for Gandhi Nagar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gandhi Nagar.

Gandhi Nagar is in Great Nicobar tehsil of Nicobars district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gandhi Nagar today is likely to be higher.

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