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About Shompen Hut Village

Shompen Hut 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 63, made up of 35 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males.

Shompen Hut Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shompen Hut village
Description Value
State Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District Nicobars
Tehsil Great Nicobar
Population 63
Male Population 35
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Shompen Hut compares

By the 2011 count Shompen Hut is the 11th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 279 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 696.

Getting to Shompen Hut

Shompen Hut is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Shompen Hut as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. The nearest villages by name are Pulopucca, Pulotalia Pulotohio, Ranganathan Bay and Renguang. 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 Shompen Hut

As per the Census of India 2011, Shompen Hut village had a population of 63. That makes it the 11th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 279 residents.

Shompen Hut village has 35 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shompen Hut has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 696.

Shompen Hut falls under Great Nicobar tehsil of Nicobars district in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The census record for Shompen Hut notes the nearest railway station as Available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Shompen Hut.

Shompen Hut 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 Shompen Hut today is likely to be higher.

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