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About Altheak Village

Altheak is a small village in Nancowry tehsil, in the district of Nicobars, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 16 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males.

Altheak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Altheak village
Description Value
State Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District Nicobars
Tehsil Nancowry
Population 30
Male Population 16
Female Population 14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Altheak compares

By the 2011 count Altheak is the 37th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 242 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Altheak

Altheak is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Altheak as Available. 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 Aloorang, Alpintu Alpintung, Alreak and Alsama. 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 Altheak

As per the Census of India 2011, Altheak village had a population of 30. That makes it the 37th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 242 residents.

Altheak village has 16 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Altheak has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

Altheak falls under Nancowry tehsil of Nicobars district in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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

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

Altheak is in Nancowry 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 Altheak today is likely to be higher.

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