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About Upper Katchal Village

Upper Katchal 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 217, made up of 120 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 808 females per 1000 males. The village covers 600 hectares hectares.

Upper Katchal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Upper Katchal village
Description Value
State Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District Nicobars
Tehsil Nancowry
Area (hectares) 600 hectares
Population 217
Male Population 120
Female Population 97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 808
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Upper Katchal compares

By the 2011 count Upper Katchal is the 20th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 242 residents. Its 600 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 877.

Getting to Upper Katchal

Upper Katchal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Upper Katchal 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 Tavinkin Tavakin, Tillang Chong Island, Tomae Inmae and Trinket. 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 Upper Katchal

As per the Census of India 2011, Upper Katchal village had a population of 217. That makes it the 20th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 242 residents.

Upper Katchal village has 120 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Upper Katchal has about 808 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 877.

Upper Katchal covers 600 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Upper Katchal 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 Upper Katchal.

Upper Katchal 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 Upper Katchal today is likely to be higher.

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