About Shoal Bay Village

Shoal Bay is a mid sized village in Ferrargunj tehsil, in the district of South Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,373, made up of 715 males and 658 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 787.46 hectares hectares.

Shoal Bay Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shoal Bay village
Description	Value
State	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District	South Andaman
Tehsil	Ferrargunj
Area (hectares)	787.46 hectares
Population	1,373
Male Population	715
Female Population	658
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shoal Bay compares

By the 2011 count Shoal Bay is the 10th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 816 residents. Its 787.46 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Shoal Bay

Shoal Bay is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shoal Bay as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are North Bay, Ograbraij, Pongi Balu and Port Mouat. 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.

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Common questions about Shoal Bay

As per the Census of India 2011, Shoal Bay village had a population of 1,373. That makes it the 10th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 816 residents.

Shoal Bay village has 715 males and 658 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shoal Bay has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 885.

Shoal Bay covers 787.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shoal Bay falls under Ferrargunj tehsil of South Andaman district in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The census record for Shoal Bay 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 for Shoal Bay.

Shoal Bay is in Ferrargunj tehsil of South Andaman 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.