Campbell Bay is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil. The island's Indira Point is famous for being the southernmost point of India.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Campbell Bay has 1608 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 86.28%.

+ Demographics (2011 Census) Total Male Female Population 5736 3362 2374 Children aged below 6 years 692 369 323 Scheduled caste 0 0 0 Scheduled tribe 453 256 197 Literates 4352 2708 1644 Workers (all) 2707 2224 483 Main workers (total) 2417 2037 380 Main workers: Cultivators 38 28 10 Main workers: Agricultural labourers 21 21 0 Main workers: Household industry workers 7 5 2 Main workers: Other 2351 1983 368 Marginal workers (total) 290 187 103 Marginal workers: Cultivators 24 15 9 Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers 34 25 9 Marginal workers: Household industry workers 7 1 6 Marginal workers: Others 225 146 79 Non-workers 3029 1138 1891

National park

Campbell Bay National Park is a part of Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. This national park is spread over 426 km2 in the northern part of Great Nicobar. The park reserve's flora includes tropical evergreen forest, tree fern, and orchids and fauna includes Crab-eating macaque, giant robber crab, megapode, and Nicobar pigeon. This comes along the basin side of Glatiya river. The capital of these islands is Port Blair, these Islands were named Swaraj Shahid Island by Netaji Subash Chandra bose.

INS Baaz INS Baaz was inaugurated on 31 July 2012 by Admiral Nirmal Verma of Indian Navy. INS Baaz is a full-fledged "forward operating base" of the Indian Naval Air Arm at the very southernmost tip of the Andaman Nicobar Islands. The Naval Air Station (NAS) Campbell Bay overlooking the six degree Channel, one of the most crucial shipping lanes of the world, will soon become India's eye over the Malacca strait and the Bay of Bengal.

See also

International Container Transshipment Terminal, Great Nicobar Island Port Blair Port

References