Campbell Bay, Great Nicobar should not be confused with Campbell Bay (Nunavut).
| Campbell Bay | |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Andaman and Nicobar Islands#India#Bay of Bengal |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in India |
| Coordinates: | 7.0076°N 93.9048°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
| Subdivision Name1: | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nicobar |
| Subdivision Name3: | Great Nicobar |
| Seat Type: | Panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 76 |
| Population Total: | 5736 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | 2011 census code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 645200 |
Campbell Bay is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.[1] The island's Indira Point is famous for being the southernmost point of India.[2]
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%.
| Population | 5736 | 3362 | 2374 | |
| Children aged below 6 years | 692 | 369 | 323 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 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 |
See main article: Campbell Bay 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 was inaugurated on 31 July 2012 by Admiral Nirmal Verma of Indian Navy.[4] [5] 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.[6] [7]