Tillangchong Island | |
Native Name Link: | Nicobarese language |
Map: | India Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Coordinates: | 8.5°N 93.63°W |
Location: | Bay of Bengal |
Archipelago: | Nicobar Islands |
Waterbody: | Indian Ocean |
Total Islands: | 1 |
Area Km2: | 14.7 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Length Km: | 16.5 |
Width Km: | 2 |
Coastline Km: | 46.5 |
Elevation M: | 244 |
Highest Mount: | Maharani[2] |
Country: | India |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | District |
Country Admin Divisions: | Nicobar |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Island group |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Nicobar Islands |
Country Admin Divisions Title 2: | Subdivisions of India |
Country Admin Divisions 2: | Nancowry Subdivision |
Country Admin Divisions Title 3: | Taluk |
Country Admin Divisions 3: | Teressa tehsil |
Country Largest City: | Novara Bay |
Country Largest City Population: | 38 |
Population: | 38 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Density Km2: | 2.58 |
Ethnic Groups: | Hindu, Nicobarese |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 744301 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 03192 |
Iso Code Type: | ISO code |
Iso Code: | IN-AN-00[3] |
Additional Info: |
Tillangchong, also known as Tillanchang,[4] is an island and a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
The island belongs to the township of NancowryTaluk.[5] [6]
The island is a part of the Nicobar Islands chain, located in the northeast Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.
The island has the largest surviving populations of the endemic Nicobar megapode (Megapodius nicobariensis), and is a protected sanctuary.[7] [8]
At the time of 2011 census, the island was largely uninhabited apart from a police post at Novara Bay, with several Policemen and their families,[9] with the island being held sacred to the Nicobarese people, who visit in one season annually to "...to pray, to feel, and to revere...".[10]
According to the 2011 census of India, Tillang Chong Island has 4 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 89.47%.
Population | 38 | 38 | 0 | |
Children aged below 6 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | 5 | 0 | ||
Literates | 34 | 34 | 0 | |
Workers (all) | 38 | 38 | 0 |