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%.[3]
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 Baazedit
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]
Referencesedit
^"The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^(PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
^ ab(PDF). 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
^"Press Information Bureau: Government of India news site". Pibmumbai.gov.in. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^Vinay Kumar (27 July 2012). "News / National : Naval air station opened in Campbell Bay". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^"Countering China: India's Baaz to spy on the Malacca Strait | IDB - Indian Defence Forum". Indiandefenceboard.com. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^. Defencenews.in. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
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campbell, great, nicobar, this, article, about, village, national, park, same, name, campbell, national, park, confused, with, campbell, nunavut, campbell, village, nicobar, district, andaman, nicobar, islands, india, located, great, nicobar, tehsil, island, i. This article is about the village For the national park of the same name see Campbell Bay National Park Not to be confused with Campbell Bay Nunavut 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 Campbell BayvillageCampbell Bay is located in the eastern part of the Great Nicobar IslandCampbell BayLocation in IndiaCoordinates 7 00 27 N 93 54 17 E 7 007565 N 93 9047849 E 7 007565 93 9047849CountryIndiaStateAndaman and Nicobar IslandsDistrictNicobarTehsilGreat NicobarElevation76 m 249 ft Population 2011 Total5 736Time zoneUTC 5 30 IST 2011 census code645200 Contents 1 Demographics 2 National park 3 INS Baaz 4 ReferencesDemographics editAccording 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 3 Demographics 2011 Census 3 Total Male FemalePopulation 5736 3362 2374Children aged below 6 years 692 369 323Scheduled caste 0 0 0Scheduled tribe 453 256 197Literates 4352 2708 1644Workers all 2707 2224 483Main workers total 2417 2037 380Main workers Cultivators 38 28 10Main workers Agricultural labourers 21 21 0Main workers Household industry workers 7 5 2Main workers Other 2351 1983 368Marginal workers total 290 187 103Marginal workers Cultivators 24 15 9Marginal workers Agricultural labourers 34 25 9Marginal workers Household industry workers 7 1 6Marginal workers Others 225 146 79Non workers 3029 1138 1891National park editMain 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 editINS 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 References edit The Tribune Chandigarh India Main News www tribuneindia com Retrieved 25 October 2017 Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages PDF Land Records Information Systems Division NIC Archived from the original PDF on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 25 July 2015 a b District Census Handbook Andaman amp Nicobar Islands PDF 2011 Census of India Directorate of Census Operations Andaman amp Nicobar Islands Archived from the original PDF on 1 August 2015 Retrieved 21 July 2015 Press Information Bureau Government of India news site Pibmumbai gov in Retrieved 1 August 2012 Vinay Kumar 27 July 2012 News National Naval air station opened in Campbell Bay The Hindu Retrieved 1 August 2012 Countering China India s Baaz to spy on the Malacca Strait IDB Indian Defence Forum Indiandefenceboard com Retrieved 1 August 2012 Defence News India Now Commands The Strait Of Malacca With Naval Base INS Baaz Defencenews in Archived from the original on 1 August 2012 Retrieved 1 August 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Campbell Bay Great Nicobar amp oldid 1185271116, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
