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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 Bay
village
Campbell Bay is located in the eastern part of the Great Nicobar Island
Campbell Bay
Location in India
Coordinates: 7.007565°N 93.9047849°E / 7.007565; 93.9047849
CountryIndia
StateAndaman and Nicobar Islands
DistrictNicobar
TehsilGreat Nicobar
Elevation
76 m (249 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total5,736
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
2011 census code645200

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%.[3]

Demographics (2011 Census)[3]
TotalMaleFemale
Population573633622374
Children aged below 6 years692369323
Scheduled caste000
Scheduled tribe453256197
Literates435227081644
Workers (all)27072224483
Main workers (total)24172037380
Main workers: Cultivators382810
Main workers: Agricultural labourers21210
Main workers: Household industry workers752
Main workers: Other23511983368
Marginal workers (total)290187103
Marginal workers: Cultivators24159
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers34259
Marginal workers: Household industry workers716
Marginal workers: Others22514679
Non-workers302911381891

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.[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


  1. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. "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.
  3. "District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (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.
  4. "Press Information Bureau: Government of India news site". Pibmumbai.gov.in. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  5. Vinay Kumar (27 July 2012). "News / National : Naval air station opened in Campbell Bay". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  6. "Countering China: India's Baaz to spy on the Malacca Strait | IDB - Indian Defence Forum". Indiandefenceboard.com. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  7. "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.



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