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{{Infobox settlement
| type                     = [[List of districts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands|District]]
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[Union territory of India|Union territory]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{flagicon image|Andaman and Nicobar Administration Banner.png}} [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
| seat_type                = headquarter
| seat                     = [[Malacca, Car Nicobar|Car Nicobar]]
| coordinates              = {{coord|9.157343|N|92.761087|E|type:adm3rd_region:IN-AN_dim:50000_source:itwiki|display=ti}}
| pushpin_map              = India Andaman and Nicobar Islands#India
| postal_code_type         = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code              = 744301
| area_code_type           = Telephone code
| area_code                = 03192
| timezone1                = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1              = +5:30
| blank_name_sec1          = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank_info_sec1          = 1.2[[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank1_name_sec1         = Literacy
| blank1_info_sec1         = 84.4%
| website                  = https://nicobars.andaman.nic.in/
| name                     = 
| official_name            = 
| established_title        = Formation
| established_date         = 1 August 1974
}}
{{Infobox islands
| name             = Nicobar Islands
| map              = Bay of Bengal
| map_caption = Location in the [[Bay of Bengal]].
| coordinates      = 
| etymology        = 
| location         = [[Bay of Bengal]]
| pop              = 
| archipelago      = [[Nicobar Islands]]
| waterbody        = [[Indian Ocean]]
| total_islands    = 30
| major_islands    = {{hlist|[[Car Nicobar]]|[[Great Nicobar]]}}
| area_km2         = 1648.13
| area_footnotes   = <ref name="cit">{{cite web|url=http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/basicstatPDF2013_14/1.Demogrpahy.pdf|title=Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census|publisher=Government of Andaman|access-date=2016-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828015509/http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/basicstatPDF2013_14/1.Demogrpahy.pdf|archive-date=2017-08-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rank             = 
| length_km        = 
| width_km         = 
| coastline_km     = 
| elevation_m      = 642
| highest_mount    = 
| population = 36,842
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = 
| population_rank = 
| population_rank_max = 
| density_km2      = 22.3
| density_rank     =
| density_footnotes = 
| ethnic_groups    = [[Nicobarese people|Nicobarese]], [[Hindustani people|Hindustani]]
| additional_info  = {{Infobox|child=yes
| label3 = Avg. summer temperature| data3 ={{convert|30.2|°C|°F}}
| label4 = Avg. winter temperature| data4 ={{convert|23.0|°C|°F}}
| label7 = Census Code| data7 = 35.638.0001
| label8 = Official Languages| data8 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[English language|English]],  <br /> [[Car language|Car]] (regional)
}}
}}

'''Nicobar district''' is one of three [[List of Indian districts|districts]] in the [[union territory|Indian union territory]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands|the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]. The district's administrative territory encompasses all of the [[Nicobar Islands]], which are located in the [[Indian Ocean]], between the [[Bay of Bengal]] and the [[Andaman Sea]]. The headquarters of the district is the village of [[Malacca, Car Nicobar|Malacca]], located on the island of [[Car Nicobar]].

The district administration is headed by a [[Deputy Commissioner]], who in turn reports to the [[Lieutenant_governor|Lt. Governor]] of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

It is the fifth least populous district in the country (out of 640).<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = https://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref>

==Etymology==
Falling on the sea route between [[South India]] / [[Sri Lanka]] and [[South East Asia]], the sailors referred to it as the “land of the naked” i.e. Nakkavar which is perhaps the direct precursor of the current name “Nicobar’. The [[medieval]] [[Arabic]] name ‘Lankhabatus’ is a mere mistranscription and misapprehension of “Nankakar or Nakkavar”.

==History==
The district was created on August 1, 1974, when it was separated from [[Andaman district]].<ref name='Statoids'>{{cite web | url = https://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date = 2011-10-11 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 2011-09-25 | work = Statoids}}</ref>

==Geography==
Nicobar district occupies an area of {{convert|1648|km2|sqmi}},<ref name='Reference Annual'>{{cite book | editor1 = Srivastava, Dayawanti | title = India 2010: A Reference Annual | chapter = States and Union Territories: Andaman Islands: Government | edition = 54th | publisher = Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]] | year = 2010 | location = New Delhi, India | page = 1208 | isbn = 978-81-230-1617-7}}</ref> comparatively equivalent to [[Mauritius]].<ref name='Islands'>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | access-date = 2011-10-11 | date = 1998-02-18 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Mauritius 1,836km2}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Nicobar district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 36,842,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Liechtenstein]].<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 13, 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = 212 Liechtenstein 35,236 July 2011 est.
}}</ref>  This gives it a ranking of 636th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|	20	|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was  -12.48%.<ref name=districtcensus/>	Nicobars	has a [[sex ratio]] of 	778	[[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 77.5%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

The district is designated as an Integrated Tribal District and is home to significant numbers of [[indigenous peoples]] (namely, the [[Nicobarese people|Nicobarese]] and the [[Shompen people|Shompen]], classified as [[Scheduled Tribes]] according to the [[Constitution of India]]), who form the majority of the district's population. Because of its status as a tribal area, travel to the district is restricted to Indian nationals, and special permit restrictions apply.

The district was severely affected by the [[tsunami]] that was caused by the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]], which led to many deaths and damaged infrastructure.

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=6,511|13=1911|14=8,818|15=1921|16=9,272|17=1931|18=10,240|19=1941|20=12,452|21=1951|22=12,009|23=1961|24=14,563|25=1971|26=21,665|27=1981|28=30,454|29=1991|30=39,208|31=2001|32=42,068|33=2011|34=36,842|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}
===Language===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages of Nicobar Islands district (2011)
|label1 = [[Nicobarese languages|Nicobarese]]
|value1 = 65.98
|color1 = purple
|label2 = [[Hindi]]
|value2 = 9.83 
|color2 = Orange
|label3 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] 
|value3 = 6.10 
|color3 = darkblue
|label4 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|value4 = 4.05
|color4 = steelblue
|label5 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|value5 = 3.90
|color5 = red
|label6 = [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]]
|value6 = 3.31
|color6 = blue
|label7 = [[Malayalam]]
|value7 = 1.79
|color7 = mediumblue
|label8 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
|value8 = 1.05
|color8 = pink
|label9 = Others
|value9 = 3.99
|color9 = Grey
}}

[[Nicobarese languages|Nicobarese]], of the [[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]] language family is the most spoken language in Nicobar Islands. As of the 2011 census, Nicobarese is spoken as the first language by 65.98 percent of the district's population followed by [[Hindi language|Hindi]] (9.83%), [[Tamil language|Tamil]] (6.10%), [[Telugu language|Telugu]] (4.05%), [[Bengali language|Bengali]] (3.90%), [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]] (3.31%), [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] (1.79%) and others.<ref name="language">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-3500.XLSX|work=Census of India 2011 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General }}</ref>

===Religion===
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Nicobar district (2011)<ref name="religion">{{cite web|title=Population by religious community – Andaman and Nicobar Islands|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=Census of India, 2011|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825155850/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS|archive-date=25 August 2015}}</ref>
|titlebar=#FCD116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|blue|70.78}}
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|23.56}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|3.63}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|yellow|0.93}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|1.10}}
}}

Christianity is followed by the majority of the people in Nicobar district. Hinduism is followed by a considerable population.<ref name="religion"/>

==Administrative divisions==
As of 2016, The Nicobar district is divided into 3 sub-divisions and 8 [[taluk]]s (tehsils).

* [[Car Nicobar Subdivision]] (HQ: [[Malacca, Car Nicobar]])
** [[Car Nicobar Subdivision|Car Nicobar taluk]] (HQ: Malacca in Car Nicobar)

* [[Nancowry Subdivision]] (HQ: [[Malacca, Nancowry]])
** [[Teressa (Nicobar Islands)|Teressa-Chowra taluk]] (HQ: [[Teressa Island|Teressa]])
** [[Katchal Island|Katchal taluk]] (HQ: [[Mildera]])
** [[Kamorta Island|Kamorta taluk]] (HQ: [[Kamorta, Nancowry|Kalatapu]])
** [[Nancowry tehsil|Nancowry taluk]] (HQ: Malacca in Nancowry)

* [[Great Nicobar Subdivision]] (HQ: [[Campbell Bay (Great Nicobar)|Campbell Bay]])
** [[Little Nicobar|Little Nicobar taluk]] (HQ: [[Pulloullo]])
** [[Great Nicobar|North Great Nicobar taluk]] (HQ: [[Afra Bay]])
** [[Great Nicobar|South Great Nicobar taluk]] (HQ: [[Campbell Bay (Great Nicobar)|Campbell Bay]])

==See also==
* [[Administrative divisions of India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://nicobars.andaman.nic.in/ Nicobar district official website]
*[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/35part2.pdf Nicobar district atlas]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Nicobar district
|North     = ''[[Ten Degree Channel]]''
|Northeast = 
|East      = ''[[Andaman Sea]]''
|Southeast = 
|South     = ''[[Indian Ocean]]''
|Southwest = 
|West      = ''[[Bay of Bengal]]''
|Northwest = 
}}
{{Nicobar district}}
{{Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands}}
{{Minority Concentrated Districts in India}}

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