Tillangchong


Tillangchong, also known as Tillanchang, is an island and a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

Administration

The island belongs to the township of Nancowry of Teressa Taluk.

Geography

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.

Flora and fauna

The island has the largest surviving populations of the endemic Nicobar megapode, and is a protected sanctuary.

Demographics

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, with the island being held sacred to the Nicobarese people, who visit in one season annually to "...to pray, to feel, and to revere...".
According to the 2011 census of India, Tillang Chong Island has 4 households. The effective literacy rate is 89.47%.
TotalMaleFemale
Population38380
Children aged below 6 years000
Scheduled caste000
Scheduled tribe550
Literates34340
Workers 38380

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