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Raihion Population - Nicobars, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Raihion is a medium size village located in Nancowry Tehsil of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands with total 74 families residing. The Raihion village has population of 276 of which 150 are males while 126 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Raihion village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 15.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Raihion village is 840 which is lower than Andaman and Nicobar Islands state average of 876. Child Sex Ratio for the Raihion as per census is 517, lower than Andaman and Nicobar Islands average of 968.

Raihion village has lower literacy rate compared to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In 2011, literacy rate of Raihion village was 46.12 % compared to 86.63 % of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In Raihion Male literacy stands at 53.72 % while female literacy rate was 37.84 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Raihion village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Raihion village.

Raihion Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 276 150 126
Child (0-6) 44 29 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 263 138 125
Literacy 46.12 % 53.72 % 37.84 %
Total Workers 61 61 0
Main Worker 17 - -
Marginal Worker 44 44 0

Caste Factor

In Raihion village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.29 % of total population in Raihion village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Raihion village of Nicobars.

Work Profile

In Raihion village out of total population, 61 were engaged in work activities. 27.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 61 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.