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Dugong Creek Population - South Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Dugong Creek is a small village located in Little Andaman Tehsil of South Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands with total 23 families residing. The Dugong Creek village has population of 109 of which 59 are males while 50 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dugong Creek village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 23.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dugong Creek village is 847 which is lower than Andaman and Nicobar Islands state average of 876. Child Sex Ratio for the Dugong Creek as per census is 1600, higher than Andaman and Nicobar Islands average of 968.

Dugong Creek village has lower literacy rate compared to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In 2011, literacy rate of Dugong Creek village was 61.45 % compared to 86.63 % of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In Dugong Creek Male literacy stands at 67.35 % while female literacy rate was 52.94 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dugong Creek 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 Dugong Creek village.

Dugong Creek Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 23 - -
Population 109 59 50
Child (0-6) 26 10 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 101 52 49
Literacy 61.45 % 67.35 % 52.94 %
Total Workers 48 32 16
Main Worker 11 - -
Marginal Worker 37 22 15

Caste Factor

In Dugong Creek village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.66 % of total population in Dugong Creek village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dugong Creek village of South Andaman.

Work Profile

In Dugong Creek village out of total population, 48 were engaged in work activities. 22.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 48 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.