Kokeon

Kokeon
village
Kokeon is located in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Kokeon
Kokeon
Location in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Kokeon is located in India
Kokeon
Kokeon
Kokeon (India)
Coordinates: 6°52′06″N 93°50′12″E / 6.8682752°N 93.8366013°E / 6.8682752; 93.8366013
CountryIndia
StateAndaman and Nicobar Islands
DistrictNicobar
TehsilGreat Nicobar
Elevation
24 m (79 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
20
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
2011 census code645183

Kokeon is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.[1]

Demographics

The village was severely affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. A team of researchers who visited the village in February 2005, found only abandoned huts of the village's former Shompen inhabitants.[2] According to the 2011 census of India, Kokeon has only 6 households left. The literacy rate of the village is 0.[3]

Demographics (2011 Census)[3]
Total Male Female
Population 20 13 7
Children aged below 6 years 2 1 1
Scheduled caste 0 0 0
Scheduled tribe 20 13 7
Literates 0 0 0
Workers (all) 0 0 0
Non-workers 20 13 7

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Dr. V.R. Rao (14 May 2007). Tsunami in South Asia: Studies of Impact on Communities of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Allied Publishers. pp. 14–. ISBN 9788184241891.
  3. ^ a b "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.