Back Pulo Car Nikobar ACE كار نيكوبار ARZ Kar-Nikobar Azerbaijani কার নিকোবর Bengali/Bangla Car Nicobar Catalan Car Nicobar Island CEB Car Nicobar Danish Car Nicobar German Kar Nikobar Esperanto Car Nicobar Spanish
Native name: Pū | |
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 Car Nicobar NASA Geocover 2000 image | |
  Car Nicobar Location in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and in the Bay of Bengal  Car Nicobar Car Nicobar (Bay of Bengal) | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bay of Bengal |
| Coordinates | 9°10′N 92°47′E / 9.17°N 92.78°E |
| Archipelago | Nicobar Islands |
| Adjacent to | Indian Ocean |
| Total islands | 1 |
| Major islands |
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| Area | 126.9 km2 (49.0 sq mi)[1] |
| Length | 15 km (9.3 mi) |
| Width | 12 km (7.5 mi) |
| Coastline | 51 km (31.7 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Administration | |
| District | Nicobar |
| Island group | Nicobar Islands |
| Subdivisions of India | Car Nicobar Subdivision |
| Taluk | Car Nicobar Taluk |
| Largest settlement | Malacca (pop. 1,637) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 17841 (2014) |
| Pop. density | 140.5/km2 (363.9/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | Hindu, Nicobarese |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| PIN | 744301 |
| Telephone code | 03193 |
| ISO code | IN-AN-00[2][better source needed] |
| Official website | www |
| Literacy | 84.4% |
| Avg. summer temperature | 30.2 °C (86.4 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 23.0 °C (73.4 °F) |
| Sex ratio | 1.2♂/♀ |
| Census code | 35.638.0001 |
| Official languages | Hindi, English, Tamil Car (regional) |
Car Nicobar (Pū in Car language) is the northernmost of the Nicobar Islands. It is also one of three local administrative divisions of the Indian district of Nicobar, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[3] Annual rainfall is 2800 millimetres.
- ^ "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Andaman. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
- ^ Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
- ^ "Village Code Directory: Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
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