Chapter XXX: Appendix: H

CENSUS, NICOBAR ISLANDS

Table Key:

A: Villages.
B: Huts.
C: Men.
D: Women.
E: Boys.
F: Girls.
G: Total.
H: Foreigner.
I: Villages.
J: Huts.
K: Population.

+----------------+---------------------------------------++--------------+ | | 1901. || 1886. | | Islands. +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+ | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H || I | J | K | +----------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+ |Car Nicobar | 13| 748|1126| 999| 704| 622|3451| 181|| 13| .. |3500| |Chowra | 6| 130| 172| 178| 100| 72| 522| .. || 5| 94| 690| |Teressa | 11| 112| 179| 165| 158| 122| 624| .. || 8| 109| 571| |Bompoka | 2| 18| 29| 25| 16| 8| 78| .. || 2| 15| 86| |Camorta | 30| 98| 170| 164| 85| 69| 488| 7|| 26| 106| 359| |Nancowry | 13| 48| 93| 86| 24| 21| 224| 7|| 14| 78| 222| |Trinkat | 4| 25| 42| 39| 12| 9| 102| 1|| 8| 34| 85| |Kachal | 34| 64| 104| 109| 31| 37| 281| 1|| 37| 66| 183| |Great Nicobar | 15| 25| 42| 35| 6| 4| 87| 1|| 23| 45| 138| |Little Nicobar | | | | | | | | || | | | | and Pulo Milo | 15| 21| 25| 24| 7| 11| 67| 1|| 19| 27| 74| |Condul | 3| 8| 14| 14| 5| 5| 38| 1|| 3| 8| 27| | +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+ | Total | 146|1297|1996|1838|1148|980 |5962| 201|| 158| .. |5935| +----------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+

From these figures it appears that, on the whole, the population has remained fairly stationary since the last census. With regard to Chowra, I am inclined to believe that the decrease is due not only to the fact that many of the natives have migrated to Camorta and other islands of the group, but to the number of the children now on the island having been understated to the enumerators. Much of the increase shown in the central group and Teressa is attributable to immigration, and very probably also to incorrect information having been furnished to the enumerators, either at this census or the last one. As to the Shom Pe[.n], it is still impossible to ascertain their numbers.--E. H. Man--Supp., _And. and Nic. Gazette_, March 2, 1901.