Tapong
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tapong
| other_name = Tapong incl. Kabila
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| settlement_type = village
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| pushpin_map = India Andaman and Nicobar Islands#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Andaman and Nicobar Islands
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Nicobar
| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil
| subdivision_name3 = Nancowry
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| seat_type = Panchayat
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 270
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| blank_info_sec1 = 645091
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Tapong is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located on the Nancowry Island, around 10 km from the Champin village, and comes under the administration of the Nancowry tehsil.{{cite web|url=http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Andaman%20Nicobar.pdf |title=Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages |publisher=Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC |access-date=2015-07-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095346/http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Andaman%20Nicobar.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}
Demographics
A census taken by a research team after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami recorded a population of 296 in Tapong: the tsunami did not cause any deaths in the village.{{cite book |author1=K M Sinha Roy |author2=S S Datta Chaudhari |editor=V.R. Rao |title=Tsunami in South Asia: Studies of Impact on Communities of Andaman and Nicobar Islands |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-4PDCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA55 |year=2007 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=9798184241890 |pages=55–56 }}
The 2011 census of India recorded the population of Tapong (including Kabila settlement) as 270, and the number of households as 62. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) was 83.41%.
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|+ Demographics (2011 Census){{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3500_PART_B_DCHB_ANDAMAN%20&%20NICOBAR%20ISLANDS.pdf |title=District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands |work=2011 Census of India |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands |access-date=2015-07-21 }} ! !! Total !! Male !! Female | |||
| Population | 270 | 135 | 135 |
| Children aged below 6 years | 53 | 24 | 29 |
| Scheduled caste | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scheduled tribe | 270 | 135 | 135 |
| Literates | 181 | 103 | 78 |
| Workers (all) | 149 | 80 | 69 |
| Main workers (total) | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Main workers: Cultivators | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Main workers: Household industry workers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Main workers: Other | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Marginal workers (total) | 140 | 75 | 65 |
| Marginal workers: Cultivators | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marginal workers: Others | 140 | 75 | 65 |
| Non-workers | 121 | 55 | 66 |
References
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