{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{short description|Island in the Indian Ocean}} {{Infobox islands | name = Kamorta Island | native_name = <!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per WP:INDICSCRIPT policy. --> | native_name_lang = | native_name_link = | sobriquet = | image_name = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt = | map = India Andaman and Nicobar Islands | map_caption = Location in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India | coordinates = {{coord|8.12|N|93.5|E|region:IN-AN_type:isle_dim:50000_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}} | etymology = | location = Bay of Bengal | archipelago = Nicobar Islands | waterbody = Indian Ocean | total_islands = 1 | major_islands = {{hlist|Kamorta Island}} | area_km2 = 131 | area_footnotes = <ref name="cit">{{cite web|url=http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/basicstatPDF2013_14/1.Demogrpahy.pdf|title=Islandwise Area and Population – 2011 Census|publisher=Government of Andaman}}</ref> | rank = | length_km = 25.5 | width_km = 8 | coastline_km = 108 | elevation_m = 186 | highest_mount = <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hWv9ZhMhgusC&dq=teressa+island&pg=PA242 Info]</ref> | country = {{flag|India}} | country_admin_divisions_title = District | country_admin_divisions = Nicobar | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Island group | country_admin_divisions_1 = Nicobar Islands | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Subdivisions of India | country_admin_divisions_2 = Nancowry Subdivision | country_admin_divisions_title_3 = Taluk | country_admin_divisions_3 = Nancowry | country_largest_city = Kamorta | country_largest_city_population = 1870 | population = 3688 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = | population_rank = | population_rank_max = | density_km2 = 28 | density_rank = | density_footnotes = | ethnic_groups = Hindu, Nicobarese | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 744301 | area_code_type = Telephone code | area_code = 03192 | website = {{URL|http://www.and.nic.in/}} | iso_code_type = ISO code | iso_code = IN-AN-00<ref>Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code</ref> |additional_info = {{Infobox|child=yes | label2 = Literacy | data2 = 84.4% | label3 = Avg. summer temperature| data3 ={{convert|32.0|°C|°F}} | label4 = Avg. winter temperature| data4 ={{convert|28.0|°C|°F}} | label5 = Sex ratio| data5 =♂/♀ | label7 = Census Code| data7 = 35.638.0002 | label8 = Official Languages| data8 = Hindi, English, Tamil <br/> Camorta (regional) }} }} '''Kamorta Island''' is an island in the Nicobar Islands chain of India, located in the northeast Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.
==Facilities== INS Kardip is a naval forward operating base of the joint-services Andaman and Nicobar Command on Kamorta island. The Indian Navy's Kamorta-class Corvette is named after the island.
== Demographics == '''Kalatapu''' is the main village on this island. According to the 2011 census of India, The Island has 915 households.<ref name="census_2011">{{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 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801173328/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3500_PART_B_DCHB_ANDAMAN%20%26%20NICOBAR%20ISLANDS.pdf |archivedate=1 August 2015 }}</ref> List of villages from north to south and population: *Kakana, Nancowry, 265, {{coord|8.187|N|93.513|E}} *Kakana South, 5, {{coord| 8.168|N| 93.502|E}} *Neeche Tapu, 2, {{coord|8.181|N|93.476|E}} *Pilpilow, 280, {{coord| 8.172|N| 93.481|E}} *Vikas Nagar, 235, {{coord|8.119|N|93.516|E}} *Karan, 5, {{coord|8.11|N|93.493|E}} *Daring, 110, {{coord|8.105|N|93.492|E}} *Maru, 0, {{coord|8.09|N|93.533|E}} *Chanol, 13, {{coord|8.068|N|93.496|E}} *Berainak, 188, {{coord|8.073|N|93.547|E}} *Chota Inak, 239, {{coord|8.066|N|93.542|E}} *Sanuh, 15, {{coord|8.054|N|93.537|E}} *Banderkari, 23, {{coord|8.051|N|93.531|E}} *Kalatapu, 1870, {{coord|8.037|N|93.545|E}} *Ramzoo, 98, {{coord|8.055|N|93.508|E}} *Tomae, 10, {{coord|8.042|N|93.49|E}} *Changua, 136, {{coord|8.021|N|93.487|E}} *Munak, 117, {{coord|8.01|N|93.505|E}} *Payuha, 24, {{coord|8.006|N|93.506|E}} *Knot, 9, {{coord|8.00|N|93.505|E}} *Alukian, 46, {{coord|8.006|N|93.493|E}}
==Administration== The island belongs to the township of Nancowry.<ref>[http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/basicstatPDF2013_14/1.Demogrpahy.pdf Tehsils]</ref> <ref>{{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 |accessdate=25 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095346/http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Andaman%20Nicobar.pdf |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref>
==Image gallery== <gallery widths=180> File:Map of Nicobar Islands-en.png|Map of the Nicobar Islands </gallery>
== References == {{reflist|30em}} {{Portal|India|Islands}} *{{wikivoyage-inline|Andaman and Nicobar Islands}} {{Nicobar district |state=collapsed}}
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