Indira Point - Wikipedia Indira Point Village in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India Indira Point Village Indira Point Location in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India Indira Point Indira Point ( India ) Show map of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Show map of India Show all Coordinates : 6 ° 46 ′ 50 '' N 93 ° 49 ′ 33 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 6.780621 ° N 93.8258513 ° E ﻿ / 6.780621 ; 93.8258513 Coordinates : 6 ° 46 ′ 50 '' N 93 ° 49 ′ 33 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 6.780621 ° N 93.8258513 ° E ﻿ / 6.780621 ; 93.8258513 Country India State Andaman and Nicobar Islands District Nicobar Tehsil Great Nicobar Elevation 47 m ( 154 ft ) Population ( 2011 ) Total 27 Time zone IST ( UTC + 5 : 30 ) 2011 census code 645188 Indira Point is a village in the Nicobar district at Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil. It is the location of the southernmost point of India 's territory. Rondo Island, Indonesia 's northernmost island in Sabang district of Aceh province of Sumatra, lies 163 km south of Indira point. India and Indonesia are planning to collaborate to construct a port at Sabang to protect the channel between Great Nicobar Island and Rondo Island ( c. May 2019 ). Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Geography 4 Administration 5 Demographics 6 See also 7 References Etymology The village is named as Indira Point after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The point was formerly known as Pygmalion Point and Parsons Point. It was renamed in honour of Indira Gandhi during mid-1980s. The announcement was made by the local Member of Parliament when Indira Gandhi visited the local light house on 19 February 1984. The official renaming ceremony happened on 10 October 1985. History Indira Point was previously named as Pygmation Point. Swami Vivekananda, who had also visited Kanyakumari, had also visited this point. The Indira Point lighthouse was commissioned into service on 30 April 1972. Located 500 kilometres north of the epicenter of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, the southernmost tip subsided 4.25 metres after the earthquake, and many of the inhabitants went missing in the tsunami that followed. Sixteen to twenty families living next to the lighthouse and four scientists studying leatherback sea turtles were lost. Geography Port Blair is connected to mainland India via air service. From Port Blair, Campbell Bay can be reached by Pawan Hans Helicopter service. Inter Island Boat from Port Blair is also available which usually travels via Little Andaman, Car Nicobar and Nancowry en route to Campbell Bay. MV Campbell Bay also operates once in a week from Port Blair ( Phoenix Bay ) to Campbell Bay. Government is also constructing a 21 km road from Shashtri Nagar to Indira Point via a bridge on the Galathea river. The total length of the road from Zero Point to Indira point will be 56 km and it will completed witin next few years ( c. 2017 ). This area is protected by the Indian Coast Guard. Galathea National Park and Lighthouse are the major attractions here. Administration The village comes under the administration of Laxmi Nagar panchayat. Demographics The village lost many of its residents in the 2004 tsunami. According to the 2011 census of India, Indira Point has only 4 households left. The effective literacy rate ( i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below ) is 85.19 %. See also Extreme points of India Extreme points of Indonesia References Jump up ^ `` 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. Jump up ^ Rondo Island, The Rich Uninhabited Island Jump up ^ India seeks to aid Indonesia in developing port in Aceh, Economic Times, 19 May 2018. Jump up ^ K. Raja Reddy ( 2005 ). India and ASEAN : foreign policy dimensions for the 21st Century. New Century Publications. p. 44. ISBN 978 - 81 - 7708 - 081 - 0. Jump up ^ HPS Virk ( 5 March 2015 ). Rendezvous : Forbidden Land of the ' Nicobar Islands '. FriesenPress. pp. 114 -- 115. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4602 - 5877 - 4. ^ Jump up to : http://www.portblaironline.in/city-guide/facts-about-indira-point Port Blaire online Jump up ^ Indira Point Lighthouse, Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships, Ministry of Shipping. Jump up ^ Indira Point Lighthouse : 4.25 m of subsidence in the 26 Dec 2004 earthquake Jump up ^ Joyce A. Quinn ; Susan L. Woodward ( 31 January 2015 ). Earth 's Landscape : An Encyclopedia of the World 's Geographic Features. ABC - CLIO. pp. 34 --. ISBN 978 - 1 - 61069 - 446 - 9. Jump up ^ Islands ' death toll could reach 15,000 by Luke Harding. Sydney Morning Herald, 1 January 2005. ^ Jump up to : Zero point to Indira Point road Jump up ^ List of Villages, Integrated Management Information System ( IMIS ), Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. Jump up ^ `` 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. Nicobar district Blocks Great Nicobar Subdivision Car Nicobar Subdivision Nancowry Subdivision Tehsils and villages Car Nicobar Subdivision Arong Big Lapati Chuckchucha IAF Camp Kakana Kimois Kinmai Kinyuka Malacca Mus Perka Sawai Small Lapati Tamaloo Tapoiming Teetop Great Nicobar Subdivision 7 km Farm Afra Bay Alexandera River Anul ( Anula ) Bewai / Kuwak Campbell Bay Chingen Gandhi Nagar Govinda Nagar Indira Point Joginder Nagar Katahu Kokeon Lanaya Lawful Laxmi Nagar Makhahu ( Makachua ) Patisang Pattia ( Pulopattia ) Pitayo Pulloullo ( Puloulo ) Pulobha ( Pulobahan ) Pulomilo Pulopanja Sastri Nagar Shompen hut Shompen Village - A Shompen Village - B Trinket Bay Vijoy Nagar Nancowry Subdivision Al - Hit - Touch ( Balu Basti ) Alhiat Aloorang Altheak Alukian ( Alhukheck ) Banderkari ( Pulu ) Bengali Berainak ( Badnak ) Champin Chanel ( Chanol ) Changua ( Changup ) Chongkamong Chota Inak Chukmachi Daring E-Wall Enam Hinnunga Hintona Inroak Chinlak Itoi ( Hitui ) Japan Tikri Jhoola Kakana Kalasi Kamorta ( Kalatapu, incl. Sanuh ) Kanahinot Knot Kuitasuk Luxi Malacca Meenakshi Ram Nagar Mildera Minyuk Munak ( incl. Ponioo / Moul ) Payuha Pilpilow Raihion Ramzoo ( Ramjaw ) Tahaila Tapong ( incl. Kabila ) Tillang Chong Island Upper Katchal Vikas Nagar Other Mount Thullier Car Nicobar Air Force Base Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve ( Galathea National Park and Campbell Bay National Park ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indira_Point&oldid=842166585 '' Categories : Villages in Great Nicobar tehsil Great Nicobar Island Monuments and memorials to Indira Gandhi Hidden categories : Use Indian English from September 2016 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Use dmy dates from September 2016 Articles with short description Coordinates on Wikidata Pages using infobox settlement with unknown parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia বাংলা Català Cebuano Español Français ગુજરાતી हिन्दी Bahasa Indonesia Italiano മലയാളം मराठी Nederlands Polski Русский Svenska தமிழ் తెలుగు 8 more Edit links This page was last edited on 20 May 2018, at 17 : 53. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: where is indira point located in india map
Answer: in the Nicobar district at Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands