The group consists of Great Nicobar, Car Nicobar, Chowra, Teressa, Nancowrie, Katchal and Little Nicobar . The northernmost island is Car Nicobar , which lies about 120km from the southernmost tip of South Andaman . The southernmost island is Great Nicobar . The southernmost tip of this island is Pygmalion Point , renamed Indira Point , and it is the farthest to the south of India, and not Kanniyakumari in Kerala, as believed. Forest products are sawn timber, commercial plywood, match splints and veneer.
Small units make shell-craft, furniture, bakery products, wheat flour, etc.
The principal crops are coconut and areca nut. Fisheries catch 25,000 tonnes of fish per annum. There are 3 newspapers and 22 periodicals published locally. 316 schools impart education to over 16,000 students A fleet of 57 ships carries on maritime trade with other parts of India and south-east Asia. Installed capacity of power generation is 30,000 kilowatts.