Tushnabad

Tushnabad तुष्णाबाद, তুশ্নাবাদ, துஷ்ணாபாத்
Rural
Tushnabad Location in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Coordinates:
Country	India
Union Territory	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District	South Andaman
Population (2011)
• Total	1,320
Time zone	IST (UTC+5.30)

Tushnabad (or Tusnabad) is a rural village in Ferrargunj, South Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is adjacent to the Jarawa Reserve

As of the 2011 census, Tushnabad had a population of 1320 people in 286 families, of which 681 are males while 639 are females. The literacy rate was 89.68% as per the census. The village is administrated by an Elected Pradhan.

2015 Panchayat Elections are over, new local government took the office recently.

This area infrastructure includes a community hall, Senior Secondary School, Primary Health Centre.

But like every Rural area in India, it is also of low graded economy & infrastructure. Most peoples in the area dont have Internet Connection as sufficient infrastructure is not allotted by the Government.

References

• India Census 2011
• Wikimapia entry
• They Stole Sarees, Midi, Maxis, equipments and threatened to chop our heads off: Pradhan Tushnabad, Andaman Chronicle, February 17, 2013
• Jarawa Youths Threaten to Chop Heads: Tushnabad Pradhan, Andaman Sheeka, January 26, 2012
• Stone age Jarawa tribe give tough time to Andaman villagers, OneIndia News, November 1, 2006