Cheap Diglipur Tour Packages, Best Travel Agent in Diglipur, Local Travel Agent in Diglipur, Travel Hed one of the few, lesser explored tourist destinations in India. One of the rate tourist destination in India where you can enjoy and relax minus the usual crowd and traffic snarls inherent to majority of Indian destinations. About NICOBAR: History 'Nicobar' Islands gets its name from a Tamil word 'Nakkavaram' referring to a naked man, the use of this word can be traced back to the rule of Chola dynasty. In the year of 1789, Britishers were the first to discover the Andman & Nicobar Islands. The British Rule used the Ross Island as capital of Andman and Nicobar Islands however post independence the Indian government shifted it to Port Blair. Geography The total land area is 1,841sq.kms. The Nicobar Island includes 22 islets. All 22 islets group together to form three clusters: northern group (has 2 islets), central group (a formation of 9 islets) and southern group (includes 11 islets including the largest one "Great Nicobar"). Climate The climate of Nicobar Islands is tropical and humid, where humidity levels may vary from 70%-90%. Though the weather is pleasant mostly here with a pleasant temperature range i.e. from 23°C to 30°C still you feel the chill from the gentle breeze blowing every time. The ideal time to visit Nicobar Island is in between October to May, however you may also consider visiting between the month of June to September to enjoy the monsoon of this charming and splendid Island. Language & Religion A thick population (i.e. 15%) of a rarely populated Nicobar Island speaks Hindi whereas rest 85% speaks other languages. English is the official language. There are 24 different languages spoken by the people in this amazing Island like Tamil, Malayalam, Urdu, Karen, Konkani, Manipuri, Bengali, Telugu, Gujarati, Kannada, Assamese, Rajasthani, English, Punjabi, Nicobari, Tulu, Burmese, Barsi, Sindhi, Dokri, Munda, Marwari, Nepali, and Oriya. You can find people of all faiths and with different spoken languages staying together in complete peace and harmony. Such amazing ethnic and cultural blend is often referred to as Mini-India. Tribes The original inhabitants of the Nicobar Islands belong to two different Mongoloid tribes namely Nicobarese and Shompens, and they still earn their livelihood by hunting and fishing in the dense forest of Nicobar. Festivals
