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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Chingen
| other_name         = Chiengen
| native_name             =
| native_name_lang        =
| settlement_type         = village
| image_skyline           =
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           =
| etymology               =
| pushpin_map             = India Andaman and Nicobar Islands#India
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
| coordinates             = {{coord|6.8297667|N|93.8875654|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   =
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Nicobar district|Nicobar]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Great Nicobar]]
| established_title       =
| established_date        =
| founder                 =
| seat_type               = [[Panchayat]]
| seat                    =
| leader_party            =
| leader_title            =
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| unit_pref               = Metric
| area_total_km2          =
| elevation_m             = 19
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_total        = 12
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      =
| timezone1               = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1             = +5:30
| postal_code_type        = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] -->
| postal_code             =
| area_code_type          = <!-- [[Telephone numbers in India|STD Code]] -->
| area_code               =
| blank_name_sec1         = [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]] code
| blank_info_sec1         = 645189
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Chingen''' is a village in the [[Nicobar district]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], [[India]]. It is located in the [[Great Nicobar]] [[tehsil]].<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=2015-07-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095346/http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Andaman%20Nicobar.pdf |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}</ref>
== Demographics ==
The village, inhabited by several [[Shompen people]] was severely affected by the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]].<ref name="Rao2007">{{cite book |author=Dr. V.R. Rao |title=Tsunami in South Asia: Studies of Impact on Communities of Andaman and Nicobar Islands |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-4PDCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA18 |date=14 May 2007 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=9788184241891 |pages=18–}}</ref> According to the [[2011 census of India]], only 3 households had been left in Chingen (including FC at Magar Nalla). The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 25%.<ref name="census_2011"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Demographics (2011 Census)<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=2015-07-21 |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=2015-08-01 }}</ref>
! !! Total !! Male !! Female
|-
| Population || 12 || 6 || 6
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 4 || 2 || 2
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 12 || 6 || 6
|-
| Literates || 2 || 2 || 0
|-
| Workers (all) || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers (total) || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Other || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Non-workers || 12 || 6 || 6
|}
== References ==
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{{Nicobar district }}
[[Category:Villages in Great Nicobar tehsil]]