It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.
[1] It was developed as a tsunami shelter to house people displaced by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
[2] In 2012, a new bird named "Great Nicobar Crake" belonging to the genus Rallina was discovered at the Govinda Nagar tsunami shelter by Zoological Survey of India scientists.
[3] According to the 2011 census of India, Govinda Nagar has 194 households.
The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 81.88%.