Administratively it forms - with about 27 satellite islands - the Selat Nasik District of Belitung Regency, and it is home to 5,674 people at the 2020 Census, mostly spread in 3 settlements.

Due to its small size, the island consists of a long coastline with a forested interior.

[1] During the Indonesian Revolution, as NICA forces retook Tanjung Pandan, local members of the TKR engaged them in a brief armed clash which killed several in both sides before the pemuda surrendered unconditionally.

[6] The island's population, combined with a handful of satellite islets, was 4,232 individuals separated into 1,234 households in 2016.

Rubber, pepper and coconut are important cash crops with palm oil plantations beginning to grow within the island.