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Rangat

Village in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Rangat is a town on the Middle Andaman Island, Andaman Archipelago. It is also one of the three counties (tehsils) administrative divisions of the North and Middle Andaman district, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory of India. Its population, according to the 2001 Census of India, was 38,824 people, mainly of Bengalis and Tamils.

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Rangat is 210 km from Port Blair and 70 km south of Mayabunder. The town is well connected by road and sea routes.[1]

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Demographics

Bengali is the most spoken language in Rangat tehsil. As of 2011 census, Bengali is spoken as the first language by 40.97 per cent of the tehsil's population. Largest language's population are:[2]

Rangat tehsil in 2011 census
  1. Bengali (40.97%)
  2. Sadri (12.85%)
  3. Telugu (8.93%)
  4. Tamil (8.84%)
  5. Kurukh (8.78%)
  6. Hindi (6.06%)
  7. Malalyalam (4.98%)
  8. Kharia (2.85%)
  9. Munda (2.68%)
  10. others (3.06%)
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Tourism

The town has been described as a "ramshackle sprawl around two rows of chai shops and general stores divided by the ATR Andaman Trunk Road."[3] Some nearby tourist attractions are Amkunj Beach (8 km away) Dhani Nallah located at out skirts of Rangat and Cutbert Bay Beach (18 km away). The latter is an important turtle nesting ground, especially from December to February.[1]

Villages

As of July 2012, Rangat county included the following villages (panchayats):[4]

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

Centrally funded Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Middle Andaman for North and Middle Andaman district is located in Rangat taluk. Navodaya vidyalaya is well connected via National Highway 4 which lies just 1.5 km away.

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