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Rangat
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Rangat
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Rangat
Rangat (India)
Coordinates: 12°30′11″N92°54′48″E / 12.50306°N 92.91333°E / 12.50306; 92.91333
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Union Territory Andaman and Nicobar Administration Banner.png Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District Andaman
Population
  Total
38,824 (2,001 census)
Languages
  Official Hindi, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
744205
Telephone code03192
Nearest cityPort Blair
Climate Am
Website and.nic.in

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]

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

Bengali 15,007

Sadri 4,707

Hindi 2,221

Telugu 3,271

Kurukh 3,215

Tamil 3,237

Malayalam 1,824

Kharia 1,043

Munda 982. [2]

Rangat tehsil in 2011 census

  Bengali (40.97%)
  Sadri (12.85%)
  Telugu (8.93%)
  Tamil (8.84%)
  Kurukh (8.78%)
  Hindi (6.06%)
  Malalyalam (4.98%)
  Kharia (2.85%)
  Munda (2.68%)
  others (3.06%)

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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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Middle Andaman Island</span>

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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Middle Andaman or locally known as JNV Panchawati is a boarding, co-educational school in North and Middle Andaman district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a U.T. in India. JNV Panchawati is funded by the Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development and administered by Navodaya Vidyalaya Smiti, an autonomous body under the ministry. Navodaya Vidyalayas offer free education to talented children, from Class VI to XII.

References

  1. 1 2 Bradnock, Robert; Bradnock, Roma (2000). South India Handbook: The Travel Guide . Footprint Travel Guides. p.  209. ISBN   978-1-900949-81-1.
  2. "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue". Census of India 2011. Office of the Registrar General.
  3. Abram, David; Edwards, Nick; Ford, Mike; Daniel Jacobs; Shafik Meghji (20 January 2011). The Rough Guide to India. Rough Guides. p. 940. ISBN   978-1-84836-563-6.
  4. Village Panchayat Names of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Archived 2011-10-11 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed on 2012-07-28.