Rangat

Village in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

12°30′11″N 92°54′48″E / 12.50306°N 92.91333°E / 12.50306; 92.91333Country

IndiaUnion Territory

Andaman and Nicobar Islands DistrictAndamanPopulation

• Total38,824 (2,001 census)Languages

• OfficialHindi, EnglishTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN

744205

Telephone code03192Nearest cityPort BlairClimateAmWebsiteand.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.

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

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."^[2] 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):^[3]

Rangat proper
Bakultala
Dashratpur
Kadamtala
Kausalyanagar
Long Island
Nilambur
Nimbutala
Parnasala
Sabri
Shivapuram
Sunderghar
Urmilapur
Uttara

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.

References

^ ^a ^b Bradnock, Robert; Bradnock, Roma (2000). South India Handbook: The Travel Guide. Footprint Travel Guides. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-900949-81-1.
^ 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.
^ Village Panchayat Names of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Archived 2011-10-11 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed on 2012-07-28.

External links

Andaman & Nicobar Administration Web site
North and Middle Administration Website
Official Andaman & Nicobar Tourism Website
Rangat travel guide from Wikivoyage

North and Middle Andaman district

Tehsils
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Diglipur	Aerial Bay Amber Chad Austin II Bandhan Nallaha Bara Dabla Baskata Nallaha Beach Dera Borang Burmachad Coffe Dera Curlew Island (FCPA) Deshbandhugram Diglipur Durgapur East Island (Police post & Light house) Elezabeth Bay Gandhi Nagar Gandhi Nagar (Forest Beat) Ganesh Nagar Ganna Dabla Ganna Level Hara Tikry Haran Nallaha Haridas Kattai Hoari Bay Jagannath Dera Kalighat Kalipur Karen Basti Keralapuram Khudirampur (EFA) Khudirampur Kishori Nagar Krishnapuri Lamiya Bay Lamiya Bay (WLS) Land Fall Island (Police post) Laxmipur (EFA) Laxmipur Madhupur Madhyamgram Milangram Mohanpur Mutha Nallaha Nabagram Narayan Tikri Narcondam Island (Police post) Nischintapur Paranghara Paschimsagar Pathi Level Pilone Nallaha (FDCA) Rabindrapalli Radha Nagar (EFA) Radha Nagar Ramakrishnagram Ramnagar Sagar Dweep Santi Nagar Shibpur Shyam Nagar (EFA) Shyam Nagar Sitanagar (EFA) Sitanagar Smith Smith (Timber Export Depot) Srinagar Stewart Island Subhashgram Swarajgram Tal Bagan Vidyasagarpalli
Mayabunder	Asha Nagar Aves Island Bajato (EFA & 40 acre plot) Bamboo Nallaha Basantipur Birsa Nagar Buddha Nallaha Chainpur (EFA) Chainpur Chappa Nali Chuglum Gum Danpur Devpur Dukennagar Ganesh Nagar I & II Govindpur Hanspuri (including JPP Camps) Harinagar Interview Island (WLS) Jaipur Kamalapur Kanchi Nallaha & Bamboo Nallaha Karanch Khari Karmatang Karmatang IX Karmatang X incl.Bihari Plot Khukari Tabla Lataw Lauki Nallaha Lucknow Luis-in-Let-Bay (JPPC) Mayabunder Pahalgaon Paiket Bay Paresh Nagar Pather Tikry Pinakinagar Pokadera Profullya Nagar Pudumadurai Rampur Santipur Shippi Tikry Sundari Khari Swadesh Nagar Tugapur Webi
Rangat	Abaygarh Adojig (including EFA) Amkunj Bakultala Bamboo Tikry (JPPC) Bangaon Bejoygarh Between Chotaligbang and Foul Bay (JA) Bharatpur Bolcha Boroinyol II (FC) Charlungta (FC) Charlungta II (FC) Chotaligbang (JA) Cutbert Bay Desharatpur Dhani Nallaha Dhani Nallaha (JA) Dharmapur Foster Valley Foul Bay (JA) Gol Pahar Janakpur Kadamtala Kalsi Kanchangarh Kaushalyanagar Khatta Khari (EFA) Khatta Khari Lakra Lungta (JA) Lalajig Bay (AC) Laxmanpur Long Island Lorrojig (FC) & Vishnu Nallaha (APWDC) Macarthy Valley Merk Bay (AC) Mithila Nayagarh Nilambur (EFA) Nilambur Nimbutala Padmanabhapuram Panchawati (EFA) Panchawati Papita Dera (FC) Parnasala Pawajig (FC) Porlobjig No. 15 (FC, APWDC & JPPC) Porlobjig No. 3 (JPPC, APWDC & ANIFPDC) Raglachang (Nayadera) (FC) Raglachang Rajatgarh (EFA) Rajatgarh Ramachandra Nagar Rampur Rangat Sabari Sagwan Nallaha (FC) Saktigarh Sanker Nallaha (PWDC) Santanu Shivapuram Shyamkund Sippi Tikry Sitapur South Creek (EFA, FC & APWDC) Strait Island (AS) Sukha Nallaha Sundergarh (including EFA) Thiruvanchikulam Thoraktang (FC) Udhaygarh Urmilapur Uttara Vishnupur Wrafter's Creek (EFA) Wrafter's Creek Yeratiljig Yeratiljig No. 11 (JPPC) Yeratiljig No. 9 (JPPC)