Rangat is a town on the

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, Andaman Archipelago. It is also one of the three counties (''

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s'') administrative divisions of the

North and Middle Andaman district North and Middle Andaman district is one of the 3 districts of the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands located in the Bay of Bengal. Mayabunder town is the district headquarters. The area covered by this district is 3251.85 k ...

, in the

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union territory of

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. Its population, according to the 2001

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, was 38,824 people, mainly of

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s and

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s. Rangat is 210 km from

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and 70 km south of

Mayabunder Mayabunder is a town and a tehsil in the northern part of Middle Andaman Island, Andaman Archipelago, India. The name is also spelled Maya Bunder or Maya Bandar. As of 2001, the county had 23,912 inhabitants, of which 3182 were in the town.Gove ...

. The town is well connected by road and sea routes.

Tourism

The town has been described as a "ramshackle sprawl around two rows of chai shops and general stores divided by the ATR

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." Some nearby tourist attractions are Amkunj Beach (8 km away)

Dhani Nallah Dhani Nallah is a nature walkway and beach on the outskirts of Rangat, Middle Andaman Island, in the Andaman Islands. It is located 20 km from Rangat adjacent to Andaman trunk road (ATR). Dhani Nallah is named after a mangrove associate local ...

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.

Villages

As of July 2012, Rangat county included the following villages (''

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s''):
Village Panchayat Names of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
''. Accessed on 2012-07-28. * Rangat proper *

Bakultala Bakultala is a village near Rangat. It has an Industrial Training Institution or ITI. It has mangroves because it is not very far from the sea. It comprises a number of smaller villages such as Shyamkund, Kalshi, Laxmanpur, Shaktigarh, and Kau ...

* Dashratpur * Kadamtala *

Kausalyanagar Kaushalya Nagar is a village located in Rangat tehsil. Habitat majority possessed by Bengalis. Its pin code is 744205. The population is considered as Other Backward Class The Other Backward Class is a collective term used by the Government of ...

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Nilambur Nilambur is a major town, a municipality and a Taluk in the Malappuram district of the Indian state of Kerala. It is located close to the Nilgiris range of the Western Ghats on the banks of the Chaliyar River. This place is also known as 'Teak ...

* Nimbutala *

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* Sabri * Shivapuram * Sunderghar * Urmilapur *

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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

Centrally funded Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Middle Andaman for North and Middle Andaman district is located in Rangat

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. Navodaya vidyalaya is well connected via

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which lies just 1.5 km away.

References

External links

Andaman & Nicobar Administration Web site

North and Middle Administration Website

Official Andaman & Nicobar Tourism Website
* Cities and towns in North and Middle Andaman district {{AndamanNicobar-geo-stub