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{{Infobox settlement
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'''Rangat''' is a town on the [[Middle Andaman Island]], [[Andaman Islands|Andaman Archipelago]]. It is also one of the three counties (''[[tehsil]]s'') 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 [[Bengali people|Bengali]]s and [[Tamil people|Tamil]]s.

Rangat is 210 km from [[Port Blair]] and 70 km south of [[Mayabunder]]. The town is well connected by road and sea routes.<ref name="BradnockBradnock2000" />

==Tourism==
The town has been described as a "ramshackle sprawl around two rows of chai shops and general stores divided by the ATR [ [[National Highway 223 (India)|Andaman Trunk Road]] ]."<ref name="AbramEdwards2011">{{cite book|last1=Abram|first1=David|last2=Edwards|first2=Nick|last3=Ford|first3=Mike |author4=Daniel Jacobs |author5=Shafik Meghji|title=The Rough Guide to India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-g9fFN8nHjwC&pg=PA940|date=20 January 2011|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84836-563-6|page=940}}</ref> 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.<ref name="BradnockBradnock2000">{{cite book|last1=Bradnock|first1=Robert|last2=Bradnock|first2=Roma|title=South India Handbook: The Travel Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/footprintsouthin00foot|url-access=registration|year=2000|publisher=Footprint Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-900949-81-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/footprintsouthin00foot/page/209 209]}}</ref>

==Villages==
As of July 2012, Rangat county included the following villages (''[[panchayat]]s''):<ref name="dir">''[http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=35&ptype=V Village Panchayat Names of Andaman and Nicobar Islands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011214642/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=35&ptype=V |date=2011-10-11 }}''. Accessed on 2012-07-28.</ref>
* Rangat proper
* [[Bakultala]]
* [[Dashratpur]]
* [[Kadamtala, Andaman|Kadamtala]]
* [[Kausalyanagar]]
* [[Long Island, Andaman|Long Island]]
* [[Nilambur, Andaman|Nilambur]]
* [[Nimbutala]]
* [[Parnasala, Andaman|Parnasala]]
* [[Sabri, Andaman|Sabri]]
* [[Shivapuram, Andaman|Shivapuram]]
* [[Sunderghar]]
* [[Urmilapur]]
* [[Uttara, Andaman|Uttara]]

==Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya==
Centrally funded [[Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Middle Andaman]] for North and Middle Andaman district is located in Rangat [[Taluk|taluk]]. Navodaya vidyalaya is well connected via [[National Highway 4 (India, old numbering)|National Highway 4]] which lies just 1.5 km away.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.and.nic.in/ Andaman & Nicobar Administration Web site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090410003411/http://www.and.nic.in/Administration/nmandaman/ North and Middle Administration Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090520175853/http://tourism.andaman.nic.in/ Official Andaman & Nicobar Tourism Website]
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{{North and Middle Andaman district |state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in North and Middle Andaman district]]

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