Village · Rangat, North & Middle Andaman
# Foster Valley

Foster Valley is a village in Rangat sub-district of North & Middle Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted 70 people in 15 households, the 50th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.
- 70 people (2011)
- 15 households
- 80.6% literacy
- 556 females per 1,000 males

## Foster Valley PIN code and other codes

Foster Valley falls in Rangat sub-district, North & Middle Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Community development block Rangat
- Census village code 645411

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Foster Valley from nearby towns?
- Rangat (sub-district HQ) 48 km by road
- Mayabunder (district HQ) 118 km by road
- Port Blair (nearest town) 124 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Foster Valley?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Foster Valley; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Kadamtala
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Mayabunder
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bakultala
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Foster Valley

Of every 100 households in Foster Valley in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Foster Valley · ■ Rangat rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 83%
- Toilet within the home 0% 52%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 47%
- Tap water 0% 87%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 52%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 28%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 54%
- Use banking services 28% 92%
- Television 0% 66%
- Mobile phone 0% 76%
- Computer with internet 0% 2%
- Two-wheeler 0% 16%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 5%
- None of these assets 100% 12%
- Own their home 100% 62%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Foster Valley?

■ Foster Valley · ■ Rangat rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 80.6% 84.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 556 933
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 333 981
- Working population 78.6% 35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 60.9% for women. 76% of men and 84% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 48 (87%) · ■ Other work 1 (2%) · ■ Marginal 6 (11%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Rangat
- Bharatpur 101 people
- Nilambur 84 people
- Raglachang 79 people
- Khatta Khari 75 people
- Bangaon 67 people
- Udhaygarh 64 people
- Abaygarh 59 people
- Wrafter's Creek 58 people

All 96 villages in Rangat

## Quick answers
- How far is Foster Valley from Mayabunder? 118 km by road
- What is the population of Foster Valley? 70 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Foster Valley in? North & Middle Andaman district (Rangat sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Foster Valley? 80.6% (Census 2011)

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