Village · Rangat, North & Middle Andaman
# Strait Island

Strait Island is a village in Rangat sub-district of North & Middle Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted 39 people in 14 households, the 58th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.
- 39 people (2011)
- 14 households
- 91.2% literacy
- 500 females per 1,000 males

## Strait Island PIN code and other codes

Strait Island falls in Rangat sub-district, North & Middle Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Community development block Rangat
- Census village code 645373

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

## What facilities are there in Strait Island?

0 services counted by the Census are inside Strait Island; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### Nearest outside
- ○ Railway station 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 Strait Island

Of every 100 households in Strait Island in 2011, 100 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 94 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Strait Island · ■ Rangat rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 83%
- Toilet within the home 83% 52%
- No toilet (open defecation) 17% 47%
- Tap water 89% 87%
- Drinking water within premises 100% 52%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 28%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 67% 54%
- Use banking services 83% 92%
- Television 44% 66%
- Mobile phone 94% 76%
- Computer with internet 0% 2%
- Two-wheeler 0% 16%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 5%
- None of these assets 6% 12%
- Own their home 39% 62%

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

## What is the population of Strait Island?

■ Strait Island · ■ Rangat rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 91.2% 84.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 500 933
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 4000 981
- Working population 71.8% 35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.0% for men and 88.9% for women. 81% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Other work 28 (100%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Rangat
- Wrafter's Creek 58 people
- Bolcha 45 people
- Sagwan Nallaha 45 people
- Between Chotaligbang and Foul Bay 43 people
- Chotaligbang 38 people
- Dhani Nallaha 37 people
- Dhani Nallaha 36 people
- Charlungta 33 people

All 96 villages in Rangat

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Strait Island? 39 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Strait Island in? North & Middle Andaman district (Rangat sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Strait Island? 91.2% (Census 2011)

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