Village · Ferrargunj, South Andaman
# Temple Myo

Temple Myo is a village in Ferrargunj sub-district of South Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted 346 people in 70 households, the 40th largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.6%.
- 346 people (2011)
- 70 households
- 90.7% literacy
- 891 females per 1,000 males

## Temple Myo PIN code and other codes

Temple Myo falls in Ferrargunj sub-district, South Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Gram panchayat Tisnabad
- Community development block Ferrargunj
- Census village code 645455

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

## How far is Temple Myo from nearby towns?
- Ferrargunj (sub-district HQ) 10 km by road
- Port Blair (district HQ) 34 km by road
- Port Bliar (nearest town) 34 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Temple Myo?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Temple Myo; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Community centre In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Collinpur
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Tusnabad
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library under 5 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 24 h summer · 24 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Temple Myo known for?

The main crops are coconut and arecanut. About 4% of the 1,384 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Temple Myo

Of every 100 households in Temple Myo in 2011, 76 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Temple Myo · ■ Ferrargunj rural average
- Electricity for lighting 76% 82%
- Toilet within the home 76% 60%
- No toilet (open defecation) 24% 39%
- Tap water 97% 86%
- Drinking water within premises 26% 46%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 13% 36%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 87% 41%
- Use banking services 35% 91%
- Television 72% 67%
- Mobile phone 37% 83%
- Computer with internet 0% 2%
- Two-wheeler 9% 20%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 5%
- None of these assets 9% 7%
- Own their home 100% 72%

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

## What is the population of Temple Myo?

■ Temple Myo · ■ Ferrargunj rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 90.7% 87.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 891 915
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 944 951
- Working population 40.5% 38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 85.6% for women. 67% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 32 (23%) · ■ Farm labourers 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 59 (42%) · ■ Marginal 47 (34%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Ferrargunj
- Maymyo 419 people
- Mile Tilek & Mile Tilek 411 people
- Maymyo 406 people
- Herbertabad 369 people
- Muslim Basti 343 people
- Jirkatang No.2 304 people
- Hashmatabad 246 people
- Tirur 233 people

All 76 villages in Ferrargunj

## Quick answers
- How far is Temple Myo from Port Blair? 34 km by road
- What is the population of Temple Myo? 346 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Temple Myo in? South Andaman district (Ferrargunj sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Temple Myo? 90.7% (Census 2011)

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