Village · Port Blair, South Andaman
# Rutland

Rutland is a village in Port Blair sub-district of South Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted 76 people in 26 households, the 26th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.8%.
- 76 people (2011)
- 26 households
- 79.4% literacy
- 617 females per 1,000 males

## Rutland PIN code and other codes

Rutland falls in Port Blair sub-district, South Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Gram panchayat Beadnabad
- Community development block Prothrapur
- Census village code 645540

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

## How far is Rutland from nearby towns?
- Port Blair (sub-district HQ) 38 km by road
- Port Blair (district HQ) 38 km by road
- Port Blair (nearest town) 38 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Rutland?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Rutland; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1
- ● Anganwadi centre In village

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

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 6 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Rutland known for?

The main crops are arecanut, coconut and plantation. About 17% of the 107 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Rutland

Of every 100 households in Rutland in 2011, 74 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 97 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rutland · ■ Port Blair rural average
- Electricity for lighting 74% 86%
- Toilet within the home 13% 66%
- No toilet (open defecation) 87% 33%
- Tap water 90% 73%
- Drinking water within premises 13% 46%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 10% 43%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 84% 35%
- Use banking services 94% 90%
- Television 3% 68%
- Mobile phone 97% 85%
- Computer with internet 0% 3%
- Two-wheeler 0% 30%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 8%
- None of these assets 0% 6%
- Own their home 55% 59%

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

## What is the population of Rutland?

■ Rutland · ■ Port Blair rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 79.4% 89.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 617 799
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1667 1053
- Working population 59.2% 45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 75.0% for women. 87% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 10 (22%) · ■ Farm labourers 19 (42%) · ■ Other work 11 (24%) · ■ Marginal 5 (11%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Port Blair
- Sitapur 274 people
- Bada Khari 169 people
- Chidiyatapu 111 people
- Bamboo Nallaha incl. Kichad Nallaha 96 people
- Minnie Bay part 45 people
- North Sentinel Island 15 people
- R.M.Point 6 people
- Munda Pahar 2 people

All 33 villages in Port Blair

## Quick answers
- How far is Rutland from Port Blair? 38 km by road
- What is the population of Rutland? 76 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rutland in? South Andaman district (Port Blair sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Rutland? 79.4% (Census 2011)

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