Danguwapasi Explained

Danguwapasi
Settlement Type:Census Town
Pushpin Map:India Jharkhand#India3
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates:22.17°N 85.59°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Jharkhand
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Pashchimi Singhbhum
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:5174
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi, Santali, Ho
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Registration Plate:JH

Danguwapasi is a census town in Pashchimi Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India.

Demographics

India census,[1] Danguwapasi had a population of 5,174. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Danguwapasi has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; male literacy is 78% and female literacy is 56%. In Danguwapasi, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

Railway

Danguwapasi is also a railway station, which is known as Dangoaposi, as per railway records. It falls on TatanagarBarbil line of SER.[2] (See Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line).

There are many trains passing through Dangoaposi and all of these trains have stoppage at Dangoaposi such as-

•Howrah-Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express (Train No. - 12021/12022) running daily,

•Tatanagar-Visakhapatnam Weekly Superfast Express (Train No. - 20815/20816) running every Monday,

•Puri-Anand Vihar Weekly Express (Train No. - 18427 running every Saturday and Train No. - 18428 running every Monday),

•Barbil-Puri Intercity Express (Train No. 18415/18416) running daily,

•Tatanagar-Barbil Passenger (Train No. - 08123/08124) running daily,

•Tatanagar-Gua Passenger (Train No. - 08155/08156) running daily,

•Tatanagar-Gua MEMU Passenger (Train No. - 08133/08134) running on all week days except Sunday.

Air

An air strip is located at a distance of 4 km from Dangoaposi and is in operation and maintained by Tata Steel.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 2004-06-16. 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.
  2. Web site: 14 COVID-19 Special Departures from Dangoaposi SER/South Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry.