Danguwapasi is a census town in Pashchimi Singhbhum district in the state of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

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Demographics

India

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

, 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

Tatanagar Tatanagar Junction railway station, station code TATA, is the main railway station serving the city of Jamshedpur in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is located on the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line of the Indian Railways. It has 6 platforms an ...

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Barbil Barbil is a city and a Municipal Council in the Kendujhar district (also known as Iron City) of the state of Odisha, India. The region around Barbil has one of the largest deposits of iron ore and manganese ore in the world. It is a major sour ...

line of SER. (See

Tatanagar–Bilaspur section The Tatanagar–Bilaspur section is part of the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line and connects in the Indian state of Jharkhand and in Chhattisgarh. Part of one of the major trunk lines in the country, it passes through an industrial-mining area ...

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 Express (Train No. - 20815/20816) running every Monday, •Barbil-Puri Intercity Express (Train No. 18415/18416) running daily, •Rourkela-Barbil Intercity Express (Train No. 18403/18404) running daily, •Tatanagar-Barbil Passenger (Train No. - 58103/58104) running daily, •Tatanagar-Gua Passenger (Train No. - 58109/58110) running daily, •Tatanagar-Gua DEMU Passenger (Train No. - 78033/78034) 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 Tata Steel Limited is an Indian multinational steel-making company, based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a part of the Tata Group. Formerly known as Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO), Tata ...

References

Cities and towns in West Singhbhum district {{Jharkhand-geo-stub