Danguwapasi

22°10′N 85°35′E / 22.17°N 85.59°E / 22.17; 85.59Country IndiaStateJharkhandDistrictPashchimi SinghbhumPopulation • Total5,174Languages • OfficialHindi, Santali, HoTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)Vehicle registrationJH

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

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] 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 Tatanagar–Barbil 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.

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