Dattapur Dhamangaon

Dattapur-Dhamangaon Railway
city
Dattapur-Dhamangaon Railway Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 20°46′00″N 78°10′00″E / 20.7667°N 78.1667°E / 20.7667; 78.1667Coordinates: 20°46′00″N 78°10′00″E / 20.7667°N 78.1667°E / 20.7667; 78.1667
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Amravati
Elevation	291 m (955 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	50,000
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	444709
Telephone code	07222
Vehicle registration	MH-27
Sex ratio	51:49 ♂/♀

Dhamangaon is a city and a municipal council in Amravati district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Dhamangaon is one of the three talukas (Other two are Chandur Railway and Nandgaon Khandeshwar) in Chandur (Railway) subdivision in Amravati district. The municipal council is named as Dattapur-Dhamangaon Municipal council.^[1]

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,^[2] Dhamangaon had a population of 50,000. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Dhamangaon has an average literacy rate of 85%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83% and, female literacy is 88%. In Dhamangaon, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Climate

Dhamangaon has a tropical climate with hot, dry summers and mild to cool winters. Summer lasts from March to June, monsoon season from July to October and winter from November to March. The warmest month is May. About 979 mm of precipitation falls annually.^[3]

Governance

Dattapur-Dhamangaon is a Municipal Council is the local authority in the city. The Dattapur-Dhamangaon city is divided into 17 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.^[4]

Professions

Out of total population, 7,174 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 5,690 were males while 1,484 were females. Of total 7174 working population, 89.27% were engaged in Main Work while 10.73% of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work. This region mostly depends on the cotton & agricultural business.^[5]

Transport

Dhamangaon is well connected by road and trains to other important cities. Dhamangaon railway station is a railway station serving Dhamangaon town, in Amravati district of Maharashtra State of India. It is under Nagpur railway division of Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways. It is located on Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line of the Indian Railways. As of 2016, electrified double Broad Gauge railway line exist and at this station, 40 trains stops. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (Nagpur), is at distance of 105 kilometers.

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