Dattapur Dhamangaon

Dhamangaon Railway Dattapur Dhamangaon
Municipal Council And City
Nickname:  Dattapur
Dhamangaon Railway Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 20.7667°N 78.1667°E / 20.7667; 78.1667
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Amravati
Founded by	footprints are founded in late 15th century. It is one of the tribs where Nijam Of Hydrabad used to rest while travelling to Umbravati Sultanate, now known as Amravati. The original foundation of City started in 1890 to 1940 when many of the people from village area located near city line used to migrate at dhamangaon
Named for	Home of pilgrimage
Government
• Type	Nagar Parishad
• Body	Nagar Parishad of Dhamangaon Railway
Area
• Total	18 km2 (7 sq mi)
Elevation	297 m (974 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	100,000
• Density	5,555/km2 (14,390/sq mi)
Demonym	Dhamangaonkars
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 town 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.

Demographics

As of 2022, Dhamangaon had a population of 100,000. 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.

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.

Professions

Out of total population, 60,000 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 50,000 were males while 10,000 were females. Of total 25000 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.

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.