Rajgangpur
Sign in to saveRajgangpur is an industrial town in the Sundargarh district in the Indian state of Odisha, about 400 km to the north-west of the capital city, Bhubaneswar and 30 km west of Rourkela. Rajgangpur Railway Station is located here.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rajgangpur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Odisha#India
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Odisha, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Odisha
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sundargarh
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 1 Lakh approx
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
- Settlement.demographics1_info1
- Odia
- Settlement.timezone1
- IST
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +5:30
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Sundargarh district
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Dialing code
- 6624
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- postal code
- 770017
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Rajgangpur is an industrial town in the Sundargarh district in the Indian state of Odisha, about 400 km to the north-west of the capital city, Bhubaneswar and 30 km west of Rourkela. Rajgangpur Railway Station is located here.
==History== Rajgangpur derived its name from the erstwhile princely state of Gangpur. This town was transferred from Commissioner of Chhotanagpur to Odisha Division in the year 1905. Industrialization started in Rajgangpur with Dalmia Group setting up a cement plant in 1951.
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