Daltonganj

Daltonganj is a city in . The city was named Daltonganj during the British Raj after Irishman Colonel Edward Tuite Dalton.
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  • Type: Town with 5,000 residents
  • Description: city in India
  • Also known as: “Medininagar”
  • Historically known as: “Daltonganj,”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Daltonganj railway station.

Railway station
is a railway station serving the cities of Medininagar and Palamu in Palamu district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is also the headquarters of the Palamu division of the East Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways.

Daltonganj

Latitude
24.0397° or 24° 2′ 23″ north
Longitude
84.0658° or 84° 3′ 57″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
227 metres (745 feet)
Open location code
7MP623Q8+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245718896
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1273626
Wiki­data ID
Q936464
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Angika to Vietnamese—“Daltonganj” goes by many names.
  • Angika: “मेदिनीनगर”
  • Asturian: “Medininagar”
  • Bengali: “মেদিনীনগর”
  • Bhojpuri: “मेदिनीनगर”
  • Bishnupriya: “দাল্টনগঞ্জ”
  • Cebuano: “Dāltenganj”
  • Chinese: “多尔顿根杰”
  • Chinese: “达尔通格阿恩杰”
  • Chinese: “达通嘎尼”
  • Chinese: “達通嘎尼”
  • Dutch: “Daltonganj”
  • Esperanto: “Medininagar”
  • French: “Daltonganj”
  • German: “Daltonganj”
  • German: “Medininagar”
  • Gujarati: “દોલતગંજ”
  • Hindi: “डालटेनगंज”
  • Hindi: “डाल्टनगंज”
  • Hindi: “डाल्टेनगंज”
  • Hindi: “मेदिनीनगर”
  • Italian: “Daltonganj”
  • Japanese: “ダルトンガンジ”
  • Kannada: “ಡಾಲ್ಟೊಂಗಂಜ್”
  • Kashmiri: “دالٹنجانج”
  • Korean: “달통간즈”
  • Malagasy: “Daltonganj”
  • Malay: “Daltonganj”
  • Marathi: “डाल्टनगंज”
  • Nepali: “डाल्टेनगंज”
  • Newari: “डाल्टनगञ्ज”
  • Oriya: “Daltonganj”
  • Oriya: “ଡାଲଟନ୍‌ଗଞ୍ଜ”
  • Pampanga: “Daltonganj”
  • Persian: “میدینینگار”
  • Portuguese: “Daltonganj”
  • Russian: “Далтонгандж”
  • Sanskrit: “डाल्टनगञ्जनगरम्”
  • Sanskrit: “डाल्टन्गंज्”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱮᱫᱤᱱᱤᱱᱚᱜᱚᱨ”
  • Spanish: “Daltonganj”
  • Swedish: “Daltonganj”
  • Swedish: “Medninagar”
  • Talysh: “Medininagar”
  • Tamil: “டால்ட்டோன்கஞ்”
  • Tamil: “மேதினிநகர்”
  • Telugu: “డాల్టన్ గంజ్”
  • Telugu: “మేదినీనగర్”
  • Urdu: “دالٹنجانج”
  • Urdu: “میڈینی نگر”
  • Vietnamese: “Daltongganj”
  • “मेदिनीनगर”

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