Dalsinghsarai
Dalsingh Sarai
Dalsing Sarai | |
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Nagar Panchyat | |
  Dalsingh Sarai Location in Bihar, India  Dalsingh Sarai Dalsingh Sarai (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°40′00″N 85°50′00″E / 25.6667°N 85.8333°E | |
| District |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Samastipur |
| Founded by | Dal Sing named revenue officer of Ser Sah Suri (an Afghan ruler of Sasaram later he won Delhi Saltanat from Humayun (Mughal emperor)) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 23,862 |
| Languages | |
| • Spoken | Maithili, Hindi, Urdu language, and English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 848114 |
Dalsingh Sarai or Dalsing Sarai is a town, subdivision, and a notified area in Samastipur District in the state of Bihar, India. Pincode 848114. It is situated at the bank of river Balan.
History
It has been named after 9th guru of Aghori named Dalpat Singh. Before that it was called Aghoria Ghat.
This city has been the center of indigo cultivation during British rule. In 1902 an indigo research institute was also opened close to this city in Pusa.[1]
There was also a cigarette factory operating under British rule because of high volume of tobacco farming in nearby areas which is now in ruins ad a private property but is a local historic attraction.
Demographics
As of 2011[update] India census,[2] The Dalsinghsarai Nagar Panchayat has population of 23,862 of which 12,552 are males while 11,310 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3710 which is 15.55% of total population of Dalsinghsarai . The river traversing the city is Balan. Dalsinghsarai is a sub-division,a block and an Anchal in Samastipur District.
Roadways
Dalsingsarai is well connected by road. This town is situated on National Highway No.-28, which links Barauni (Bihar) to the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, via Gorakhpur.It is also connected to SH 88 which connects it from Rosera,Singhiya and many more places.
Railways
This is a main railway station between Barauni jn. and Samastipur jn.All major train like Garib rath superfast express,Vaishali Super fast express,Awadh Asam Express etc. stops here.It is well connected with the railway. It lies in the Sonepur Division of the East Central Railway, Hajipur. It is well connected to other parts of India with trains to Samastipur, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Barauni, Begusarai, Khagaria, Katihar, Sharsha, Patna, Assam, Punjab, Delhi, UP, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and many more places.
References
- ^ "Dalsinghsarai : the city of hopes n joy: History". dalsinghsarai.blogspot.in. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.