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Dalsinghsarai
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Dalsinghsarai
Dalsinghsarai (India)
Coordinates: 25°40′00″N85°50′00″E / 25.6667°N 85.8333°E / 25.6667; 85.8333
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Bihar
Region Mithila
Division Darbhanga
District Samastipur
Government
 • Type Municipal Council
 • BodyDalsinghsarai Municipal Council
 • Chief CouncilorAbha Sureka
 • Deputy Chief CouncilorSujata Choudhary
 • Executive OfficerSushil Kumar Das
 • MP Nityanand Rai (BJP)
 • MLA Alok Kumar Mehta (RJD)
Area
 • Total17.65 km2 (6.81 sq mi)
Elevation
51.81 m (169.98 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total55,562 [1]
Languages
 • Official Hindi [2]
 • Additional official Urdu [2]
 • Regional Languages Maithili
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
848114
Telephone code06278
Vehicle registration BR-33
Parliamentary Constituency 22-Ujiarpur
Assembly Constituency 134-Ujiarpur

Dalsinghsarai is a city and Municipal Council in the Samastipur District of Bihar, India. It is also one of the subdivisions and blocks of Bihar. It is situated on the bank of the river Balan.

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Mr. Alok Kumar Mehta is the M.L.A of Ujiyarpur constituency who is currently the Minister of Land Revenue in Bihar state government and Mr. Nityanand Rai is the M.P of Ujiyarpur who is currently the state home minister in center. Dalsinghsarai has a diverse population, but Hindus are in majority whereas Muslims are in minority. In the past, Dalsinghsarai was a part of Mithila Kingdom. Maithili language and Hindi is mainly spoken here. Vidyapatidham, which is known as the "Deoghar of Bihar", lies under Dalsinghsarai subdivision. Dalsinghsarai block comprises 45 villages like Gauspur Inaet, Ajnaul, Pagra, Balo chalk, etc.

History

It was 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. [3] There was also a cigarette factory operating under British rule because of high volume of tobacco and indigo farming in nearby areas.

There is a myth about the city is that Dalsinghsarai was the first railway station of Bihar and the second of India.

Before 2010 Dalsinghsarai was a Vidhan sabha constituency but in 2010 Delimitation Commission of India snatch its status of Vidhan sabha constituency. Now it falls under "Ujiarpur" legislative constituency and "Ujiarpur" Lok sabha constituency.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, [4] Dalsinghsarai Nagar Parishad has population of 55,562 of which 28,402 are males while 27,160 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of children with age of 0–6 is 8640 which is 15.55% of total population of Dalsinghsarai.

Transport

Railways

There is a myth about Dalsinghsarai railway station, that it is the 2nd oldest railway station in India and 1st railway station in Bihar but "Royapuram" (Tamilnadu) is the second oldest railway station (operational) of India. If we see history we would find Maharaja of Darbhanga felt the need of a railway line in Mithila, so he, on his own money built (probably first in Bihar) a railway line from Darbhanga to Simaria which passes through Dalsinghsarai. Dalsinghsarai and its localities are known for its "fresh vegetables" and "tobacco" (that's why in past Britishers established a Cigarette factory in the area) which transported through railways to the rest of the country. Dalsinghsarai junction is the main railway station between Barauni junction and Samastipur junction with many modern facilities. Many major trains like Vaishali SF Express, Amritsar Garib Rath Express, Avadh Assam Express, Bagh Express, etc. has a stoppage here. It is well connected with other parts of country via railway. It lies under the Sonpur Division of the East Central Railway. Railway will build a new Dalsinghsarai-Vidyapathidham Bypass Railway line of 10 km in upcoming years. In 2023, Indian Railway choose Dalsinghsarai in "Amrit Bharat Railway scheme" for re-development of the station in phased manner and also issued fund (money) in the budget of 2023. 18 Express trains and 4 Local trains stop at Dalsinghsarai railway station.

Roads

Dalsinghsarai is well connected by roads . This city is situated NH122-IN.svg NH 122. NH-122 was previously numbered NH-28 [5] .This NH is very important due to Barauni Refinery.Three new flyover is proposed in Dalsinghsarai, first at NH-122 at tri-junction of SH-88, NH-122 and Vidyapatidham-Dalsinghsarai Road, Second at 32 number railway crossing and third at under construction Bypass for SH-88 to bypass dalsinghsarai market.It is also connected to SH-88 which connects it from Rosera and many more places.A new four lane greenfield highway is proposed between Dalsinghsarai and Purnia via Simri Bhaktiyarpur(Saharsa) which minimise the travel distance and provide hassle free travel to East India.Under construction World's longest Kacchi Dargha-Bidupur bridge which is a part of "Amas-Darbhanga expressway" will be nearly 25 km from the town that provide North Bihar people's a new way to reach Patna and South Bihar.Tajpur-Bhaktiyarpur Four lane Bridge's work also resumed in 2023 which work as a new path to Rajgir,Nalanda in less hours.Rajendra setu(Simaria) and New Mokama-Simaria Bridge which connects north Bihar to South Bihar,West Bengal,Jharkhand etc is approx. 35 km

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References

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