Dalsinghsarai


Dalsinghsarai or Dalsing Sarai is a city in the Samastipur District of Bihar, which is situated on the bank of the river Balan. Dalsinghsarai city was a tobacco and indigo production center during the British time. There is a myth about the city is that Dalsinghsarai was the first railway station of Bihar and the second of India. Dalsingh Sarai is a city council or Nagar Panchayat. It is also one of the subdivisions, Anchal and block of Bihar. "Mr.Vishnu Dev Mandal" is subdivisional officer of Dalsinghsarai. 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 "Ujiyarpur" legislative constituency and "Ujiyarpur" Lok sabha constituency.
Mr. Alok Kumar Mehta is the M.L.A of Ujiyarpur seat and Mr. Nityanand Rai is the M.P of Ujiyarpur who is currently become 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 came under the Mithila Kingdom so here we can find Mithila culture very easily. Maithili language is mainly spoken here as well as Hindi. Vidyapatidham, which is known as the "Deoghar of Bihar", comes under Dalsinghsarai subdivision.
Dalsinghsarai block comprises 45 villages like Gauspur inaet, Ajnaul, Pagra, Balo chalk, etc. It is well connected by the rest of the country through railway or road network.

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.
There was also a cigarette factory operating under British rule because of high volume of tobacco farming in nearby areas.

Demographics

India census, 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 which is originated near Kanti.
Dalsinghsarai is a sub-division whose sub divisional officer is Mr.Vishnu Dev Mandal, a Anchal whose Anchal Adhikari is Mr.Vijay Kumar Tiwari, a block whose block developing officer is Mr.Shashi Bhushan and a city council whose chairman is Mr.Rajesh Paswan.

Roadways

Dalsingsarai is well connected by road. This town is situated on National Highway No.-28, which links Barauni to the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, via Gorakhpur. It is also connected to SH 88 which connects it from ROSERA and many more places.

Railways

There is a myth about Dalsinghsarai that it is the 2nd oldest railway station in India and 1st railway station in Bihar. Dalsinghsarai was a tobacco production center the finished tobacco products were transported to the rest of India through the railways, the British government built a railway station at Dalsinghsarai for the transportation of tobacco products. This is the main railway station between Barauni junction and Samastipur junction with many modern facilities. Many major trains of East Central Railway, Hajipur like Garib rath superfast express, Vaishali Super fast express, Awadh Asam Express, etc. stop here. It is well connected with the railway. It lies under the Sonepur Division of the East Central Railway, Hajipur. It is well connected to other parts of India with the railway network. There are approx. 42 passenger trains and 17 freight trains stop at Dalsinghsarai railway station. The following are the usual trains which stop at Dalsinghsarai:
Train name passing via
Dalsingh Sarai Arrives Departs Stop time days
Dhn Smi Special 04:03 04:05 2 min Saturday
Mfp Koaa Special 16:07 16:09 2 min Saturday
Koaa Mfp Special 20:50 20:52 2 min sunday
Abadh Assam Express 14:54 14:55 1 min Daily
Ghy Jivachh Lin 08:17 08:18 1 min Daily
Cpr Tata Express 17:49 17:51 2 min Daily
Ljn Bju Express 07:30 07:32 2 min Daily
Vaishali Express 10:00 10:01 1 min Daily
Intercity Express 15:16 15:17 1 min except sunday
Mithila Express 15:55 15:56 1 min Daily
Ganga Sagar Express 20:06 20:07 1 min Daily
Intercity Express 11:10 11:11 1 min except sunday
Bagh Express 08:10 08:11 1 min Daily
Bju Ljn Express 21:06 21:07 1 min Daily
Gangasagar Express 04:30 04:31 1 min Daily
Janasewa Express 18:45 18:46 1 min Daily
Jansewa Express 00:31 00:32 1 min Daily
Maurya Express 06:10 06:11 1 min Daily
Tata Cpr Express 10:04 10:05 1 min Daily
Mithilanchal Express 07:26 07:27 1 min Thursday/Sunday
Garib Rath Express 17:45 17:46 1 min
Mithilanchal Express 16:07 16:08 1 min Monday/Saturday
Avadh Assam Express 08:05 08:07 2 min Daily
Tirhut Express 07:26 07:27 1 min Tuesday
Ntsk Jivachh Li 08:06 08:07 1 min Daily
Tirhut Express 16:07 16:08 1 min Wednesday
Rxl Hwh Express 02:06 02:07 1 min Thursday/Saturday
Bagh Express 22:00 22:02 2 min Daily
Koaa Smi Express 09:04 09:05 1 min Saturday
Maurya Express 16:34 16:36 2 min Daily
Shc Garib Rath 06:45 06:47 2 min Wednesday/Saturday/sunday
Hwh Rxl Express 09:04 09:05 1 min Friday/ Wednesday
Vaishali Express 16:20 16:22 2 min Daily
Bju Gwl Mail 19:15 19:16 1 min Daily
Gwl Bju Mail 12:50 12:52 2 min Daily
Mithila Express 02:40 02:41 1 min Daily
Smi Dhn Special 12:58 13:00 2 min Sunday
Smi Koaa Express 02:06 02:07 1 min Sunday
Abadh Assam Express 14:55 14:56 1 min Daily