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 Parishad. Mr. Rajesh Paswan is the chairman of Council. Mr. Chandan Prashad is vice- chairman of the Council. It is also one of the subdivisions, Anchal and block of Bihar. 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 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.

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 Parishad 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 (Muzaffarpur).
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 roads . This town is situated on National Highway No.-28, which links Barauni (Bihar) to the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, via Gorakhpur,this NH is very important due to Barauni Refinery. 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.The new proposed expressway through Tajpur and under construction World's longest Kacchi Dargha-Bidupur bridge's approach road will be nearly 25 km from the town.Rajendra setu(Simaria)which connects north Bihar from south Bihar is approx. 35 km.

Railways

There is a myth about Dalsinghsarai that it is the 2nd oldest railway station in India and 1st railway station in Bihar but " Royapuram" (Tamilnadu) is the second oldest railwaystation(operational) of India. Mahraja of Darbhanga feel the need of a railway line in Mithila,so on his own money they built (probably first in Bihar) a railway line from Darbhanga to Simaria via Dalsinghsarai.Dalsinghsarai and its localities are known for its tobacco "सरैसा ",that's why Britishers established a Cigratte factory in the area and transport its finished product through railways. 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, Avadh Assam 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.Railway will build a new Dalsinghsarai Vidyapathidham Railway line .The following are the usual trains which stop at Dalsinghsarai:

"Train name (no.) Arrives Departs Stop time days"

Dhn Smi Special (03327) 04:03 04:05 2 min Saturday

Mfp Koaa Special (05226) 16:07 16:09 2 min Saturday

Koaa Mfp Special (05225) 20:50 20:52 2 min sunday

Avadh Assam Express (15609) 14:54 14:55 1 min Daily

Ghy Jivachh Lin (25610) 08:17 08:18 1 min Daily

Thawe Tata Express18182) 17:49 17:51 2 min Daily

Ljn Bju Express (15204) 07:30 07:32 2 min Daily

Vaishali Express (12553) 10:00 10:01 1 min Daily

Intercity Express (13225) 15:16 15:17 1 min except sunday

Mithila Express(13022) 15:55 15:56 1 min Daily

Ganga Sagar Express (13186) 20:06 20:07 1 min Daily

Intercity Express (13226) 11:10 11:11 1 min except sunday

Bagh Express (13019) 08:10 08:11 1 min Daily

Bju Ljn Express (15203) 21:06 21:07 1 min Daily

Gangasagar Express (13185) 04:30 04:31 1 min Daily

Janasewa Express (13419) 18:45 18:46 1 min Daily

Jansewa Express (13420) 00:31 00:32 1 min Daily

Maurya Express (15027) 06:10 06:11 1 min Daily

Tata Cpr Express (18181) 10:04 10:05 1 min Daily

Mithilanchal Express (13155) 07:26 07:27 1 min Thursday/Sunday

Garib Rath Express (12203) 17:45 17:46 1 min

Mithilanchal Express (13156) 16:07 16:08 1 min Monday/Saturday

Avadh Assam Express (15910) 08:05 08:07 2 min Daily

Tirhut Express (13157) 07:26 07:27 1 min Tuesday

Ntsk Jivachh Li (25910) 08:06 08:07 1 min Daily

Tirhut Express (13158) 16:07 16:08 1 min Wednesday

Rxl Hwh Express (13044) 02:06 02:07 1 min Thursday/Saturday

Bagh Express (13020) 22:00 22:02 2 min Daily

Koaa Smi Express (13165) 09:04 09:05 1 min Saturday

Maurya Express (15028) 16:34 16:36 2 min Daily

Shc Garib Rath (12204) 06:45 06:47 2 min Wednesday/Saturday/sunday

Hwh Rxl Express (13043) 09:04 09:05 1 min Friday/ Wednesday

Vaishali Express (12554) 16:20 16:22 2 min Daily

Bju Gwl Mail (11123) 19:15 19:16 1 min Daily

Gwl Bju Mail (11124) 12:50 12:52 2 min Daily

Mithila Express (13021) 02:40 02:41 1 min Daily

Smi Dhn Special (03328) 12:58 13:00 2 min Sunday

Smi Koaa Express (13166) 02:06 02:07 1 min Sunday

References

{{Darbhanga Division

Cities and towns in Samastipur district