Danapur is a Indian satellite town and one of the 6 sub-divisions (

Tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administ ...

) in

Patna district Patna district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India. Patna, the capital of Bihar, is the district headquarters. The Patna district is a part of Patna division. The Patna district is divided into 6 Sub-divisions ( ...

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...

state.City Development Plan for Danapur
2014-03-05 The population was 182,241 at the 2011 India Census. It is part of the

Patna Metropolitan Region Patna Metropolitan Region (Hindi: पटना महानगरीय क्षेत्र) is an official definition of the metropolitan area surrounding the Bihar capital city Patna in India. It is also known as the Patna metropolitan area, ...

. It was constituted as a municipality in 1887. Danapur is also a shelter and hatchery for the migrating

Siberian crane The Siberian crane (''Leucogeranus leucogeranus''), also known as the Siberian white crane or the snow crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. They are distinctive among the cranes: adults are nearly all snowy white, except for their ...

s, locally called ''Janhgil''. They visit every year during the monsoon season for breeding and leave this place before the start of the winter season. The Sub-Area Headquarters of Bihar and Jharkhand is situated in the army cantonment here. Nagar Parishad Danapur Nizamat looks after municipal works of Danapur area. In 2018, Bihar State Road Development Corporation Limited (BSRDCL) completed the construction work of a ten- metre-wide 10.6 km long road along the western embankment of Digha-Danapur canal. This road also passes underneath the 12.27 km long Digha-AIIMS elevated road (Patli Path) that connects NH-98 near AIIMS Patna to

Digha Digha is a seaside resort town in the state of West Bengal, India. It lies in Purba Medinipur district and at the northern end of the Bay of Bengal. It has a low gradient with a shallow sand beach. It is a popular sea resort in West Bengal. Hi ...

on the

Loknayak Ganga Path Jp Ganga Path (Ganga Pathway) or Patna Marine Drive is an Controlled-access highway, expressway along the Ganga river in Patna, Bihar, India. It is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. It is being jointly constructed by the Housing and ...

(or Patna Marine Drive) at Patna. Flagstaff

ghat Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, depending on the context could refer either to a range of stepped hills with valleys (ghati in Hindi), such as the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats; or the series of steps leading down to a body of ...

on the Ganges at Dinapur,

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

, 1859 is one of the oldest ghats.

Gurdwara Handi Sahib Gurdwara Handi Sahib is situated in Danapur is a cantonment station, 20 km west of old Patna City. Guru Tegh Bahadur had returned to Punjab in April 1670 leaving his family behind at Patna. The family after leaving Patna Sahib made their ...

,a gurdwara of

Guru Tegh Bahadur Guru Tegh Bahadur (Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ਼ ਬਹਾਦਰ (Gurmukhi); ; 1 April 1621 – 11 November 1675) was the ninth of ten Gurus who founded the Sikh religion and the leader of Sikhs from 1665 until his beheading in 1675. ...

, is a pilgrimage place for Sikhs. Naulakha temple and various historical buildings of British rule are places of interest.

Geography

Danapur is located on the bank of the River

Ganges The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

. According to the City development plan for Danapur, the city has a total area of 11.63 km² and is divided into 40 wards. The Nagar Parishad Danapur Nizamat (Municipal Council) was established in 1889. File:Flagstaff ghat on the Ganges at Dinapur, Patna, 1859.jpg, Flagstaff ghat in 1859 File:ArmyPublicSchool Ent.jpg, Army Public School, Danapur Cantt File:Danapur Cantonment.jpg, Danapur Army Cantonment

Demographics

As of the

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of 2011, there were 182,241 with 97,129 men and 85,112 women residing in the city. Out of which 25,092 (13.77%) had children under the age of 6. There were 13,398 boys while 11,694 are girls. The

population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...

as per 2001 data is about 113 persons/ha. The overall literacy rate is 78.4%, with the male literacy rate being 84.54% and the female literacy rate being 71.39%. The sex ratio of 882 per 1000 males was lower than the national average of 944. And child sex ratio of girls is 873 per 1000 boys.

Politics

Danapur is part of

Danapur Danapur is a Indian satellite town and one of the 6 sub-divisions (Tehsil) in Patna district of Bihar state.Pataliputra Pataliputra ( IAST: ), adjacent to modern-day Patna, was a city in ancient India, originally built by Magadha ruler Ajatashatru in 490 BCE as a small fort () near the Ganges river.. Udayin laid the foundation of the city of Pataliputra at the ...

Lok Sabha constituency.

Administration

The Danapur sub-division (

) is headed by an IAS or State Civil Service Officer of the rank of Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM).

Blocks

The Danapur Tehsil is divided into 4

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s, each headed by a Block Development Officer (BDO). List of Blocks is as follows: # Danapur # Maner #

Bihta Bihta is a town and Block in Patna district, Bihar state, India. Bihta is part of Maner Assembly constituency and Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency. It is located around west of Patna. Bihta is also an upcoming satellite town of Patna. It l ...

Naubatpur Naubatpur is a satellite town in Patna Metropolitan Region located inside Patna district within the Indian state of Bihar. Geography It is located 15 km west of Patna. The nearest airport is the Patna Airport, 18.5km NorthEast of the ...

List of villages

The list of villages in ''Danapur-cum-Khagaul''

(under Danapur

) is as follows: * Ganghara * Hathia Kandh * Hetanpur * Jamaluddin * Jamsaut * Kasim Chak * Kothawan * Lakhani Bigha * Manas * Mobarakpur-Raghurampur * Patlapur * Purani Panapur * Sarari

References

External links

Official website of PatnaMLA Danapur Asha Sinha
{{Patna, state=collapsed Cities and towns in Patna district Neighbourhoods in Patna 1887 establishments in India