Dumraon is a town, near Buxar city and nagar parishad corresponding

community development block In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...

Buxar district Buxar district is one of the 38 districts of Bihar, India. Located in the southwestern part of the state, it is a primarily agricultural district. The district headquarters is at the town of Buxar. Etymology According to local traditions, th ...

in the Indian state of

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 Be ...

. Dumraon is one of Bihar's oldest municipalities and one of India's oldest princely states also known as

Dumraon Raj Dumraon Raj was a medieval chieftaincy and later a zamindari estate in erstwhile Shahabad district of Bihar (now in Buxar district). The total area under this zamindari was 4,85,000 acres which is equivalent to 1963 Square Kilometer. They were a ...

. It is located 1.5 km south of National Highway (NH) 84 (Ara-Buxar Highway), north from NH-30 (Patna-Ara-Mohania) and from NH-2 (Delhi- Kolkata). It is known for its Sinhora. Sights include Jangali Shiv ka Mandir, Bihariji Ka Mandir, Dumrejani mai ka Mandir, Maa Dakshini bhavani ji ka Mandir and Kaliji Ka Mandir.

Geography

Dumraon is located at . at an average elevation of 61 metres (200 feet).

History

Dumraon was the capital of the

, a powerful

zamindar A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as a ...

i estate ruled by the

Ujjainiya The Ujjainiya Parmār (also spelled as Ujjaini or simply Ujjainiya) are a Rajput clan that inhabits the state of Bihar. They are considered to have played a prominent role in the political history of medieval Bihar with many of their strongholds ...

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s. The rulers of Dumraon constituted the senior branch of the Ujjainiyas in the region, with the estates at

Buxar Buxar is a nagar parishad city in the state of Bihar, India bordering Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the eponymous Buxar district, as well as the headquarters of the community development block of Buxar, which also contains the ce ...

and

Jagdishpur Jagdishpur is a nagar panchayat town of the district Bhojpur of the state of Bihar in eastern India. It was the capital of the eponymous Jagdishpur estate, ruled by Rajputs of the Ujjainiya clan. One of its rulers, Kunwar Singh, was a major ...

being younger branches. Dumraon was made the capital of the estate in 1745 by

Raja Horil Singh Raja Horil Singh was a prominent chieftain in the Indian state of Bihar in the 18th century and belonged to the Ujjainiya Rajput clan. He ruled in Mathila then moved to Dumraon. He was notorious for engaging in feuds with his own clansmen and ass ...

(r. 1709-1746), who built a fortress at Dumraon. (Horil Singh's nephews, Buddh Singh and Udwant Singh, founded the estates at Buxar and Jagdishpur.) Dumraon was formally constituted as a municipality in 1877; during the late 1800s, the town was a producer and exporter of

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Demographics

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, Dumraon had a population of 53,618 as per census of 2011 Out of which 28,498 are males while 25,120 are females. The Average Sex Ratio of Dumraon is 881. Males constitute 53% of the population. Dumraon has an average literacy rate of 71.6% lower than the national average by 2.64%: male literacy is 66.6% and, female literacy is 53.4% . In Dumraon, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. Religion-wise population of Dumraon is as follows: there are 83.85% Hindu, 15.94 Muslim, 0.11% christian, 0.01% Buddhist and 0.07% non-religion.

Popular References

Ustad Bismillah Khan Bismillah Khan (born Amaruddin Khan, 21 March 1916 – 21 August 2006), often referred to by the title ''Ustad'', was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a reeded woodwind instrument. While the shehnai had long held imp ...

(21 March 1916 – 21 August 2006) (born as Qamaruddin Khan), often referred to by the honorific title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a subcontinental wind instrument of the oboe class. Khan was born on 21 March 1916 in a family of traditional Muslim musicians in Bhirung Raut Ki Gali, Dumraon, in what is now the eastern Indian state of Bihar, as the second son of Paigambar Baksh Khan and Mitthan. He was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the

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, in 2001, becoming the third classical musician after M. S. Subbulakshmi and Ravi Shankar to be accorded this distinction. The Former Princely State also finds mention and is the setting for the second half of the popular novel ''

Half Girlfriend Half Girlfriend is an Indian English coming of age, young adult romance novel by Indian author Chetan Bhagat. The novel, set in rural Bihar, New Delhi, Patna, and New York, is the story of a Bihari boy in quest of winning over the girl he ...

'' by

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where the protagonist Madhav Jha played by Arjun Kapoor is the Prince of the former Princely state Dumraon.

Railways

Dumraon Railway Station is located in between

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Railway Station on the

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via

Patna–Mughalsarai section The Patna–Mughalsarai section is a railway line connecting in the Indian state of Bihar and in Uttar Pradesh. History The first rail track between Howrah and Delhi was via what was later named as Sahibganj loop and the first through train o ...

main line. The Railway code for Dumraon is DURE.Train list
. Indiantrains.org. Retrieved on 2018-01-09.

Villages

Besides the city of Dumraon itself, there are 93 villages in Dumraon block. Of these, 73 are inhabited and 20 are uninhabited. As of 2011, the total population of these villages was 179,064, in 28,898 households. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! Village name ! Total land area (hectares) ! Population (in 2011) , - , Belamohan , , 56 , , 38 , - , Kunriya , , 60.8 , , 9 , - , Lohsar , , 111 , , 29 , - , Chilhari , , 517.2 , , 6,207 , - , Chanda , , 113 , , 547 , - , Partap Sagar , , 32 , , 2,243 , - , Kusalpur , , 133 , , 2,055 , - , Kulhawa , , 183.3 , , 898 , - , Suraundha , , 111.4 , , 1,846 , - , Naudiha , , 72.4 , , 144 , - , Samhar , , 164.2 , , 975 , - , Bhojpur Kadim , , 959 , , 18,243 , - , Mohammadpur , , 79 , , 222 , - , Hakimpur , , 55 , , 110 , - , Bhojpur Jadid , , 486.4 , , 17,088 , - , Chhatanwar , , 792 , , 6,310 , - , Rampur , , 218.9 , , 1,591 , - , Rasulpur , , 103.6 , , 0 , - , Hathelipur , , 20.2 , , 880 , - , Mustafapur , , 38.4 , , 73 , - , Puraini , , 55.4 , , 0 , - , Bankat , , 100 , , 711 , - , Hata , , 41.3 , , 587 , - , Marwatia , , 26.7 , , 0 , - , Nenuan , , 432.6 , , 3,099 , - , Bharkhara , , 44.1 , , 176 , - , Kudria , , 72.1 , , 505 , - , Mungasi , , 127.4 , , 562 , - , Kam Karahi , , 47.3 , , 0 , - , Sahipur , , 67.6 , , 0 , - , Sundarpur , , 55.9 , , 0 , - , Bharkunria , , 28.7 , , 0 , - , Piria , , 95.9 , , 1,348 , - , Uderampur , , 16 , , 0 , - , Mohanpur , , 63.6 , , 111 , - , Churamanpur , , 71.6 , , 0 , - , Sagarpur , , 54 , , 0 , - , Misraulia , , 53.4 , , 557 , - , Rajdiha , , 168.8 , , 1,977 , - , Tulshipur , , 34.8 , , 213 , - , Karuaj , , 207.2 , , 1,904 , - , Nikhura , , 43.3 , , 528 , - , Araila , , 115 , , 1,020 , - , Lakhan Dehra , , 441.6 , , 3,149 , - , Bhikha Bandh , , 141.6 , , 0 , - , Nandan , , 806.9 , , 6,894 , - , Amthua , , 142.4 , , 2,204 , - , Sirampur , , 85.8 , , 402 , - , Sarora , , 133.6 , , 1,295 , - , Dheka , , 80.1 , , 693 , - , Turiganj , , 215.7 , , 3,529 , - , Kumbhi , , 97.6 , , 828 , - , Noaon , , 716.7 , , 5,698 , - ,

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, , 528 , , 8,064 , - , Rehiya , , 418.9 , , 4,129 , - , Ariyawon , , 1,201.9 , , 9,978 , - , Dubkhi , , 53.4 , , 1,247 , - , Usrauliya , , 127.4 , , 0 , - , Basgitiya , , 54.3 , , 791 , - , Kachainiya , , 145.3 , , 1,601 , - , Dakhinawan , , 100.4 , , 1,557 , - , Kuransarae , , 589.2 , , 9,714 , - , Mugaon , , 426.6 , , 5,576 , - , Phogu Tola , , 68.4 , , 918 , - , Kopwa , , 327.9 , , 3,771 , - , Dihri , , 46.9 , , 0 , - , Kashia , , 348.8 , , 3,274 , - , Sikta , , 96 , , 446 , - , Ekauni , , 307.1 , , 2,640 , - , Khairahi , , 136.3 , , 477 , - , Athaon , , 496.2 , , 4,197 , - , Dahigana , , 194.3 , , 384 , - , Saro Dih , , 13 , , 0 , - , Udhopur , , 88.3 , , 0 , - , Chuar , , 173.9 , , 1,522 , - , Bairia , , 81 , , 724 , - , Dhangain , , 60.7 , , 0 , - , Basgitia , , 36.8 , , 0 , - , Lahana , , 201.2 , , 1,409 , - , Kamdharpur , , 40.1 , , 1,197 , - , Harni Chatti , , 68.9 , , 529 , - , Mirchi , , 81.7 , , 0 , - , Asapur , , 79 , , 0 , - , Misraulia , , 66 , , 243 , - , Khairahi , , 46.1 , , 0 , - , Parmanpur , , 72.9 , , 1,132 , - , Kanjharua , , 229.4 , , 2,099 , - , Pipri , , 57.4 , , 436 , - , Niranjanpur , , 48.1 , , 925 , - , Adpha , , 100.3 , , 1,162 , - , Marsara , , 123.4 , , 390 , - , Mathila , , 1,672.2 , , 8,823 , - , Nazirganj , , 70 , , 2,221 udiyanganj उड़ियानगंज

References

Cities and towns in Buxar district