Dabra, Gwalior
Dabra is town and a municipality in Gwalior district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India located near NH-75 national highway.
Dabra was also known as Padmapawaya in ancient times. Great poet Bhavabhuti had received his education at Dabra. Dabra has a sugar-producing factory and is almost equidistant from New Delhi and Bhopal. It is connected to New Delhi, Mumbai, Bhopal, Agra, Mathura, Varanasi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Haridwar, Chhapra, Gaya, Pune, Nasik, Jammu, Amritsar, Nagpur, Raigarh, Amritsar, Nanded Sahib, Allahabad, Ferozpur, Chhindwara, Udaipur, Jaipur, Ajmer, Puri, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar and Bhubaneshwar through rail network. Gwalior and Jhansi are the two big cities located 42 km and 58 km away from Dabra respectively. It is the biggest municipality in Madhya Pradesh as of now and naturally very beautiful. Sind river is just 5 km away from Dabra. Sonagir, a famous jain pilgrimage and Datia another famous tourist place are located 15 km and 30 km from Dabra respectively. Other famous sites are Bamrouli Hanuman Temple, Jaurasi Hanuman Temple, Dhumeshwar Mahadev Temple, tomb of peer baba at Tekanpur and Shri Dev temple located at Pichhore just 10 km away from Dabra. One of the nine jewels of Akbar Abdul Fazal was killed and has a tomb near Aantri village. Van Khandeshwar Mahadev Temple, Kale Baba Temple, Gayatri Temple and Thakur Baba Temple are other famous temples in or nearby Dabra. Annual fair held at Thakur Baba temple is very famous locally. Natives of Dabra are known for their politeness, truthfulness and amiability. Dabra city is also known for cascading landscape; in addition to its massive production of 'Dhaan'. Unity in diversity is one of the unique character of this town. Discrimination based on religion, region, language, caste, gender and education is rarely found in Dabra. In any festival, natives of Dabra participate in such a harmonious way, it can even be showcased as an example of national integration.
Education
Dabra has schools for primary and secondary education. Some important CBSE Schools of the area include , Cambridge School, IIPS, GIPS and ICSE like St. Peter's. Apart from this, some of the notable institutes are Mangla Higher Secondary School, Daisy moral high Secondary school, Sant Kanwar Ram Higher Secondary School, Kidzee Preschool, Shining Scholars Public School, Daisy Moral Higher Secondary School, Dream India school, The Sangmaa School, Shri Guru Nanak Public Higher Secondary School, Nava Kanthi School, Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Deeksha Public School, D.A.V. Higher Secondary School, Vankhandeshwar Higher Secondary School, Dabra glory public school, Shri Ram school, ShriRam Bal Vihar, St. Peter's School, Vandematram Foundation School, Sanskar Public School, Mahatma Jyotirao Fooley Convent School, Balaji Public School, Bal Shrmik Vishesh Vidyalaya, Cambridge School, Global Public School, Maa Pitambra public school, IPS High Secondary School Dabra, India International Public School, Saraswati Children Convent Higher Secondary School Chhimak, etc. Many students of these schools have been selected to institutes like IITs, IIITM Gwalior, NITs, GEC Jabalpur, MITS Gwalior, SGSITS Indore, SGS Medical College Mumbai, GRMC Medical College Gwalior, GMC Bhopal, MGM Indore, MAMC Delhi, etc.Dabra has also a polytechnic college for technical education and a government college for non-technical higher education named Vrindasahaye Government College and many private institutes such as , Abhinav College, Neon College, etc.
Medical facilities
Dabra has a 100-bed Government Civil hospital and various private hospitals to serve health-related issues.Ketkar hospital, Jagdeesh hospital merged with apollo spectra multispeciality is a leading hospital in providing medical facilities in Dabra.
Social work activities
Non Government Organizations such as Nirmal Chaaya Women Welfare Organization work in Dabra to uplift the unprivileged people. These NGOs are helping educate poor children through child development and welfare programs, scholarships to the needy children; provide basic necessary clothing, school supplies like uniforms, books and stationery, etc. They also provide support alongside of the government programs to help pregnant women, old and helpless citizens.Transportation
Railways
Dabra Railway Station is a railway station in Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh. Its station code is DBA. It serves around 2 lakh people of Dabra city, Bhitarwar, Takenpur BSF Academy and many other nearby villages. The station consists of three platforms. The platforms are well sheltered. It has basic facilities of drinking water, sanitation and snacks. With almost 56 trains making halts, it has hood connectivity to both North and South India. This railway station operated by Jhansi Railway Station. Some major halting trains are Malwa Express, Lashkar Express, Chattishgarh Express, Gondwana Express, Udaipur-Khajuraho Express and 51 others. Dabra railway station has facilities like wheelchair, rest room, coach display boards, canteen, etc.Roads
Dabra is connected to Gwalior and Jhansi via NH-75. This is a four-lane highway that connects major cities like Gwalior, Jhansi, Chhatarpur, Khajuraho, Panna, Satna, Rewa and so on.The city has regular bus services to Indore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Ujjain, Agra, Kanpur, Shivpuri, etc.
Dabra has local city transport in the form of Auto Rickshaws, Tata Magic and Electric Vehicle
Airport
The nearest airport from Dabra is Gwalior Airport which is 53.9km from Dabra. This airport serves to Bangalore, Indore, New Delhi, Mumbai, Jammu and Hyderabad.Food
This place is famous for its authentic sugarcane juice and tasty food. Dabra has chaupati near railway station where many fast food vendors serve delicious food. Few are Tirupati Balaji Fast Food & Dosa, Chintu Mastana Fast Food, kamal Chuski Bhandar, Jaish Food Cafe, Shitla Momos and many others. Dabra also have restaurants like Krishna's, Kwality Restaurant, The ND Grande, Jain Bhojnalay, Hotel Amar Basera, etc known for its delicious food. Samosas from Kallu Chaat, Sonu Foods, Anand Chaat, Guru Samosa are known for its authentic and delicious samosa. There are many sweet vendors like Jodhpur Misthan, Lakhmi Chand, Raju Misthan Bhandar and others who serves quality sweets.This place has Zomato available to order food online.