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
