Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar


Mughalsarai, officially known as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar is a town and a municipal board in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh. Located around from Varanasi, it is an important railway junction in Uttar Pradesh. It is the site of the Mughalsarai Junction railway station.

History

Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar is located along the Grand Trunk Road NH19, also called Sadak-e-Azam by Sher Shah Suri, was one of the corridors connecting North India with the east during the Mughal period. In past centuries, it has been variously known as Mughalchak, Mangalpur and Oven Nagar. The township was named Mughalsarai when Indian railways established a junction here in 1883.

Geography

Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar is bisected by NH 19 / GT Road in three parts. The northern part mainly consists of railway colonies like Vasant Vihar, New Central Colony, Diesel Colony, Haper Colony, European colony, Shubhash Nagar, Loco Colony, and Roza Colony, Plant-Depot Colony and Saresar, Alampur. It starts after the Parao Road in Varanasi and continues until Alinagar Road which comes after Railway Colony on the south. A few mohallas are near the railway station like Qassab Mohal, and Gram Panchayats like Amoghpur, Taranpur, Pashurampur, Dharamshala, Mainatali and Galla Mandi. However, situated on the west side are the Kailashpuri and Ravinagar colonies which compose the poshest area in town.

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar had a total population of 109,650, of which 57,682 were males and 51,968 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 14,864. The total number of literates in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar was 76,936, which constituted 70.2% of the population with male literacy of 76.0% and female literacy of 63.7%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar was 81.2%, of which male literacy rate was 87.9% and female literacy rate was 73.7%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 17,943 and 2,093 respectively. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar had 16796 households in 2011.

Transportation

Railways

The Mughalsarai Junction railway station is the fourth busiest station in India, with about 125 passenger trains passing through it.

Notable residents