Mughalsarai (;

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: '' Mughal

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''), officially known as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, is a city and a

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in the

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. Located around from

Varanasi Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. * * * * The city has a syncretic t ...

, it is an important

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. It is the site of the

Mughalsarai Junction railway station Mughalsarai Junction, officially known as Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, (station code: DDU, formerly MGS) is a railway station in the town of Mughalsarai in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The station contains the largest railway mars ...

History

Mughalsarai is located along the Grand Trunk Road NH19 (GT ROAD), also called Sadak-e-Azam by Sher Shah Suri, was one of the corridors connecting

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with the east during the

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. In past centuries, it has been variously known as Mughalchak, Mangalpur and Oven Nagar. The township was named Mughalsarai when Indian railways established a

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here in 1883.

Geography

Mughalsarai is bisected by NH 19 / GT Road in three parts. The southern 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 the city.

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Mughalsarai 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 Mughalsarai 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 Mughalsarai was 81.2%, of which male literacy rate was 87.9% and female literacy rate was 73.7%. The

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population was 17,943 and 2,093 respectively. Mughalsarai had 16,796 households in 2011.

Politics

Mughalsarai (Assembly constituency) Mughalsarai is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Mughalsarai in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Chandauli Lok Sabha constituency. Si ...

represent the area.

Transportation

Railways

The

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

Notable residents

Lal Bahadur Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri (; 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966 and 6th Home Minister of India from 1961 to 1963. He promoted the White Re ...

, the second Prime Minister of India was born here. *

Deendayal Upadhyaya Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya (25 September 1916 – 11 February 1968) was an Indian politician, proponent of integral humanism ideology and leader of the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the forerunner of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...

, co-founder of the

Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) ( ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the po ...

, was found dead at Mughalsarai in 1968. *

Ramesh Jaiswal Ramesh Jaiswal is an Indian politician and a member of 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Mughalsarai. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Personal life Ramesh Jaiswal was born to Mithai Lal Jaiswal and hails fr ...

, member of

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References

{{Chandauli district Cities and towns in Chandauli district Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar Caravanserais in India