Mughalsarai (;
English: ''
Mughal Tavern
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), officially known as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, is a city and a
municipal board in the
Chandauli district of
Uttar Pradesh
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. Located around from
Chandauli town, the district headquarters, it is an important
railway junction.
History
Mughalsarai is located along the
Grand Trunk Road (
NH 19), also called Sadak-e-Azam by
Sher Shah Suri
Sher Shah Suri (born Farid al-Din Khan; 1472 or 1486 – 22 May 1545), also known by his title Sultan Adil (), was the ruler of Bihar from 1530 to 1540, and Sultan of Hindustan from 1540 until his death in 1545. He defeated the Mughal Empire, ...
, was one of the corridors connecting
North India
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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.
In August 2018, the city was renamed as ''Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar'', after
Deendayal Upadhyaya, a politician and leader of the
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh) was a Hindutva political party active in India. It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal ...
.
Geography
Mughalsarai is bisected by NH 19 into 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
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 17,943 and 2,093 respectively. Mughalsarai had 16,796 households in 2011.
Politics
* A Municipal Council represent the urban area.
*
Mughalsarai (Assembly constituency) represents the area.
Transportation
The
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction railway station is the fourth busiest station in India, with about 125 passenger trains passing through it.
Notable people
*
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri (; born Lal Bahadur Srivastava; 2 October 190411 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1964 to 1966. He previously served as Minister ...
, the second
Prime Minister of India
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was born here.
*
Ramesh Jaiswal, member of
18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
References
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Cities and towns in Chandauli district
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar
Caravanserais in India