Dabra, Madhya Pradesh Explained

Dabra
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Madhya Pradesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates:25.89°N 78.33°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Madhya Pradesh
Subdivision Name2:Gwalior
Governing Body:Dabra Municipal
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:475110
Area Code:07524
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Registration Plate:MP-07

Dabra is a town and municipality in Gwalior district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India located near NH-44 national highway. It serves the headquarters for both a tehsil and a coterminous community development block.[1]

Dabra (Hindi: डबरा) was also known as Padmapawaya in ancient times. Great poet Bhavabhuti[2] had received his education there. Dabra has a sugar-producing factory and is almost equidistant from New Delhi and Bhopal.

It is the biggest municipality in Madhya Pradesh as of now and naturally very beautiful. Sind river is just 5km (03miles) away from Dabra. Sonagir, a famous jain pilgrimage and Datia another famous tourist place are located 15km (09miles) and 30km (20miles) from Dabra respectively. Other famous sites are Bamrouli Hanuman Temple (5km (03miles) from Dabra towards Jhansi), Jaurasi Hanuman Temple 25km (16miles) from Dabra towards Gwalior), Dhumeshwar Mahadev Temple (30km (20miles) from Dabra towards Bhitarwar), tomb of peer baba at Tekanpur and Shri Dev temple located at Pichhore just 10km (10miles) away from Dabra (one of the ancient 300-year-old temple located in the vicinity of Dabra). One of the nine jewels of Akbar Abdul Fazal (on the behest of Jahangir by Vir Singh Deo, the raja of Orchha) was killed and has a tomb near Aantri village (30km (20miles) from Dabra towards Gwalior). Van Khandeshwar Mahadev Temple (2km (01miles) from Dabra towards Gwalior), Kale Baba Temple, Gayatri Temple, and Thakur Baba Temple are other famous temples in or nearby Dabra. The annual fair held at Thakur Baba temple is very famous locally. Dabra city is also known for cascading landscape; in addition to its massive production of 'Dhaan' (Rice grain with chaff). 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. New temple built name as Lakshmi Narayan mandir near sugar mile.

Education

Dabra has schools for primary and secondary education (affiliated with CBSE/ICSE/MP Boards). Some important CBSE and MP-board Schools of the area include RASS-JB Public School,IPS kids school, mangla higher secondary school,Cambridge School, IIPS, Ira World School CENTRAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, 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 (a zee network school), 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 (Adarsh) High Secondary School Dabra, India International Public School, Sangama School, Saraswati Children Convent Higher Secondary School Chhimak, 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.

Medical facilities

Dabra has a 100-bed Government Civil hospital and various private hospitals to serve health-related issues. SRM Multispeciality Hospital,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, Tekanpur 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.

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.

Roads

Dabra is connected to Gwalior and Jhansi via NH-44. 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 (TumTum)

Airport

The nearest airport from Dabra is Gwalior Airport which is 53.9km (33.5miles) from Dabra. This airport serves to Bangalore, Indore, New Delhi, Mumbai, Jammu, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Pune, Patna, Chennai, Manglore, Ahemdabad, Kochi.

Geography

Dabra is located at .[3] It has an average elevation of 201 metres (659 feet).

Demographics

As of the 2011 Census of India,[4] Dabra had a population of 2,37,974. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dabra has an average literacy rate of 57% : male literacy is 67% and, female literacy is 46%. In Dabra, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Villages

Dabra tehsil/block has 155 villages in addition to the census towns of Dabra, Buzurg, Ramgarh, and Tekanpur.[1] The villages are listed below:[1]

Village nameTotal land area (hectares)Population (in 2011)
1,108.1 3,424
239.1 1,527
209 2,845
1,317.2 2,254
318.7 1,009
428.9 434
287.6 377
470.4 1,064
390.9 843
290 443
444.7 897
1,341.6 2,472
270.6 203
1,358.7 2,426
730.4 1,505
160.2 122
202.3 4
316.1 1,454
435.8 1,137
186.9 334
624.2 939
491.8 492
2,677.2 2,041
1,534.6 2,749
333 1,208
254.8 259
230.6 614
291.5 120
297.5 668
373.1 424
188.4 829
529.2 659
169.8 394
738.5 1,293
177.5 416
407 805
672.8 2,761
451.8 740
1,511.4 3,776
351.2 278
998.5 2,285
413.1 0
3,856 1,309
981.7 1,631
2,423 1,887
1,181.4 1,812
0 0
798.4 1,315
733.6 1,391
380.9 671
292.2 672
22 4
1,346.7 2,362
1,482.2 1,857
1,125.4 1,706
113.9 65
345.9 1,197
152 850
536.5 1,055
254.2 1,198
102.8 0
773.5 1,116
632.6 1,793
386.8 1,281
140.8 270
207 638
111.2 584
491.8 1,291
535.3 1,892
1,649.4 4,015
614.1 1,251
763 1,217
271 0
322.6 1,027
179.9 886
428.2 1,367
839 1,599
444.9 828
167.5 413
255.6 1,062
229.2 605
191.4 118
633.9 2,164
192.3 348
240.7 911
116.7 984
302.9 816
627.9 1,623
264.5 716
279 568
117.6 71
588.2 888
425.9 583
339.8 826
500.9 739
1,140 3,523
529.3 1,206
211 457
322.9 705
295.2 348
1,468.9 3,950
403.5 1,831
257.8 712
792.6 2,277
1,361.9 3,596
262.9 365
1,176.1 2,139
206 424
471.3 1,934
187.4 569
190.9 932
500.8 1,958
911.8 1,464
651.8 2,032
463.4 1,002
158.2 387
378.3 840
360.8 789
426 1,038
308 752
234.4 923
444.6 993
376 862
755.2 4,085
227.6 430
225.9 758
477.2 935
382.6 1,220
360.4 1,059
341.6 1,253
214.7 818
224.1 915
230.7 172
308.8 754
106.4 624
1,252.3 2,996
369.9 1,076
157.7 490
386.2 2,212
366.9 1,279
516.3 360
495.6 1,035
467.3 1,327
313.4 740
310.7 761
302 1,006
225 659
192.5 532
299.1 703
216.1 502
1,321.9 2,692
1,127.5 2,151
1,356.4 2,254
534.7 3,112
287.4 1,855

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census of India 2011: Madhya Pradesh District Census Handbook - Gwalior, Part A (Village and Town Directory) . 223–83 . Census 2011 India. 6 May 2021.
  2. [Bhavabhuti]
  3. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/35/Dabra.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dabra
  4. Web site: Census of India 2011, Madhya Pradesh, District Census Handbook Gwalior.