Dehri (Hindi: देह्री अथवा डेहरी) (Traditionally called देह्री घाट, New English name: Dehri–on–Sone or डेहरी ऑन स़ोन, Means on the Bank of Sone River) is a city and a Municipality in Rohtas district in the state of Bihar, India. It is a Sub Division under Patna Division and Headquarter of The Bihar Military Police (BMP-2) as well as The Police headquarters of the Sahabad Range. Contents
Geography
Dehri, a small town in northeastern India, lies on the bank of the Sone River with an average elevation of 99 metres (324 feet). It has a Railway station on the Grand Chord railways route. Until 1984, it had three railway stations. There were two separate railway stations called Dehri–on–Sone - one for narrow gauge Dehri Rohtas Light Railway and one for the Grand Chord Line. The two railway stations had no rail link because of gauge difference and were separated by a road called Station road. The third station, Dehri City Railway station, was situated at the centre of the town on Dehri-Rohtas light Railway route. The Grand Trunk Road/शेर शाह सूरी मार्ग (NH 2) passes through the heart of the town. Dalmianagar the industrial town is just beside Dehri. Dehri is also called Dehri-On-Sone and sometimes combined as Dehri-Dalmianagar. The main occupation of the local population is agriculture - principally rice, Lime stone and Coal Trading. About Closure of Industrial Complex, Dalmianagar
The Industrial town of Dalmianagar was founded by the famous industrialist Ramkrishna Dalmia, a doyens of business in 20th century India and founder of the Dalmia group. He was assisted by his younger brother Jaidayal Dalmia and son in law Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain in establishing many factories of Rohtas Industries Ltd. Shanti Prasad Jain took over Rohtas Industries Ltd. from his father-in-law, and under his stewardship, Dalmianagar developed into a massive industrial town from 1940s till 1980s with factories producing sugar, cement, paper, chemicals, vanaspati etc. employing top professionals of the country. Dalmianagar boasted of vast and beautiful housing colony, gardens, clubs, schools, market complexes, hospital etc. Rohtas Industries had their own private aircraft in those days and a small air-field near Dalmianagar. The prosperity of Dalmianagar started to decline in mid 1970s as the law and order situation in this industrial town began to worsen. Local mafia indulged in dacoity and kidnapping. Slowly, executives and professionals began to leave and the factories were mismanaged. By mid 1980s factories started to shut down. Massive electricity bills remained unpaid by Rohtas Industries Ltd. to the State Electricity Board. There were irregularities in payment of salaries and wages to employees. By 1990s Dalmianagar looked like a ghost town. Of total of 12,629 workers employed in Rohtas Group of Industries Prior to its Closure in July 1984, 10,312 workers were permanent and remaining 2,317 were either contract labour or casual worker. Excepting 444 employees engaged in essential services including security services, all were thrown out of employment, Thus together with the unemployed registered with the local Employment exchange numbering 3,28,839, the total number of workers seeking employment as in June, 1987 added up to 3,41,024. The situation further worsened when thousand of people who were earlier engaged in ancillary industries in some form or the other also lost their job. Demographics
As of the 2001 Indian census,[1] Dehri had a population of 119,007. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Dehri has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74% and, female literacy is 57%. Official language is Hindi and English. People speak in Hindi but mostly in Bhojpuri or Hindi-Bhojpuri mixed.
[edit] Climate
It becomes quite hot during summer and may touches 43 to 48 degrees Celsius, But the average is 38 degrees and during winter its 5 to 10 degrees around. Normal rainfall is 950mm. Best time to visit is between October to March.
[edit] Education
Dehri has not many good educational institutes for higher degrees but for primary education, a lot of government supported and private schools are there, where you can get education in Hindi medium as well as English medium. A few of the famous schools are GEMS English School, Model School, DAV Public School, RBS Education Foundation,Sun Beam Public School and Dehri High School, High School (Inter College) Dalmiangar, STR School etc. There is a girl’s school - Rama Rani Jain Balika Uchch Vidyalaya, Balika vidyalaya, Dalmianagar and one Women’s college - Mahila College. For higher education, there are several UG colleges: Nehru College, Jagjeevan College, Women's College and SP Jain College. There are plenty of private instuition facilities. There are many private schools in Dehri town like Janta Balika High School for girls, near Nagar Parishad Office & co-educaton in Hindi & English for children are Gyan Bharti Public School,(Shubhash Nagar); Vidya Niketan (Residential) Public School, New Dillian, Zenith Public school(residential) etc. The City now a vast pool of professionals working the reputed organizations of the country and abroad. Business
Business here is principally based on agriculture, Lime Stone and one very good business area is the coal depot, where trading of coal takes place and which employ more than a lakh of people including people from other parts of the state and the country. The coal depot is the second largest coal trading place in the country. Places to see
Sone River
Son River bridges are one of the most scenic places in town, The two bridges over son river are one of their kind. The road bridge (Jawahar setu) used to be the longest bridge in Asia (3061 m) till it was supersceded by Mahatma Gandhi setu over Ganga at Patna. The rail bridge still holds the record at 3059 m. Other places for visit are Old Anicut Dam, Jharkhandi Mandir, Naulakha Mandir, Dalmianagar and the Hydroelectric power plant. There are several locally famous cinema halls, including Jai Hind, Apsara and Trimurti
[edit] Indrapuri Barrage
Indrapuri Barrage is one of the longest dams in India, storing a large amount of water. It is located nearly 5 km from Main Town. From it flow 2 major and several other small canals which supply the whole of western and central Bihar with water for irrigation. Rohtasgarh Fort
Rohtasgarh Fort
Situated at Rohtas, 40 km south of Dehri on sone on Kaimur Range, 1500 m above sea level, Easily Accessible via NH 2C (National Highway 2C originating form NH 2 The Grand Trunk Road at Dehri it self) Famous for Rohtasgarh Fort. Rohitashva, son of King Harishchandra founded the town of Rohtas Garh in Rohtas district, Bihar, as well as Rohtak,
Punjab, originally Rohitakaul, meaning from the Kul (family) of Rohit. The Rohtas Fort is one of the most ancient forts of India. The culture of the Sone Valley is best symbolized by the Rohtasgarh Fort which is a testimony of strength and power. Place of interest here are Hathiya Pol and Elephant Gate, The Aina Mahal, Jami Masjid and Habsh Khan's mausoleum, Ganesh Temple, The Hanging House, Rohtasan Temple and Devi Temple, Diwan-e-khas, Diwan-e-aam. There are many water falls in this area, falls from top of kaimur hill towards east and joins Sone River and One can also Visit Dhurwan Kund & Gupta Dham caves, Shergarh fort on this Hill. Mausolée de Sher Shah Suri à Sasaram
[edit] Sasaram
Situated 17 km West of Dehri Easily Accessible via Grand Trunk Road/NH 2 and by Train too. Sasaram has a Railway station (Junction) on Howrah-New Delhi Grand Chord line of the Indian Railways, connecting Calcutta and New Delhi, Head quarter of Rohtas District as well as the Sadar Subdivision Sasaram, There are several monuments nearby town. It is famous for the Sher Shah Suri Tomb build towards the middle of the sixteenth century. Hexagonal in shape & build of stone. It is the second highest tomb in India situted in the middle of a big tank. It is a fine specimen of the pathan architecture & attracts tourists. Recently it was selected as 3rd wonder of Bihar [2] and Nominated for 7 wonders of India too [3]. The tomb of Hasan Khan Suri, father of Sher Shah is also located in the town. This tomb is also known as Sukha Roza. There is a temple of Goddess Tarachandi and small inscription of Pratap Dhawal on the rock close to the temple of Chandi Devi. Hindus in large number assemble to worship the goddess.
[edit] Festivals
Major festivals are Holi, Durgapuja, Dussehra, Diwali, Chitragupt Puja, Bhai dooj, Teej, Vat Savitri pooja and most important is Chhath.Chhath is very nicely celebrated in the town after Patna. The whole town is decorated like heaven. Wherever people from town have migrated, they come back to celebrate this festival. People dedicate themselves in social services like cleaning of roads, helping others during this festival.
[edit] Shopping
There are two main markets, Dehri Bazaar and Station Road Bazaar. There is no local speciality of Dehri markets. But you get fresh fruits & vegetables at station road market and dalminagar bazar. Shopping center at old GT Road called Sinha Complex which is single largest 7 floor shopping complex in town is going to open shortly. Dehri is also known for its jewellerys it is a big hub of jewellery manufacturing for local towns and cities like Garhwa, Daltonganj, Sasaram, Aurangabad etc.
[edit] Nearby Villages
Katar, Bastipur, Narayanpur, Bheria, Tar-bangala, Manikpur, Manoura, Badiha, Darihat, Makrain, Saron, Bisrampur, sakhra and Baligaon. The KATAR village The unique name of the village Katar has got its name from one of the incident that took place at the time of first Independence of war i.e. 1857. Katar means a knife. Villagers killed some British police using knife and threw their bodies in the nearby well, since then it has got its name. Katar is one of the village surrounded by the other villages like Narayanpur in the North, Shankarpur in South, Sone River in East and Bhaluari in West. This village has population around 1500-1600. It has two Govt. primary school located in the vicinity and one DAV public School run by private organisation. Out of this two Govt. primary school one is situated in the blessing surrounding of "Goddess Kali". Some of the people who have got their primary education from this school are serving in different Govt. as well as private sector for the nation. This village is one of the fastest developing village in the area. The educational percentage of the village people is increasing rapidly. It has one famous temple in the village which is Kaali Mandir. All the people who get married take the blessings of Maa Kaali while going for marriage and after return. During Durga puja this temple witness a huge gathering of people from nearby villages and also from far flung areas like Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand etc. One of the largest contribution of this and the nearby villages are that some of them have dedicated their whole life in making one of the nations pride in Industrial .sector i.e. Navratna PSU "Bokaro Steel Plant".
