Dildarnagar Fatehpur Bazar

Dildarnagar Dildar Nagar Fatehpur Bazaar
town
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	11,409
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	232326
Telephone code	05497 no
Vehicle registration	UP-60
Sex ratio	male 52% female 48% ♂/♀
Website	www.dildarnagar.webs.com
Holy City Of Ghazipur

Dildarnagar is a Town and a nagar panchayat in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.Dildarnagar is a developing and new face town. It is 70 km away from Varanasi and 20 km from Ghazipur.it is regarded as a holy town by the more places like ghazipur,zamania,phooli,gahamar,bhadaura,mircha,rakasaha,usia,kurra,devaitha,etc. people who came from other place joy and great joy in dashehara festival,diwali,holi,id,bakarid,etc. Dildarnagar is most and great favourate place situated between varanasi and patna.The Great Actor Nazir Hussain also from Dildarnagar.

History

Dildarnaar lies on the road from Varanasi to Buxar and 20 Km. from Ghazipur. Between the town and the station there is mound called Akhandha, said to have been the seat of Raja Nal and the large tank to the west is called Rani Sagar after his famous queen Damayanti. In the center of the mound are the ruins of two temples..A Hindu settlement owes its present name, perhaps, to Sadi." During the tenure of Aurangzeb a few market centres developed such as Dildarnagar (tahsil Zemania) named after one of his officials. Dildarnagar,2 village in tahsil Zamaniya, 20 miles south of Ghazipur, derives its name from a Pathan named Dildar Khan who settled here in the reign of A u - r a n g z e b, after having destroyed the ancient Hindu town of Akhandha The Mughals were victorious and the Rajput army was scattered. Dham Deo and his elder brother Kam Deo came down to Ghazipur with their families and followers. According to a book, Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan Settlement by S H Ansari the Sikarwar Rajputs of Gahmar (one of biggest villages in Asia situated on the bank of river Ganga) emerged from Dham Deo and Bhumihar and Kamsar Pathans emerged from Kam Deo. Many of the Khanzada Rajputs villages are situayed near the town of Dildarnagar. They take the surname of Khan and are a fairly orthodox community.

Education

Dildarnagar has various schools and colleges affiliated to various Universities and Boards. In Dildarnagar,SKBM Inter College,Adarsh Vidyalaya Inter College(affiliated to U.P., Allahabad) and Crescent Convent School, Nobel Senior Secondary,New Shah Faiz Public School (affiliated to CBSE New Delhi), Nagar Palika and are the prime schooling institutions. While Graduate and Post Graduate Degree Colleges like S.K.B.M, Women PG College are affiliated to Purvanchal University, Jaunpur (U.P).

Notable people

• Nazir Hussain,Bollywood Actor And Pitamah Of Bojpuri Cinema

Distances From Dildarnagar

• Varanasi 80km
• Patna 154km
• Kanpur 399km
• Mughalsarai 78km

Demographics

As of 2001 Indian census, Dildarnagar Bazar had a population of 11,409. Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. Dildarnagar Bazar has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy being 77% and female literacy 63%. 16% of the population was under 6 years of age.

Religion

Religion in Dildarnagar
Religion			Percent
Hindus			40.2%
Muslims			58.8%
Sikhs			.3%
Jains			.1%
Christians			.1%
Others†			.5%
Distribution of religions †Includes Parsis, Buddhists and Jews.

Islam is the religion of 58.8% of Dildarnagar's population. There are also large communities of Hindus (40.2%) in Dildarnagar, the rest belonging to other religions, including Buddhists. Urdu, Hindi and Bhojpuri are the main spoken languages in Dildarnagar.

External links

• [1]Dildarnagar Story
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• Dildarnagar Fatehpur Bazar travel guide from Wikivoyage
• [2] Dildarnagar Story entry