Dalsinghsarai city was a to***co and indigo production center during the British time. There is a myth about the city is that Dalsinghsarai was the first railway station of Bihar and the second of India. Dalsingh Sarai is a city council or Nagar Parishad. Rajesh Paswan is the chairman of Council. Chandan Prashad is vice- chairman of the Council. It is also one of the subdivisions, Anchal and block
of Bihar. Before 2010 Dalsinghsarai was a Vidhan sabha constituency but in 2010 Delimitation Commission of India sn**ch its status of Vidhan sabha constituency. Now it falls under "Ujiyarpur" legislative constituency and "Ujiyarpur" Lok sabha constituency. Mr.Alok Kumar Mehta is the M.L.A of Ujiyarpur seat and Mr. Nityanand Rai is the M.P of Ujiyarpur who is currently become the state home minister in center. Dalsinghsarai has a diverse population, but Hindus are in majority whereas Muslims are in minority. In the past, Dalsinghsarai came under the Mithila Kingdom so here we can find Mithila culture very easily. Maithili language is mainly spoken here as well as Hindi. Vidyapatidham, which is known as the "Deoghar of Bihar", comes under Dalsinghsarai subdivision. Dalsinghsarai block comprises 45 villages like Gauspur Inaet, Ajnaul, Pagra, Balo chalk, etc. It is well connected by the rest of the country through railway or road network. History:
It was named after 9th guru of Aghori named Dalpat Singh. Before that, it was called Aghoria Ghat. This city has been the center of indigo cultivation during British rule. In 1902 an indigo research institute was also opened close to this city in Pusa. There was also a cigarette factory operating under British rule because of high volume of to***co farming in nearby areas. Demographics:
As of 2011 India census, The Dalsinghsarai Nagar Parishad has population of 23,862 of which 12,552 are males while 11,310 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of children with age of 0–6 is 3710 which is 15.55% of total population of Dalsinghsarai. The river traversing the city is Balan which is originated near Kanti (Muzaffarpur). Dalsinghsarai is a sub-division whose sub divisional officer is Mr.Vishnu Dev Mandal, a Anchal whose Anchal Adhikari is Mr.Vijay Kumar Tiwari, a block whose block developing officer is Mr.Shashi Bhushan and a city council whose chairman is Mr.Rajesh Paswan. Roadways:
Dalsingsarai is well connected by road. This town is situated on National Highway No.-28, which links Barauni (Bihar) to the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, via Gorakhpur. It is also connected to SH 88 which connects it from ROSERA and many more places.
