Dabra is a town and a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in Gwalior district

Gwalior District

Gwalior district ) is one of the 50 districts of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The historic city of Gwalior is its administrative headquarters. Other cities and towns in this district are Antari, Bhitarwar, Bilaua, Dabra, Morar Cantonment, Pichhore, and Tekanpur.The district has an area of...

 in the state of Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

, India

India

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 located near NH-75 national highway.

Overview

It was also known as Padmapawaya in ancient times. Great poet Bhavabhuti

Bhavabhuti

Bhavabhuti was an 8th century scholar of India noted for his plays and poetry, written in Sanskrit. His plays are considered equivalent to the works of Kalidasa...

  had received his education at Dabra (ancient time Padmapawaya). Dabra has a sugar producing factory and is almost equidistant from New Delhi

New Delhi

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 and Bhopal. It is
connected to New Delhi

New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

, Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, Bhopal, Agra

Agra

Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...

, Mathura, Varanasi

Varanasi

-Etymology:The name Varanasi has its origin possibly from the names of the two rivers Varuna and Assi, for the old city lies in the north shores of the Ganga bounded by its two tributaries, the Varuna and the Asi, with the Ganges being to its south...

, Kanpur, Lucknow

Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

, Haridwar

Haridwar

Haridwar is an important pilgrimage city and municipality in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India...

, Chhapra

Chhapra

Chhapra is a city and headquarters of Saran district in the state of Bihar, India. Chhapra is also written as Chapra. It is situated near the junction of the Ghaghara River and The Ganges River....

 and Bhubaneshwar through rail network. Gwalior and Jhansi

Jhansi

Jhansi Hindi:झाँसी, , Marathi: झाशी, is a historical city of India. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi District and Jhansi Division. The original walled city grew up around its stone fort, which crowns a neighboring rock. This district is on the bank of river Betwa.The National...

 are the two big cities located 42 km and 52 km away from Dabra respectively. It is the biggest municipality in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

 as of now and naturally very beautiful. Sind river is just 5 km away from Dabra. Sonagir, a famous jain pilgrimage is located 15 km from Dabra. Datia

Datia

Datia is a small rural town and a municipality in Datia district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative center of Datia District. It was formerly the seat of the eponymous princely state in the British Raj. Datia is situated near Gwalior and on the border with Uttar...

, another famous tourist place is 30 km away from Dabra. Other famous sites are Bamrouli Hanuman

Hanuman

Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...

 Temple (5 km from Dabra towards Jhansi), Jaurasi Hanuman

Hanuman

Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...

 Temple (25 km from Dabra towards Gwalior), Dhumeshwar Mahadev Temple (30 km from Dabra towards Narwar), tomb of peer baba at Tekanpur and One of the Nince Jewels of Akbar Abdul Fazal (on the behest of Jehangir By Bir Singh Deo Maharaja of Orcha) was killed and has a tomb near Aantri village (30 km from Dabra towards Gwalior), Van Khandeshwar Mahadev Temple (2 km from Dabra towards Gwalior), Kale Baba Temple, Gayatri Temple and Thakur Baba Temple. Thakur Baba temple fair is held every year and is very famous locally. Recently, a special food processing zone (SEZ) has been scheduled to get started in Dabra in near future.

In fun, natives of Dabra use to rank its top six qualities in their own ways based on the easy availability of those ones, which are "Dhaan (Rice grain with chaff), Dhool (Dust), Dhoka (Betrayal, Suar (Pig), Machhar (Mosquito) and Neta (Politician)".

Education

Dabra has schools for primary and secondary education (affiliated with CBSE/ICSE/MP Boards). Some of the notable institutes are Mangla Higher Secondary School, Sant Kanwar Ram Higher Secondary School, Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Government Girls Higher Secondary School, D.A.V. Higher Secondary School st.peter school etc. Many students of these schools have been selected to institutes like IITs, NITs, GEC Jabalpur, MITS Gwalior, SGSITS Indore, SGS Medical College Mumbai, GRMC Medical College Gwalior, GMC Bhopal etc.

Dabra has also a polytechnic college and a government college for non-technical higher education named Vrindasahaye Government College. There are various private colleges for technical and non-technical education.

Medical facilities

Dabra has a government hospital and various private hospitals to serve health-related issues.

Social work activities

Non Government Organization "Nirmal Chaaya" has roots in Dabra to support for unprivileged people. It is led by a group of highly educated natives of Dabra. They are currently working to educate poor children (through a tie-up with Mangla Higher Secondary School) and are aiming
to support old and helpless citizens by starting an old age home.

Geography

Dabra is located at 25.9°N 78.33°E. It has an average elevation of 201 metres (659 feet).

Demographics

, India census

Census

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, Dabra had a population of 70,678. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dabra has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79% and, female literacy is 62%. In Dabra, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.