Durgawati
| Durgawati दुर्गावती | |
|---|---|
  Durgawati Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates: 25°12′41″N 83°31′51″E / 25.21139°N 83.53083°ECoordinates: 25°12′41″N 83°31′51″E / 25.21139°N 83.53083°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Bihar |
| Division | Patna |
| District | Kaimur (Bhabua) |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bhojpuri & Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 821105 |
Durgawati (also called Durgaoti or Durgauti) is a town in Kaimur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It serves as headquarters for the Durgawati sub-division in Kaimur district. It is 30.6 km by road north of the city of Bhabua, on National Highway 19 (old NH 2).[1] Durgawati is the hub of transport routes in Kaimur district, next to Mohania.
The city is on the banks of Durgavati River,[2] in fact the river itself is named on this city.[2]
Geography and climate
Geography
Durgawati has an average elevation of 76 metres (249 feet). Durgawati is divided into wards.In the south, there is a river called Durgauti which merges into the river Karamnasa. Mohania is the hub of transport routes in Kaimur district, next to the city Mohania. The famous temple Mundeshawari Devi is situated in Kaimur district. The route for this temple goes through Durgawati. Public Transport or hired vehicles are available for the temple Mundeshwari Devi from the Bus stand on NH-19 or the railway station. There is a waterfall Telhar,[3] approx 60 km in south.
Climate
Mohania experiences a humid subtropical climate with large variations between summer and winter temperatures. The temperature ranges between 22 and 46 °C (72 and 115 °F) in the summers. Winters in Mohania see very large diurnal variations, with warm days and downright cold nights. The dry summer starts in April and lasts until June, followed by the monsoon season from July to October. Very Cold waves from the Himalayan region cause temperatures to dip across the city in the winter from December to February and temperatures below 5 °C (41 °F) are not uncommon. Fog is common in the winters, while hot dry winds, called loo, blow in the summers. The average annual rainfall is 1,110 mm (44 in).[4]
| Climate data for Durgawati | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 23 (74) |
26.6 (79.8) |
32.6 (90.7) |
37.9 (100.2) |
40.8 (105.5) |
38.4 (101.2) |
33.1 (91.6) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32 (90) |
32.1 (89.7) |
27.9 (82.3) |
24 (75.2) |
31.67 (89.09) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 18.7 (65.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11 (51.8) |
21 (70) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.8 (80.3) |
25.2 (77.3) |
24.6 (76.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9 (48.2) |
19 (66.21) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20.2 (0.795) |
20.7 (0.815) |
14.2 (0.559) |
6.6 (0.26) |
11.1 (0.437) |
116.3 (4.579) |
298.2 (11.74) |
329 (12.95) |
181.5 (7.146) |
45.2 (1.78) |
11.5 (0.453) |
3.6 (0.142) |
1,057.9 (41.65) |
Transport
Durgawati is well connected by air, rail and road with the major Indian cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Jaipur, Patna, Jamshedpur, Hydrabad etc. The town is 763 km from Delhi. One of the major factors in Durgawati's sustained existence as an inhabited city is its role as an established transportation hub between different cities. It is subdivisional town in Kaimur district. The district headquarters, Bhabua, is 30 km southward from the railway station.
Road
- National Highway 19 (old NH 2, GT Road) crosses through the heart of the town.[1]
The town is 196 km from Patna and 50 km from Varanasi by road
There are also a few State Highways in the city SH-14.
Mohania is connected to Buxar via Ramgarh from the south and with Bhabua (district capital, Audhaura, Bhagwanpur) from the south.
Railway
The name of the railway station of Durgawati is Durgauti railway station, situated on Howrah–Gaya–Mughalsarai–New Delhi Grand Cord line. The station code is " DGO".[5]
Airport
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi, commonly known as Babatpur Airport, is the nearest airport, 67 km from Durgawati. Indian carriers, including Air India, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Spicejet, and international carriers like Air India, Thai Airways International, Korean Air and Naaz Airlines, operate from here.[6][7]
Other
Bank
References
- 1 2 "Welcome to NHAI". www.nhai.org. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- 1 2 "Durgawati Reservoir Scheme". wrd.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ↑ "Welcome to the Official Website of Kaimur". kaimur.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ↑ "Current weather in Durgawati: Weekly forecast for Durgawati, Bihar". www.skymetweather.com. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ↑ Goyal, WC. "DGO/Durgauti Railway Station Map/Atlas ECR/East Central Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ↑ "Airports Authority of India". www.aai.aero. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ↑ "Varanasi airport, Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport Babatpur". 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2016-11-04.