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{{short description|Village in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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'''Dorahar,''' '''Dodhar''' or '''Dorhar''' is a village situated in [[Dudhi]] Tehsil of [[Sonbhadra district]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Village (गाव): Dorahar |url=https://localbodydata.com/village-Dorahar-214159 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=localbodydata.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dorahar {{!}} Village {{!}} GeoIQ |url=https://geoiq.io/places/Dorahar/zOxmp7b474 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=geoiq.io}}</ref>

The village is around 138 kilometres far from District Headquarters [[Robertsganj]], Around 70 kilometres from [[Renukoot]] and less than 1 kilometre from [[Rihand Nagar]], currently the population of the village is around 5000 and The [[Rihand Thermal Power Station]] and The [[Rihand Nagar]] are at a walkable distance from the village. It is located near the MP - UP border.

== Census data ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|Total Population
|4315
|-
|Total No. of Houses
|800
|-
|Female Population
|2090
|-
|Literacy Rate
|65.18
|}
<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dorahar Village Population - Dudhi - Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/214159-dorahar-uttar-pradesh.html |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=www.census2011.co.in}}</ref>

== History ==
Dodhar was considered as a forest from forest division Renukoot. The lands there were considered as section 4 forest land since 1960s <ref>{{Cite news |last=DFO |first=Manmohan Mishra |date=1960-06-21 |title=Village - Dodhar |url=https://forestsclearance.nic.in/DownloadPdfFile.aspx?FileName=0_0_121131125612151Gazettenotification.pdf&FilePath=../writereaddata/Addinfo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://forestsclearance.nic.in/viewreport.aspx?pid=FP/UP/THE/36097/2018 |archive-date=1960-06-21 |pages=17–18}}</ref> and later on 2 and 3 October 1986 the peasants and farmers who were head by Shri Shiv Ram Singh protested for their land and rights and on behalf of them The Banwasi Seva Ashram filed a PIL in Hon'ble [[Supreme Court of India]] for the welfare of common public <ref>{{Cite web |title=Banwasi Sewa Ashram vs State Of U.P. And Ors on 20 November, 1986 |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/90094/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629180228/http://indiankanoon.org:80/doc/90094/ |archive-date=2012-06-29 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=indiankanoon.org}}</ref> later these lands were transferred to local people and [[Rihand Thermal Power Station]] by the judgement of Hon'ble [[Supreme Court of India]].

== Geographic location and nearby places ==
Dodhar is situated around 3 Kilometres far from [[Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar]] and it is close to [[Rihand Nagar]], [[Bijpur]], Nemana,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Village (गाव): Nemana |url=https://localbodydata.com/village-Nemana-214160 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=localbodydata.com}}</ref> Khairi,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Khairi Village (Pincode: 231208), Dudhi, Sonbhadra {{!}} Uttar Pradesh {{!}} – Population, Area, Nearby Villages, Assembly & Parliament Constituency |url=https://villageinfo.org/village/214156 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=villageinfo.org}}</ref> Naktu,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Village (गाव): Naktu Adhaura Poorvi (नक्टू अधौरा पूर्वी ) |url=https://localbodydata.com/village-Naktu%20Adhaura%20Poorvi-214157 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=localbodydata.com}}</ref> Sirsoti and Mitihini

== Educational institutes ==
* St. Joseph's School, Rihand Nagar (Affiliated by [[Central Board of Secondary Education]]) <ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Joseph's School Sr. Secondary School, Rihand Nagar |url=https://www.sjsrihand.com |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=St. Joseph's Sr. Secondary School, Rihand Nagar |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rihand Nagar (Affiliated by [[Central Board of Secondary Education]]) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kendriya Vidyalaya NTPC Rihand Nagar Sonebhadra UP {{!}} India |url=https://rihandnagar.kvs.ac.in |access-date=2025-03-21 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Primary School, Dodhar (Affiliated by The State Govt. of Uttar Pradesh)

== Places to worship ==
* Rihandeshwar Mahadev Mandir, Rihand Nagar
* St. Joseph's Church, Rihand Nagar <ref>{{Cite web |title=Diocese Of Allahabad |url=https://dioceseofallahabad.org/Parishes/ST-JOSEPH-CHURCH-RIHANDNAGAR.aspx# |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=dioceseofallahabad.org}}</ref>

== Hospitals ==
* Dhanwantari Hospital, Rihand Nagar

== Parks and playgrounds ==
* NTPC Rihand Stadium <ref>{{Cite web |title=Son shakti stadium, NTPC, Rihand nagar - Stadium - Dorahar - Uttar Pradesh {{!}} Yappe.in |url=https://yappe.in/uttar-pradesh/dorahar/son-shakti-stadium-ntpc-rihand-nagar/1210473 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=yappe.in}}</ref>
* Sand Park, Rihand Nagar

== See also ==
* [[Bijpur]]
* [[Renukoot]]
* [[Anpara]]
* [[Waidhan]]
* [[Shakti Nagar]]
* [[Rihand Thermal Power Station]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Villages in Sonbhadra district]]

Dorahar - Revision history

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