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Dorahar
Coordinates: 24°01′03″N 82°49′35″E / 24.01755598363695°N 82.82625249638038°E / 24.01755598363695; 82.82625249638038
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Dorahar, Dodhar or Dorhar is a village situated in Dudhi Tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh, India. [1][2]

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[edit | edit source]

Total Population 4315
Total No. of Houses 800
Female Population 2090
Literacy Rate 65.18

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History[edit | edit source]

Dodhar was considered as a forest from forest division Renukoot. The lands there were considered as section 4 forest land since 1960s [4] 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 [5] 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[edit | edit source]

Dodhar is situated around 3 Kilometres far from Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar and it is close to Rihand Nagar, Bijpur, Nemana,[6] Khairi,[7] Naktu,[8] Sirsoti and Mitihini

Educational institutes[edit | edit source]

Places to worship[edit | edit source]

  • Rihandeshwar Mahadev Mandir, Rihand Nagar
  • St. Joseph's Church, Rihand Nagar [11]

Hospitals[edit | edit source]

  • Dhanwantari Hospital, Rihand Nagar

Parks and playgrounds[edit | edit source]

  • NTPC Rihand Stadium [12]
  • Sand Park, Rihand Nagar

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Village (गाव): Dorahar". localbodydata.com. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  2. "Dorahar | Village | GeoIQ". geoiq.io. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  3. "Dorahar Village Population - Dudhi - Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  4. DFO, Manmohan Mishra (21 June 1960). "Village - Dodhar". pp. 17–18. Archived from the original on 21 June 1960.
  5. "Banwasi Sewa Ashram vs State Of U.P. And Ors on 20 November, 1986". indiankanoon.org. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  6. "Village (गाव): Nemana". localbodydata.com. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  7. "Khairi Village (Pincode: 231208), Dudhi, Sonbhadra | Uttar Pradesh | – Population, Area, Nearby Villages, Assembly & Parliament Constituency". villageinfo.org. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  8. "Village (गाव): Naktu Adhaura Poorvi (नक्टू अधौरा पूर्वी )". localbodydata.com. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  9. "St. Joseph's School Sr. Secondary School, Rihand Nagar". St. Joseph's Sr. Secondary School, Rihand Nagar. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  10. "Kendriya Vidyalaya NTPC Rihand Nagar Sonebhadra UP | India". Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  11. "Diocese Of Allahabad". dioceseofallahabad.org. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  12. "Son shakti stadium, NTPC, Rihand nagar - Stadium - Dorahar - Uttar Pradesh | Yappe.in". yappe.in. Retrieved 22 March 2025.