Dibai

Dibai Aurangabad kaser (Dibai)
city
Dibai Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 28°13′N 78°15′E / 28.22°N 78.25°E / 28.22; 78.25Coordinates: 28°13′N 78°15′E / 28.22°N 78.25°E / 28.22; 78.25
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bulandshahr
Elevation	184 m (604 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	34,853
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	202393
Telephone code	std code 05734

Dibai (also spelt as Debai) is a city and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district. It is a tehsil town and also a constituency of legislative assembly in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Geography

Dibai is located at 28°13′N 78°15′E / 28.22°N 78.25°E / 28.22; 78.25.^[1] It has an average elevation of 184 metres (603 feet).

History

In 1941 Dibai had a population of 13,218.^[2]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[3] Dibai had a population of 34,853. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Dibai has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 58% and, female literacy is 41%. In Dibai, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

In the early 20th century, Dibai was considered, by the British, the "chief portal of Trucial Oman". Dibai was often the first stop for exports arriving to head to the interior of Arabia when accepting trade goods from Mumbai.^[4]

Notables

Intizar Hussain eminent Urdu fiction writer of Karachi, Pakistan was from Dibai.^[5] Dibai is also the former constituency of BJP leader Kalyan Singh, former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh

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