Many industries including GAIL and NTPC are located in the town. As an initiative, the Government of Uttar Pradesh is constructing Plastic City in the city. Due to industrial settlements, the city has got the name of Audyogik Nagari.
The nearest airport is Kanpur Airport located in Chakeri, Kanpur.[4] Its distance from the town is approximately 127 kilometres (79 mi) and is around 2 hours drive from the town.
Dibiyapur comes under the administration of Auraiya district which is headed by the district magistrate and collector (DM) of Auraiya, who is an IAS officer. The DM is in charge of property records and revenue collection for the central government and oversees the elections held in the city. The DM is also responsible for maintaining law and order in the city.[5][6]
As of the 2011 Indian census, there were 27,237 people living in Dibiyapur.[14] The male population was 14,323 and females 12,914. Scheduled Castes constituted 4,915 of the population.[14]
Type of working conditions (among working population)
Working type
Percent
Main worker
23.1%
Marginal
2.5%
Climate
The town features mild winters, hot and dry summers and a monsoon season. However, the monsoons, though substantial in Dibiyapur, are not quite as heavy as the monsoon in other parts of India. This is a primary factor in Dibiyapur featuring a semi-arid climate as opposed to a humid subtropical climate.
The lowest recorded temperature in Dibiyapur was 1 °C; the highest was 45 °C.
Although Dibiyapur does not house plenty of health centers, it still has local hospitals, dispensaries, and clinic services which serve to the health standards. Many medical centers, pathology centers, sample collection centers are located in the town. The town has its local community health center (CHC Dibiyapur), along with many other private hospitals. Residents of the town generally prefer to visit nearby cities like Kanpur and Agra.
The town has its local community health center (CHC Dibiyapur) along with many other private hospitals.
In early period of COVID-19 pandemic when first 4 COVID-19 patients were found in Auraiya district, they were all admitted to isolation centers made in Community Health Center (CHC Dibiyapur).
Dibiyapur is a notable industrial town in the Kanpur–Agra region. The town is well equipped with industries. Many small scale industries also operate in the town. Agriculture being the most popular occupation in the rural sides of the town, shops, and organised retail outlets also serve as "money raisers in the town".
Large-scale industries
Dibiyapur is a notable industrial town of Auraiya district which has installations of India's leading public sector enterprises viz.
Gas compressor station of GAIL[16] (previously known as Gas Authority of India Limited).
Small-scale industries
The Rice-mills and Dal-mills are working well. Other than these mills some steel furniture and cement products small scale industries are there in town located at different places. The raw material for these small-scale industries is imported from Agra and Kanpur. Mainly, the rice, pulses and desi ghee is transported at large scale to the other districts and states. In the Dibiyapur town itself the wooden furniture work is on large scale and due to its cost and quality factor, the furniture has made a good place in the market of nearby districts.
Market places
Bhagwatiganj Market located in heart of town, is a main shopping market in Dibiyapur where you can get all sorts of items. Sahayal Road Market and Vedic Market are also prominent marketplaces in the town. Shalimar Shopping Complex located in Gail Gaon is modern marketplace equipped with all types of modern facilities and caters for all needs related to market.
The town also houses a Naveen Mandi Samiti popular in nearby districts and town for being a space of selling and buying wholegrains, vegetables, fruits, and other agricultural-based products. The town houses other three small vegetable and fruit markets i.e. Badi Sabzi Mandi, Choti Sabji Mandi, Vimal Dwar Mandi. Moreover, the town has a good market for milk products like desi ghee, panner, etc. and sweets.
Modern townships
GAIL ViharResidential quarters for CISF employees
Gail Gaon, a small township in the outskirts of town is well equipped and well planned residential society having all types of dream facilities that a person needs.
GAIL has also established a compressor station near Gail Gaon which has one more residential society named as GAIL Vihar, just like as Gail Gaon, a small, well-facilitated colony.
A residential township is also built named as NTPC Township.
Festivals of Hindus starts from very first day as chaitra navratri. In the period of nine days festival the forms of Shakti are worshipped. On ninth day birthday of God Rama is celebrated and jhanki of lord Rama passes from the heart of the town.
Raksha Bandhan is also known as Rakhi. On this day sisters tie rakhi on the right hand of their brothers and according to rituals brothers give gift to their sisters and give assurance of protection in any mishap or calamity.
Deepawali or Diwali is one of the biggest and most important Hindu festivals. It is celebrated with great enthusiasm throughout town. It is a festival of lights that it falls on the Amavasya of the month of Kartik every year according to Hindu calendar.
Holi is a festival of colours. It is celebrated every year on the purnima in the month of Falgun. The festival starts with lighting a bonfire in the mid night. On next day morning colours are spread out by the people over each other.
Id-e-Milad is a festival of both rejoicing and mourning. The festival of Id-e-Milad popularly known as Barah Wafat the twelfth day is one of the important festival in the Muslim calendar. The day commemorates the birth and also the death anniversary of Muhammad. It falls on the twelfth day of the third month Rabi-ul-Awwal of the Muslim calendar. The word 'barah' signifies the twelve days of Muhammad's sickness.
Eid ul-Fitr was originated by the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is observed on the first of the month of Shawwal at the end of the month of Ramadan, during which Muslims undergo a period of fasting. Thus, Eid ul-Fitr is also known as the Feast of Breaking the Fast and the Lesser Eid. As per the Hijiri calendar Eid ul-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of the month known as Shawwal, it is the tenth month of the Islamic calendar.
Eid al-Adha 'Feast of the Sacrifice' also called the Sacrifice Feast. It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son, as an act of obedience to God's command. Before Abraham sacrificed his son, God provided a male goat to sacrifice instead. In commemoration of this, an animal is sacrificed and divided into three parts: one third of the share is given to the poor and needy; another third is given to relatives, friends and neighbors; and the remaining third is retained by the family.
Sikh Festivals
Guru Nanak Jayanti celebration in India
The festivities in the Sikh religion revolve around the anniversaries of the 10 Sikh Gurus. These Gurus were responsible for shaping the beliefs of the Sikhs. Their birthdays, known as Gurpurab, are occasions for celebration and prayer among the Sikhs.
The birth of the Guru Gobind Singh Ji is celebrated as Prakash Utsav in the town as it is celebrated in other parts of country by the Sikh Community.
Cricket and football are the most popular sports in the town. Vivekanand Sports Complex at Gail Gaon and Ambedkar Stadium in NTPC Township serve for the outdoor games. Indradhanush Club at Gail Gaon provides facilities of Indoor games and spaces a good Gymnasium and Swimming Pool.
There are several other grounds, or maidans like Vaidik ground, VGM ground, Mandi Samiti ground located in the town.
The school grounds of the town have also organised many Zonal level sports tournament like DAV National Sports.
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