Samastipur is a city and a municipal corporation ( nagar nigam) in Bihar, India. It is the headquarter of Samastipur district and comes under Darbhanga division. The Budhi Gandak river flows through the town. It is one of the five railway divisions of ECR, Hajipur. The Samastipur junction is one of the busiest station in

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Katihar Katihar is a city situated in the eastern part of the state of Bihar in India. It is the regional headquarter of Katihar district. It is one of the important cities of Bihar. Also it's a main route of Delhi - Guwahati railway line. History Ka ...

Demographics

As of

2011 Indian Census The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Samastipur had a total population of 62,935, of which 33,025 were males and 29,910 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 8,252. The total number of literates in Samastipur was 46,416, which constituted 73.8% of the population with male literacy of 77.2% and female literacy of 69.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Samastipur was 84.9%, of which male literacy rate was 88.9% and female literacy rate was 80.4%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 9,219 and 249 respectively. Samastipur had 12062 households in 2011.

Education

Samastipur has several schools and colleges. Most of the colleges are affiliated to the Lalit Narayan Mithila University,

Darbhanga Darbhanga is the fifth-largest city and municipal corporation in the Indian state of Bihar situated centrally in Mithila region. Darbhanga is the headquarters of the Darbhanga district and the Darbhanga division. It was the seat of the erstw ...

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, is located near the town, in Pusa. This university was constructed in 1970 near the ruins of Pusa Institute which was the Indian Agricultural Research Institute built during the British regime. IGNOU has several study centres in Samastipur.

Transport

Road

Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (B.S.R.T.C) operates bus services to the neighbouring states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.

Rail

Samastipur Junction railway station lies in the East Central Railway zone of the Indian Railway network and provides connectivity to most of the regions of India.

Notable people

Bali Ram Bhagat Bali Ram Bhagat (7 October 1922 – 2 January 2011) was an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress (INC). He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha representing Arrah from 1952 to 1977 and 1984 to 1989. Bhaga ...

, 6th Speaker of Lok Sabha, Governor of Rajasthan, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and former Member of parliament * Gajendra Prasad Himanshu, politician *

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, Indian politician, national spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party and a cabinet minister *

N. Mandal N. Mandal (Naresh Mandal born 13 April 1986) is an Indian director, editor, and producer in the Indian Film & Television industry. known for Lok Astha Ke Mahaparv Chhath (2018), Dark Night (2019) and Mukti Abhishap Se (2019). Founder and Direc ...

, Indian

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producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

Anukul Roy Anukul Sudhakar Roy (born 30 November 1998) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Jharkhand and Kolkata Knight Riders. In December 2017, he was named in India's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was the joint highest wicket taker ...

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, Indian singer,

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, model and beauty pageant titleholder *

Vivekanand Sinha Vivekanand Sinha (born 16 January 1972), is the Inspector General of Police of the Durg range of Chhattisgarh. He has previously served as the Inspector General of Police of Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. He has been an IPS since 1996. He w ...

, Inspector General of Police, Bastar range,

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. * Karpoori Thakur, politician and independence activist

Villages

Kaina Kaina can mean: * Kaina (Manipur), a small hillock in Manipur sacred to Hindu * Kaina, Samastipur, a village in Samastipur district * Kaina (singer) Kaina Castillo (born January 22, 1996), known simply as, KAINA (stylized in all caps), is an Ame ...

Uda patti is one of the oldest villages of Samastipur.

References

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Samastipur district