Samastipur district
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Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
PIN | 848101 (Samastipur)[3] |
Major highways | NH-122, NH-322 |
Website | samastipur |
Samastipur is one of the thirty-eight
Samastipur is the largest milk producing district of Bihar in 2022.[4]
History
Samastipur became a district in 1972 when it was split from Darbhanga district.[5]
Samastipur consists of four sub-divisions:
- Rosera
- Samastipur
- Dalsinghsarai
- Shahpur Patori
Historically, the Samastipur district has been dominated by
Geography
Samastipur district occupies an area of 2,904 square kilometres (1,121 sq mi),[2] comparatively equivalent to Indonesia's Muna Island.[7] Samastipur is bounded on the north by the Bagmati River which forms part of the border with Darbhanga district. On the west it is bordered by Vaishali and Muzaffarpur districts, on the south by the Ganga, which forms the border with Patna district, while on its southeast are Begusarai and Khagaria districts. The district headquarters is located at Samastipur. The district is largely agricultural farmland with very little forest cover.
Politics
Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency and Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency are the Parliament constituencies.
District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Alliance | Remarks | ||
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Samastipur | 131 | Kalyanpur | Maheshwar Hazari | JD(U) | NDA | |||
132 | Warisnagar | Ashok Kumar | JD(U) | NDA | ||||
133 | Samastipur | Akhtarul Islam Sahin | RJD | MGB | ||||
134 | Ujiarpur | Alok Kumar Mehta | RJD | MGB | ||||
135 | Morwa | Ranvijay Sahu | RJD | MGB | ||||
136 | Sarairanjan | Vijay Kumar Chaudhary | JD(U) | NDA | ||||
137 | Mohiuddinnagar | Rajesh Kumar Singh | BJP | NDA | ||||
138 | Bibhutipur | Ajay Kumar | CPI(M) | MGB | ||||
139 | Rosera | Birendra Kumar | BJP | NDA | ||||
140 | Hasanpur | Tej Pratap Yadav | RJD | MGB |
Economy
In 2006 the
Demographics
According to the
At the time of the
Notable people
- Karpoori Thakur
- Ram Balak Singh Kushwaha, two term Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "District Census Handbook: Samastipur" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7.
- ^ Samastipur
- ^ "Bihar Economic Survey 2022-23". state.bihar.gov.in. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ Law, Gwillim (25 September 2011). "Districts of India". Statoids. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ISBN 978-8180696800. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- United Nations Environment Program. 18 February 1998. Archived from the originalon 20 February 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
Muna 2,889km2
- ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Congo, Republic of the 4,243,929
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
Kentucky 4,339,367
- ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.