Samastipur

It is one of the five railway divisions of ECR, Hajipur. The Samastipur Junction railway station is one of the busiest stations in North Bihar after Patna and Katihar.

• Name — Samastipur • Type — City • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — India • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Bihar • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Name2 — Mithila • Subdivision Type3 — Division • Subdivision Name3 — Darbhanga • Subdivision Type4 — District • Subdivision Name4 — Samastipur • Demographics Type1 — Language • Demographics1 Title1 — Official • Demographics1 Info1 — Hindi • Demographics1 Title2 — Additional Official • Demographics1 Info2 — Urdu • Demographics1 Title3 — Regional Language • Demographics1 Info3 — Maithili • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Anita Ram • Leader Title1 — Deputy Mayor • Leader Name1 — Rambalak Paswan • Leader Title2 — Municipal Commissioner • Leader Name2 — Bibhuti Ranjan Choudhary (B.A.S) • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — 155 • Elevation M — 46.54 • Population Total — 2,53,136 • Population Rank — 10th (Bihar) 177th (India) • Population As Of — 2011 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Demonym — Maithil • Time Zone — IST • Utc Offset — +5.30 • Postal Code Type — PIN • Postal Code — 848101 • Registration Plate — BR-33 • Area Code Type — Telephone Code • Area Code — 06274 • Website — samastipur.nic.in samastipurnagarnigam.net • Government Type — Municipal Corporation • Governing Body — Samastipur Municipal Corporation • Custom Label3 Sec1 — Lok Sabha constituency • Custom Data3 Sec1 — Samastipur • Custom Label4 Sec1 — Vidhan Sabha constituency • Custom Data4 Sec1 — Samastipur • Custom Label5 Sec1 — HDI • Custom Data5 Sec1 — 554 (medium)

As of 2011 Indian Census, 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.

Samastipur has several schools and colleges. Most of the colleges are affiliated to the Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga. The Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University, 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. AHS Nursing College & Hospital is a nursing college established in 2023, situated in Tajpur Road, Sub Division Samastipur, affiliated with the Bihar University of Health Sciences and Bihar Nurses Registration Council. IGNOU has several study centres in Samastipur.

• Illustration — CM Nitish Kumar laid the foundation stone of ROB construction work on NH-322 in Samastipur with Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and Samastipur District Magistrate Raushan Kushwaha. Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (B.S.R.T.C) operates bus services to the neighbouring states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.

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.

Samastipur became a district in 1972 when it was split from Darbhanga district. Samastipur consists of four sub-divisions: • Rosera • Samastipur • Dalsinghsarai • Shahpur Patori Historically, the Samastipur district has been dominated by Koeri, Yadav and Dusadh castes. There is also a sizeable presence of Bhumihars in some of the regions, but they wield less political influence, as they are not united politically. For this reason, most of the total ten assembly constituencies falling in this district has been dominated by Koeris. The two Lok Sabha constituencies, which are part of this district are also dominated by Koeris and Dusadhs. It has been recorded that in this district, the Koeri and Bhumihar castes are indulged in criminality, as they are politically strong.

According to the 2011 census Samastipur district has a population of 4,261,566, roughly equal to the Republic of the Congo or the US state of Kentucky. This gives it a ranking of 45th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 1467 PD/sqkm. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.53%. Samastipur has a sex ratio of 911 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 61.86%. 3.47% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 18.85% and 0.04% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 52.32% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 30.79% Maithili and 8.40% Urdu as their first language. 8.29% of the population recorded their language as 'Others' under Hindi.

• Bali Ram Bhagat, 6th Speaker of Lok Sabha, Governor of Rajasthan, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and former Member of parliament • Gajendra Prasad Himanshu, politician • Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Indian politician, national spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party and a cabinet minister • Ram Balak Singh Kushwaha, two term Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly • Roshan Kushwaha, Indian Administrative Service officer, District Magistrate of Samastipur. • Anukul Roy, Indian cricketer • Shilpa Singh, Indian singer, dancer, model and beauty pageant titleholder • Vivekanand Sinha, Inspector General of Police, Bastar range, Chhattisgarh. • Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Indian cricketer • Karpoori Thakur, politician and independence activist

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