Samastipur
City and Municipal Corporation in Bihar, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the municipality in India. For its namesake district, see Samastipur district.
Samastipur is a city and Municipal Corporation in Bihar, India. It is the headquarter of Samastipur district and comes under Darbhanga division. The Burhi Gandak River flows through the city. It is one of the five railway divisions of ECR, Hajipur. The Samastipur junction is one of the busiest station in North Bihar after Patna and Katihar.[4]
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Samastipur | |
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City | |
From top, left to right: Samastipur Junction; Thaneshwar Asthan Temple; Khudneshwar Dham Temple; Collectorate Office Samastipur | |
Coordinates: 25°51′47″N 85°46′52″E | |
Country | India |
State | Bihar |
Region | Mithila |
Division | Darbhanga |
District | Samastipur |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Corporation |
• Body | Samastipur Municipal Corporation |
• Mayor | Anita Ram |
• Deputy Mayor | Rambalak Paswan |
• Municipal Commissioner | Bibhuti Ranjan Choudhary (B.A.S) |
Area | |
• Total | 155 km2 (60 sq mi) |
Elevation | 46.54 m (152.69 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 253,136 |
• Rank | 10th (Bihar)[2] 177th (India)[3] |
• Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
Language | |
• Official | Hindi |
• Additional Official | Urdu |
• Regional Language | Maithili |
Time zone | UTC+5.30 (IST) |
PIN | 848101 |
Telephone Code | 06274 |
Vehicle registration | BR-33 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Samastipur |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Samastipur |
Website | samastipur samastipurnagarnigam |
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