Dalsinghsarai

Dalsinghsarai is a city and Municipal Council in the Samastipur District of Bihar, India. It is also one of the subdivisions and blocks of Bihar. It is situated on the bank of the river Balan.

Dalsinghsarai
City
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Coordinates: 25.6667°N 85.8333°E / 25.6667; 85.8333
Country	India
State	Bihar
Region	Mithila
Division	Darbhanga
District	Samastipur
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Dalsinghsarai Municipal Council
• Chief Councilor	Abha Sureka
• Deputy Chief Councilor	Sujata Choudhary
• Executive Officer	Sushil Kumar Das
• MP	Nityanand Rai (BJP)
• MLA	Alok Kumar Mehta (RJD)
Area
• Total	17.65 km2 (6.81 sq mi)
Elevation	51.81 m (169.98 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	55,562[1]
Languages
• Official	Hindi[2]
• Additional official	Urdu [2]
• Regional Languages	Maithili
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	848114
Telephone code	06278
Vehicle registration	BR-33
Parliamentary Constituency	22-Ujiarpur
Assembly Constituency	134-Ujiarpur

Alok Kumar Mehta is the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ujiyarpur constituency and Nityanand Rai is the Member of Parliament of Ujiyarpur.

History

The city was the center of indigo cultivation during British rule. In 1902, An Indigo Research Institute was opened nearby in Pusa.^[3]

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India census,^[4] Dalsinghsarai Nagar Parishad has population of 55,562 of which 28,402 are males while 27,160 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of children with age of 0–6 is 8640 which is 15.55% of total population of Dalsinghsarai.