Samastipur

This article is about the municipality in India. For its namesake district, see Samastipur district.

Samastipur
—  Town  —
Samastipur Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°51′39″N 85°46′56″E / 25.86083°N 85.78222°E / 25.86083; 85.78222
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Parliamentary constituency	Samastipur
Assembly constituency	Samastipur
Population (2001)
– Total	55,590
Time zone	IST (UTC+5.30)
PIN	848101
Area code(s)	STD-06274
Literacy Rate	per cent
Website	http://samastipur.bih.nic.in/

Samastipur (Hindi: समस्तीपुर) is a city and a municipality in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is headquarters of the Samastipur district.It is situated on the banks of Burhi Gandak River.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] census,^[1] Samastipur had a population of 55,590. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Samastipur has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is at 78%, and female literacy is at 66%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. samastipur is also known as entrance for mithilanchal.

Important personalities

Samastipur is the birth place of the famous Kisan leader and freedom fighter Pandit Yamuna Karjee. He was a resident of Pusa, Samastipur and was associated with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati in the Kisan Movement during the freedom struggle. There were several other well known leaders from Samastipur district who had occupied ministerial post in the Government of India after the independence. Among them Karpuri Thakur rose to become the Chief Minister of Bihar. Some other known personalities from Samastipur include Vidyapati, Udayanacharya, Bihar Kokila singer Padmashri Sharda Sinha and Shri Nand Kishore Sharma.

Reveolutionary freedom fighter Prafulla Chaki, while fleeing from Muzzafarpur, after killing two British ladies on account of mistaken identity was identified by the Police at Samastipur Railway Station. In the ensuing melee, Chaki shot himself dead.

Economy

Samastipur is an administrative centre for the East Central Railway headed by Divisional Railway Manager Shri Satya Prakash Trivedi.^[2] There are several industries and small scale industries which include a sugar factory, paper mill, jute mill (Rameshwar jute mill, Muktapur) and railway factory (Wagon wheel factory). There are two sugar factories in Samastipur, one in town near Magardahi ghat and the second one in Hasanpur.

Samastipur is rich in agriculture because of its fertile plain. Tobacco, chilli, turmeric, beetle leaf (Paan), maize, rice and wheat are the main crops. Leechi and mango fruits are grown in abundance.

Culture

The main festivals of the district are Chatth, Durga Pooja, Deepavali, Saraswati Pooja, Hanuman Jayanti, Eid, and Mohrram. The Kali Mandi near river, Thaneshwar temple is a very famous temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, and is situated at the heart of the city. Chhath festival is celebrated at Budhi gandak ghat, as well as Baliram Bhagat college premise along with other places. It is a festival of harmony, peace and happiness. Another important place for worship is Mannipur which is near Jitwarpur. Khatu Shyam Mandir in the Samastipur market, also attracts fair amount of devotees. Navratra festival at Khatu shyam mandir is very famous. Rewari which is 16 km (9.9 mi) East from Samastipur is dedicated to Lord Shiva, Goddess Parvati, Lord Ganesh, Nandi and Thakurji.

Education

Education facilities in the district are not that advanced. There are a few colleges, such as 'Samastipur College(P.G College)', Women's College, R. N. A. R College, S.M.R.C.K college, B.R.B College and St. Kabir College. There are three Central Government School under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (India) in Samastipur 1. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jitwrpur,Samastipur 2. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pusa. 3. Jawaher Navodaya Vidyalaya,Birauli'. There are several Public Convent schools in Samastipur which follow CBSE curriculum, St.Paul Senior Secondary School, Central Public School, Holy Mission, Sacred Heart, DAV public school,to name a few. There are also state government authorized schools which follows the state curriculum,such as Tirhut Academy, K.E Inter and Girls high school. This district is also famous for a very reputed Agricultural University in Pusa, called Rajendra Agricultural University.^[3]

Places of interest

Jhakhara

Jhakhara village is situated in sarairanjan block. It is well known village in this bolck because of huge production of Tobaco,wheate and Maze. Here most famous festival is swaraswati pooja among young generation specially in east jhakhara.

Kharahia

Kharahia village is situated 9 km away from Rosera ghat Railway station. It is well known village in the district as " MINI KOLKATA " because huge production of chilli as commercial crop. This village is also famous for hard working farmers with modern technology.

Dekari

The place, situated in Dalsinghsarai block near the bank of River Ganges, is named after the most revered Maithili poet Vidyapati. It is believed to be the place where the renowned Poet breathed his last in search of Lord Shiva. As the myth goes, Lord Shiva was associated with him since long in the guise of his servant named Ugna. It is said that he wanted to breath his last at the banks of Ganges and was travelling towards it. But due to his failing health, he was not able to reach the banks of Ganges and so the river changed its course to reach him.

PUSA

Pusa block is world famous for Rajendra Agriculture University. PUSA is named after Mr. Henry Phipps from USA who donated the money to establish agricultural research institute. Pusa also has Indian agriculture research institute and Sugar cane institute.Pusa was also the residence of Pandit Yamuna Karjee, the famous freedom fighter and Kisan leader.In Pusa number of educational institutes are situated like Rajendra Agriculture University, Central school,Campus Public School,Rajendra Sishu Sadan,Government High School, Uma panday College, Barmh Dev Ray College, Girls High school, Green Wood Public School, Green Velly School etc.

Basuari

The Village is Situated 1 km from Pusa& About 21 km From District Head Ouarters( Samstipur),The Nearest railway station is Pusa Road,Dubha & Dholi.

Kariyan

About 16 km northeast of the Rosera ghat railway station of the Northeastern Railway the modern village of Karian is situated on a mound, 20-ft high from the surrounding ground level and about 96 acres in area. Local traditions associate this village to be the birthplace of Udayanacharya, a Maithil Brahmin and great philosopher of ancient times who is also supposed to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Extensive excavations have revealed at this village antiques of as back as of 2nd century BC and afterwards from 6th century AD to post 1200 AD.

Malinagar

The village, situated about 35 km southwest of Laheriasarai of Darbhanga district, contains an old Shiva temple that was built in 1844. A fair is held here every year on the eve of Ramnavami.

Deopar village is situated right next to the PUSA Agriculture University and is about 30 km from Muzaffarpur. Deopar is the birthplace of the famous freedom fighter from Bihar- Pandit Yamuna Karjee.

Mangalgarh

It is situated at a distance of 14 km from Hasanpur block of Samastipur near Dudhpura. Dudhpura is the nickname of ancient Budhpura, named after Lord Buddha who preached Buddhism there. He stayed there at the request of King Mangaldeo. Remains of his fort have been discovered here. Jageshwar Asthan

It is an old Shiva temple in Bibhutipur village situated about 15 km from Narhan Railway station. There is also a magnificent old Building of Narhan Estate, which has been very prominent in this area since the Mughal period. One Jageshwari Devi, daughter of Bhaw Mishra, the Vaidya of Narhan Estate, as it is said, constructed the temple.

Musrigharari

It is situated 8 km from Samastipur main town on NH28. This place is very famous for its Muharram and Durga Puja Celebration.& sadar bazar is the finest market in musrigharari evrything available in this markte there oldest watch shop The time house Musrigharari is also known as junction between Patori, Tajpur, Baruni, Samastipur, Patna, Bhagalpur, to Bengal, Jharkhand north east etc.Rupauli is a village and it is situated beside of the NH-28.

Dalsingsarai

Dalsingsarai is a sub-division of Samastipur district,connected by NH-28 (Guwahati-Raxaul) & main railway line East Central Railway (Barauni-Samastipur) passing through town. The sweet dish called raskadam is popular in Dalsinghsarai, Karela.

Bakhribuzurg

It is situated at a distance of about 500 meters from Musrighrari main market beside of NH 28. Bakhribuzurg is rich in agriculture, because of its fertile plain. Tobacco, maize, rice and wheat are the main crops.

Malti

It is situated about 6km south east from main town samastipur. This is one of the progressive village in this district, here people depends mainly on Agriculture.

Transport

Samastipur is well connected by trains and buses. Situated 90 km from Patna, it is well connected to New Delhi and Howrah, Mumbai and all over India by trains. The nearest airport is Patna.

References

1. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
2. ^ [1] East Central Railway-Source-Government of India
3. ^ [2] Official Site of Rajendra Agricultural University

External links

• Samastipur District Official Website
• Govt of Bihar Official Web Portel
• Google satellite maps of Samastipur
• Official Website of Bihar Tourism
• BRB College Samastipur
• Kendriya Vidyalaya Samastipur
• About Village Kariyan & udayanachharya