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The district has good education facilities. It has some reputed institutions such as Samastipur College, BRB College, RNR College. St. Kabir College. S M R C K college.Dr. LKVD College. The district also boasts of a very reputed Agricultural College in Pusa, well known as Rajendra Agricultural University Pusa.
The district has good education facilities. It has some reputed institutions such as Samastipur College, BRB College, RNR College. St. Kabir College. S M R C K college.Dr. LKVD College. The district also boasts of a very reputed Agricultural College in Pusa, well known as Rajendra Agricultural University Pusa.
In recently one of the best institutes established name GURUKUL group of institution.


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Revision as of 12:54, 11 April 2013

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Samastipur.

Template:India Districts Samastipur is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar in India. The district headquarters are located at Samastipur. The district occupies an area of 2904 km² and has a population of 27,16,929 (as of 2001 Census).

History

As per district Gazetteers, Darbhanga, pages 33 to 34 Darbhanga under the Oinwaras (1325-1525 AD), After a temporary period of instability, Darbhanga came under the control of the Oinwaras, also known as the Kameshwara Thakur or Sugauna Dynasty. These Hindu Chiefs were left undisturbed by the Muslim conquerors, who has by now conquered the whole of Mithila and whose exploits are indicated. The Oinwara Dynasty is noted for their encouragement of leaning and fine arts and their court served as the centre of Sanskrit belle's letters and philosophy. Among the prominent scholars of age were Gadadhara, Sankara, Vachaspati Mishra, Vidyapati, Amartakara and Amiykara. Kameshwara, the founder of dynasty, was resident of village Oini, near Pusa Road, in the District of Darbhanga. When Hazi Ilyas of Bengal divided Torhut into two parts, the Oinwara Raja shifted his Capital to Sugauna near Madhubani. The southern part of the district was under Hazi Ilyas and the northern part under the Oinwaras. The modern subdivision of Samastipur (originally Shamsuddinpur) was founded by Hazi Shamsuddin Ilyas of West Bengal.

Samastipur became a district in 1972 when it was split from Darbhanga district.[1]

Geography

Samastipur district occupies an area of 2,904 square kilometres (1,121 sq mi),[2] comparatively equivalent to Indonesia's Muna Island.[3] Samastipur is bounded on the north by the Bagmati River which separates it from Darbhanga district. On the west it is bordered by Vaishali and some part of Muzaffarpur district, on the south by the Ganges, while on its east it has Begusarai and some part of Khagaria district. The district headquarters is located at Samastipur.

Rivers

Samastipur is traversed by a number of rivers including Budhi Gandak, Baya, Kosi, Kamla, Kareh and Jhamwari and Balan, which are both the offshoots of Burhi Gandak. The Ganges also skirts the district on the south.

Divisions

samastipur district comprises the following Sub-Divisions:

  • Dalsinghsarai,
  • Patori,
  • Rosera,
  • Samastipur Sadar

Samastipur sub-division comprises eight blocks: Samastipur, Tajpur, Morwa, Khanpur, Sarairanjan, Pusa, Warisnagar, Kalyanpur.

Rosera sub-division comprises 6 blocks: Rosera, Hasanpur, Bithan, Shivaji Nagar, Singhiya, Bibhutipur.

Dalsinghsarai sub-division comprises 3 blocks: Dalsinghsarai, Ujiarpur, Vidyapatinagr.

Patori sub-division comprises 3 blocks: Patori, Mohanpur, Mohiuddin Nagar

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Samastipur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[4] It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[4]

Industries

Samastipur also holds Railway sub divi of East Central Railway. There are several small industries which includes Sugar Mill, Paper Mill, Jute Mill and Railway Factory. now sugar mill and paper mill is closed . But it's good that one of the major sugar mills in Hasanpur road block is still running smoothly and full fill the desire of its local people.

Agriculture

Samastipur is rich in agriculture, because of its fertile plain. Tobacco, maize, rice and wheat are the main crops. Leechi and mango fruits are grown in abundance. There is a jute mill in Samsastipur at Muktapur Village. This is very famous jute mill, employing around 5000 people. Shekhopur is one of the best agricultural villages and it also has famous temple, Bhagwatisthan at Manipur. Samastipur has many a sugar mills which make it a prominent player in state's sugar production.

Samastipur is major producer of potatoes. There are more than 20 cold storages in the district, all storing potatoes and total capacity is 650000 quintles.

Samastipur has also in race of consuming fertilizers.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Samastipur district has a population of 4,254,782,[5] roughly equal to the Republic of the Congo[6] or the US state of Kentucky.[7] This gives it a ranking of 45th in India (out of a total of 640).[5] The district has a population density of 1,465 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,790/sq mi) .[5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.33%.[5] Samastipur has a sex ratio of 909 females for every 1000 males,[5] and a literacy rate of 63.81%.[5]

Culture

Culture of Samastipur is simple, beautiful& secular . It has an old tradition of folk songs & folk Famous Mithila paintings, sung and done during festival and important social occasions like marrige &birth ceremonies .Several folk dance form also practised as Kathghorwa nach , natua nach dom domin and jhijhia .Famous Sama chakeva and Dom kach is also practised as a culture in this area !!Bhat dal & aaloo chokha is the happiest meal for every being & dhoti kurta for man & sari and salwar kurti for women is regular dress to wear!

Temples

Thaneshwar Temple is a very famous tample of Lord Shiva, and is situated at the heart of the city. Other new temples are also popping up. There are numerous other temples as well. A very famous temple 'KHUDNESHWAR STHAN' is also there situated in the village MORWA (Mohanpur)

Durga temple in Kessopatti is one of the oldest temple. Every year on the eve of Durga Puja pilgrims come for worship. VIDYAPATI BALESHWAR Sthan (Shiva Temple) is one of the famous temaple at Vidyapatinagar. Vidyapatinagar is known as the Nirvana sthali of the great Saint & Poet Vidyapati. Dekari, in Dalsinghsarai subdivision, is the place where vidypathi took his last breath.

Manipur bhagwatisthan is one of the oldest and lively durga temple in Shekhopur, Samastipur. People come in numbers to pray lordess durga everyday from far off places. This place makes realise your dream, takes away your sin. It is said that it is more than 200 years old temple and Panditji is a very learned Brahmin in samastipur.

KHUDNESWAR SIVA Temple located 17 km form Samastipur near Morwa block is unique example of Hindu-Muslim unity. In side the temple within a distance of few meters there is majar of Khudno Bibi along with Sivling. Temple is presently under renovation by local society members. During Mahasivratri festival religious crowd from all corners of district are visiting this place for the prayer.famous kali temple in samastipur district situated in hrail village in mohiuddinnagar blockk.just besides of babu nathuni singh house.

Notable personalities

There were several well-known leaders from Samastipur district. It has produced a number of freedom fighters and political leaders, who have occupied ministerial posts in the Government of India.

  • Shri Satya Narayan Sinha, freedom fighter and a prominent member of Indian National Congress, who was accommodated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in his first cabinet.
  • Karpuri Thakur, a socialist leader of National stature became Chief Minister of Bihar twice, first in 1967 and then in 1977. He was resident of a village later named in his memory as Karpuri Gram.
  • Shilpa Singh representing India at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant to held in December 2012 at Las Vegas, USA.

Education

The district has good education facilities. It has some reputed institutions such as Samastipur College, BRB College, RNR College. St. Kabir College. S M R C K college.Dr. LKVD College. The district also boasts of a very reputed Agricultural College in Pusa, well known as Rajendra Agricultural University Pusa. In recently one of the best institutes established name GURUKUL group of institution.

N.G.O.

"The Mission of Health & Hygiene" is the main active N.G.O. in this area. it works for farmers , students & economically backward people. it provides various facilities like personal shauchalaya for all families, seprated shauchalaya for girls & boys in schools, life insurance for economically backward person, helps students to get education, provide books & note-book to the students, etc. this is leading by Amarendra jha, who is president of this N.G.O. he use to make sure about all operation successfull with help of his well qualified and highly experienced team. branch office of this N.G.O. is situated in dalsingsarai, beside kanti factory near by Railway crossing no 34. it is also resident of Amarendra jha.

References

  1. ^ Law, Gwillim (2011-09-25). "Districts of India". Statoids. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. ^ Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) (2010). "States and Union Territories: Bihar: Government". India 2010: A Reference Annual (54th ed.). New Delhi, India: Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Government of India. pp. 1118–1119. ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |last1= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 1998-02-18. Retrieved 2011-10-11. Muna 2,889km2 {{cite web}}: horizontal tab character in |quote= at position 5 (help)
  4. ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  6. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01. Congo, Republic of the 4,243,929 {{cite web}}: line feed character in |quote= at position 23 (help)
  7. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Kentucky 4,339,367 {{cite web}}: line feed character in |quote= at position 9 (help)
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