Samastipur

Samastipur
City
From top, left to right: Samastipur Junction; Thaneshwar Asthan Temple; Khudneshwar Dham Temple; Collectorate Office Samastipur
Samastipur Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°51′47″N 85°46′52″E / 25.862931°N 85.781064°E / 25.862931; 85.781064
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.nic.in samastipurnagarnigam.net

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]