Dalsinghsarai

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Dalsinghsarai
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Dalsinghsarai
Location in Bihar, India
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Dalsinghsarai
Dalsinghsarai (Bihar)
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Dalsinghsarai
Dalsinghsarai (India)
Coordinates: 25°40′00″N85°50′00″E / 25.6667°N 85.8333°E / 25.6667; 85.8333
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Bihar Government Banner.png Bihar
Region Mithila
Division Darbhanga
District Samastipur
Government
  Type Municipal Council
  BodyDalsinghsarai Municipal Council
  Chief CouncilorAbha Sureka
  Deputy Chief CouncilorSujata Choudhary
  Executive OfficerSushil 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 code06278
Vehicle registration BR-33
Parliamentary Constituency 22-Ujiarpur
Assembly Constituency 134-Ujiarpur

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.

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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 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.

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References

  1. List of towns in India by population
  2. 1 2 "second Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. Dalsinghsarai : Book. Notion Press Media. 6 March 2020. p. 42. ISBN   9781648503177.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.