Vidyapati Nagar

Vidyapati Nagar
Village
Vidyapati Nagar Location in
Coordinates: 25°51′47″N85°46′52″E / 25.862931°N 85.781064°E / 25.862931; 85.781064
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur district
Parliamentary constituency	Ujiarpur
Assembly constituency	Sarairanjan
Region	Mithila
Named after	Vidyapati
Population  (2011)
• Total	122,244
Demonym	Maithil
Languages
• Official	Hindi [1]
• Additional official	Urdu [2]
Local language
• Mother language	Maithili
Time zone	UTC+5.30 (IST)
PIN	848503
Area code	STD Code 06278
Website	samastipur.bih.nic.in

Vidyapati Nagar is a village in the Samastipur district, in Bihar, India. It is named after the notable Maithili-language poet Vidyapati. ^[3] Vidyapati Nagar is within the Darbhanga division of the district. It is famous as resting place of renowned Hindi poet Vidyapati.

Location

Vidyapati Nagar is located 35 km south of the district headquarters of Samastipur and 82 km west of the state capital, Patna. Bachhwara and Mansurchak to the east of Vidyapati Nagar, with Dalsinghsarai lies to the north, and Mohiuddinagar to the west. The closest cities are: Dalsinghsarai, Barh, Mokameh and Mokama.

Demographics

The local languages are Maithili, Urdu and Hindi. According to the 2011 census, the population was 122,244, ^[3] with 51.8% male. The city contains 29 villages organized into 15 panchayats, for a total of 20,708 houses.

References

1. "The Bihar Official Language Act, 1950" (PDF). Cabinet Secretariat Department, Government of Bihar. 1950. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
2. Benedikter, Thomas (2009). Language Policy and Linguistic Minorities in India: An Appraisal of the Linguistic Rights of Minorities in India. Münster: LIT Verlag. p. 89. ISBN   978-3-643-10231-7. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
3. "Vidyapati Nagar Block - Samastipur". Census2011.co.in. 10 October 2015.