Vidyapati Nagar

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Vidyapati Nagar
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Vidyapati Nagar
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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
Population
 (2011)
  Total122,244
Languages
  Official Hindi [1]
  Additional official Urdu [2]
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.

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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.

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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. 1 2 "Vidyapati Nagar Block - Samastipur". Census2011.co.in. 10 October 2015.