Dalsinghsarai
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  Dalsinghsarai Location in Bihar, India  Dalsinghsarai Dalsinghsarai (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°40′00″N 85°50′00″E / 25.6667°N 85.8333°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Bihar |
| Region | Mithila |
| Division | Darbhanga |
| District | Samastipur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Dalsinghsarai Municipal Council |
| • Chief Councilor | Abha Sureka |
| • Deputy Chief Councilor | Sujata Choudhary |
| • Executive Officer | Sushil 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 code | 06278 |
| 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.
Alok Kumar Mehta is the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ujiyarpur constituency and Nityanand Rai is the Member of Parliament of Ujiyarpur.
History
[edit]The city was the center of indigo cultivation during British rule. In 1902, An Indigo Research Institute was opened nearby in Pusa.[3]
Demographics
[edit]As of 2011[update] 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.
References
[edit]- ^ List of towns in India by population
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Dalsinghsarai : Book. Notion Press Media. 6 March 2020. p. 42. ISBN 9781648503177.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "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.