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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Samastipur}}
{{original research|date=March 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Samastipur district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Bihar|District of Bihar]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Khudiram Bose Pusa Railway station.jpg
| image_caption = Pusa railway station
| image_map = Bihar district location map Samastipur.svg
| map_caption = Location of Samastipur district in Bihar
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Samastipur
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of Bihar|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Darbhanga division|Darbhanga]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Samastipur]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 2904
| area_footnotes = <ref name=districtcensus/><ref name='Reference Annual'/>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 4261566<ref name=districtcensus/>
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = 1467
| demographics_type1 = Demographics {{nobold|(2011)}}<ref name=districtcensus/>
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 61.86%
| demographics1_title2 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| demographics1_info2 = 911 [[females|♀]]/1000 [[males|♂]]
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Samastipur]], [[Ujiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ujiarpur]]
| leader_title2 =
| leader_name2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 28 (India)|NH28]], [[National Highway 103 (India)|NH 103]]
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = https://samastipur.nic.in
| official_name =
}}
'''Samastipur''' is one of the thirty-eight [[districts of Bihar]] in India. The district headquarters are located at [[Samastipur]]. The district occupies an area of 2904 km² and has a [[population]] of 4,261,566.<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref>

== History ==
Samastipur became a district in 1972 when it was split from [[Darbhanga district]].<ref name='Statoids'>{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date = 2011-10-11 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 2011-09-25 | work = Statoids}}</ref>

==Geography==
Samastipur district occupies an area of {{convert|2904|km2|sqmi}},<ref name='Reference Annual'>{{cite book | last1 = Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) | title = India 2010: A Reference Annual | chapter = States and Union Territories: Bihar: Government | edition = 54th | publisher = Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]] | year = 2010 | location = New Delhi, India | pages = 1118–1119 | isbn = 978-81-230-1617-7}}</ref> comparatively equivalent to [[Indonesia]]'s [[Muna Island]].<ref name='Islands'>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | access-date = 2011-10-11 | date = 1998-02-18 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Muna 2,889km2}}</ref>
Samastipur is bounded on the north by the Bagmati River which separates it from Darbhanga district. On the west it is bordered by Vaishali and some part of Muzaffarpur district, on the south by the Ganges, while on its east it has Begusarai and some part of Khagaria district. The district headquarters is located at Samastipur.

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Samastipur one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj|date=8 September 2009|title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme|publisher=National Institute of Rural Development|url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|access-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|archive-date=5 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Samastipur District
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|89.18}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|10.62}}
}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Samastipur district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 4,261,566,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the [[Republic of the Congo]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Congo, Republic of the 4,243,929
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Kentucky]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau|access-date=2011-09-30| quote =Kentucky 4,339,367
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 45th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 1467 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.53%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Samastipur has a [[Human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 911 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 61.86%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 60.74% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]], 30.79% [[Maithili language|Maithili]] and 8.40% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=9,71,443|13=1911|14=9,77,137|15=1921|16=9,71,750|17=1931|18=10,55,988|19=1941|20=11,53,037|21=1951|22=12,57,253|23=1961|24=14,74,177|25=1971|26=17,19,053|27=1981|28=21,16,876|29=1991|30=27,16,929|31=2001|32=33,94,793|33=2011|34=42,61,566|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://samastipur.bih.nic.in Samastipur District Official Website]
* [http://gov.bih.nic.in/profile/districts/samastipur.htm Samastipur District Profile]

{{Coord|25.86319| 85.78001|display=title}}

{{Districts of Bihar}}
{{Darbhanga Division}}
{{Darbhanga Division topics}}

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