बेगूसराय

The name of the district apparently comes from "Begum" (queen)+ "Sarai" (inn). "Begum" of Patliputra used to come to the "Simaria Ghat" (holy place at Ganges bank) for a month of pilgrimage which later took the present slang form Begusarai.The district has an early tranjaction of 1200 crores in state bank of india.

It was established in 1870 as of Munger District. In 1972, it was given district status.[1] Simaria village is the birthplace of famous Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. However most people know Munger as his birthplace as Begusarai was the part of Munger during his birth and much of his lifetime. Begusarai is the part of historic Mithila region.
Begusarai district occupies an area of 1,918 square kilometres (741 sq mi),[2] comparatively equivalent to Indonesia's Biak Island.[3] The district lies on the northern bank of river Ganges. Begusarai district is a part of Darbhanga division. It is located at latitudes 25.15N & 25.45N and longitudes 85.45E & 86.36E.