Samastipur

Samastipur is a town and a municipality (nagar parishad) in Bihar, India. It is the headquarters of Samastipur district. The Burhi Gandak River flows through the town.Demographicscensus, Samastipur had a population of 42,61,566.EducationSamastipur has several schools and colleges. Most of the colleges are affiliated to the Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga. IGNOU has several study centres in Samastipur. The Rajendra Agricultural University is located near the town, in Pusa.=Mrityunjay Roy Karpoori Thakur Sharda Sinha Shilpa Singh Premlata Syed Shahnawaz Hussain