Samastipur district

Samastipur is an administrative in the state of  in. The district headquarters are located at. The district occupies an of 2904  and has a  of 27,16,929 (as of 2001 Census).

Geography
Sub Divisions: Dalsinghsarai, Patori, Rosera, Samastipur Sadar Blocks: Jitwarpur, Kalyanpur, Warisnagar, Rosara, Tajpur, Morwa, Patori, Sarairanjan, Pusa, Ujiyarpur, Dalsinghsarai, Singhia, Hasanpur,Musrigharari, Mohiuddinnagar, Bibhutipur, Bithan,Shivajinagar, Vidyapatinagar, Khanpur, Mohanpur Institutes:Pusa Agricultural University, 'J.N.V. Birauli' Agriculture: Paddy, Maize, Tobacco Industry: Sugar factories, Paper mill, Jute mill. Rivers: Budhi Gandak, Kamala Balaan, Ganga touching the south of district.

Rivers
It is situated on the banks of the. The also touches it in the south.

Temples
Thaneshwar Temple is a very famous tample of Lord Shiva, and is situated at the heart of the city. Other new temples are also popping up. The latest one is Shri Khatu Shyam Mandir at Gola Road Samastipur. There are numerous other temples as well.

Leaders
There were several well known leaders from Samastipur district, who had occupied ministerial posts in the Government of India. The first among them was Shri Satya Narayan Sinha, freedom fighter and a prominent member of Indian National Congress, who was accommodated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in his first cabinet. Satyanarian Sinha, who was elected to the Indian Parliament four times (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Lok Sabha) also served as a governor. Maulvi Mohammad Shees (Shees babu) from village Bherkhra was his contemporary, both as freedom fighter and as the most prominent Muslim member of Indian National Congress from the region, who served as chairman of the district board. Baliram Bhagat became a cabinet minister in the Indian government later, and also served as speaker. Karpoori Thakur, a socialist leader of National stature became Chief Minister of Bihar twice, first in 1967 and then in 1977. He was resident of a village later named in his memory as Karpoori Gram. Syed Shah Nawaz Hussain also belongs to Nathudwar or Buzurg Dwar (khanpur), samastipur. Ram Vilas paswan was elected from Rosera lok sabha seat in this district which has been represented by his brother many times. Ex minister Baleshar Ram was also from here. Ram Nath Thakur, son of Sri Karpoori Thakur, serves as a cabinet minister in government of Bihar.

Industries
Samastipur also holds Railway sub division of East Central Railway. There were several small industries which includes Sugar Factory, Paper Mill, Jute Mill and Railway Factory.

Agriculture
Samastipur is rich in agriculture, because of is fertile plain. Tobacco, maize, rice and wheat are the main crop. Leechi and mango fruits are grown in abundant. The major population is hard working.

Festival
The main fastival of the district is Chhat Puja which is celebrated after the festival of Diwali.

Education
The district still lacks in good education facility. Education facilities in the district are at minimum, which includes some colleges like Samastipur College, BRB College, RNAR College] smrck colloege. There is no professional college in the district. But this district possess a very reputed Agricultural College in Pusa, well known as Rajendra Agricultural University Pusa

District has very high qualitied high schools like SSVM Batha (rosera)& Raghunandan high school Samartha kalyanpur.