Vidyapati Nagar


Vidyapati Nagar is a city in the Samastipur district, in Bihar, India. It belongs to the Darbhanga division of the district.

Location

Vidyapati Nagar is located 35 km south of the district headquarters of Samastipur and 82 km west of the state capital, Patna. Bachhwara lies to the east of Vidyapati Nagar, with Dalsinghsarai to the north, Mansurchak to the east, and Mohiuddinagar to the west. The closest cities are: Dalsinghsarai, Barh, Mokameh and Mokama.

Demographics

The local languages are Maithili, Urdu and Hindi. According to the 2011 census, the population was 122,244, with 51.8% male. The city contains 29 villages organized into 15 panchayats, for a total of 20,708 houses.