Vidyapati Nagar

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| subdivision_name2 = Samastipur district

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| subdivision_name3 = Ujiarpur

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| subdivision_name4 = Sarairanjan

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| population_demonym = Maithil

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| population_total = 122244

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| demographics2_title1 = Mother language

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| demographics1_info1 = Hindi{{cite web|url=http://csd.bih.nic.in/Act&rule/Act1english.pdf|title=The Bihar Official Language Act, 1950|date=1950|website=Cabinet Secretariat Department, Government of Bihar|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413072041/http://csd.bih.nic.in/Act%26rule/Act1english.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2015|access-date=9 April 2015}}

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| demographics1_info2 = Urdu{{cite book|last=Benedikter|first=Thomas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpZv2GHM7VQC&pg=PA89|title=Language Policy and Linguistic Minorities in India: An Appraisal of the Linguistic Rights of Minorities in India|date=2009|publisher=LIT Verlag|isbn=978-3-643-10231-7|location=Münster|page=89|access-date=10 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019053006/https://books.google.com/books?id=vpZv2GHM7VQC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89|archive-date=19 October 2015|url-status=live}}

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| postal_code = 848503

| area_code = STD Code 06278

| website = {{URL|samastipur.bih.nic.in}}

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Vidyapati Nagar is a village in the Samastipur district, in Bihar, India. It is named after the notable Maithili-language poet Vidyapati.{{Cite news|url = http://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/1296-vidyapati-nagar-samastipur-bihar.html|title = Vidyapati Nagar Block - Samastipur|date = 10 Oct 2015|work = Census2011.co.in}} Vidyapati Nagar is within the Darbhanga division of the district. It is famous as resting place of renowned Hindi poet Vidyapati.

Location

Vidyapati Nagar is located 35 km south of the district headquarters of Samastipur and 82 km west of the state capital, Patna. Bachhwara and Mansurchak to the east of Vidyapati Nagar, with Dalsinghsarai lies to the north, 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.

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