Sundarpur is a village in

Darbhanga district Darbhanga district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India, and Darbhanga city is the administrative headquarters of this district and 5th largest city of Bihar as well. Darbhanga district is a part of Darbhanga D ...

in the

Darbhanga Darbhanga is the fifth-largest city and municipal corporation in the Indian state of Bihar situated centrally in Mithila region. Darbhanga is the headquarters of the Darbhanga district and the Darbhanga division. It was the seat of the erstw ...

urban constituency of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

, India. In the time of Maharaj Kameshwar Singh (a King of Darbhanga Estate), he used to go hunting here with his wives and army. Once, during a normal visit his wife wanted to have a bath in the middle of the journey. On her request, the Maharaja ordered the making of a new

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(place to have bath in a pond) at the bank of a nearby pond. From that day the pond has been known as Maharani Pokhar and the village which is situated near to the pond is known as Sundarpur.

Population

Sundarpur is a small village with a population of 879, as of 2012.

Education

Rajkiye Prathmik Vidyalay is a school in the village.

Transport

Recently, Sundarpur was developed with roads and electricity. The first flyover to be built in the

was built here. The

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's Airbase near the village was built during the

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. It houses

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and other

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References

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