Vidyapati Nagar is a village in the
Samastipur district, in
Bihar, India. Named after great maithili poet Vidyapati (c. 1380 – 1460), also known by the sobriquet Maithil Kavi Kokil (the poet cuckoo of Maithili), was a Maithili and Sanskrit poet-saint, composer, writer, courtier and royal priest.
He was a devotee of Shiva, but also wrote love songs and devotional Vaishnava songs.
He knew Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsha, and Maithili.
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It belongs to the
Darbhanga division of the district.
Location
Vidyapati Nagar is located 35 km south of the district headquarters of
Samastipur
Samastipur is a city and a municipal corporation ( nagar nigam) in Bihar, India. It is the headquarter of Samastipur district and comes under Darbhanga division. The Budhi Gandak river flows through the town. It is one of the five railway ...
and 82 km west of the state capital,
Patna.
Bachhwara and
Mansurchak
Mansurchak is a town in Mansurchak Block in Begusarai District of Bihar, India. It belongs to Munger division.
. It io ltcated 36 km towards North from District headquarters Begusarai. It is a Block headquarter. Pincode 851128. It is s ...
to the east of Vidyapati Nagar, with
Dalsinghsarai lies to the north, and
Mohiuddinagar
Mohiuddin Nagar is a block and a notified area in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar, India. It derives its name from Sufi saint Shah Afaq Mohiuddin. He was descendant of Shah Qasim Suleiman of Chunar. Earlier this area was known ...
to the west. The closest cities are:
Dalsinghsarai,
Barh,
Mokameh
Mokama is a town and a municipal council in barh of Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is located east of Patna on the southern banks of the river Ganges. Mokama is the connecting town of north and south Bihar and has 2nd highest ...
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.
References
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Cities and towns in Samastipur district