Muzaffarpur | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Muzaffarpur Junction | |
| Nickname: Lychee City | |
  Muzaffarpur Location in India  Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°7′21″N 85°23′26″E / 26.12250°N 85.39056°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Bihar |
| District | Muzaffarpur |
| Division | Tirhut |
| Established | 1 January 1875 |
| Municipal Corporation | Muzaffarpur Municipal Corporation |
| Government | |
| • Member of Parliament | Raj Bhushan Choudhary |
| • Member of Legislative Council | Dinesh Prasad Singh |
| • Member of Legislative Assembly | Vijendra Chaudhary[2] |
| • Mayor | Nirmala Sahu |
| Area | |
• Total | 91 km2 (35 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 354,462[1] |
| • Rank | 4nd (Bihar) 127th (India) |
| Language Other Local Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[3] |
| • Additional official | English[3] |
| • Regional Languages | Maithili |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 842001-05 (Muzaffarpur)[4] |
| Telephone code | 0621 |
| Vehicle registration | BR-06 |
| Sex ratio | 890 (females per thousand males)[5]♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 85.16%[5] |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Muzaffarpur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Muzaffarpur |
| Website | muzaffarpur |
Muzaffarpur () is a city located in Muzaffarpur district in the Tirhut region of the Indian state of Bihar.[5][1] It serves as the headquarters of the Tirhut division, the Muzaffarpur district and the Muzaffarpur Railway District.It is the fourth most populous city in Bihar.
Muzaffarpur is famous for Shahi litchis and is known as the Lychee Kingdom.[6][7] Shahi lychee is the fourth product from Bihar, after jardalu mango, katarni rice and Magahi paan (betel leaf) to get the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. The city is situated on the banks of the perennial Budhi Gandak River, which flows from the Someshwar Hills[8] of the Himalayas.
- ^ a b "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 3 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ "Muzaffarpurchunav 2020: क्या इस बार मंत्री जी लगाएंगे हैट्रिक या पूर्व विधायक विजेंद्र चौधरी करेंगे वापसी?". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). 1 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ a b "second Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "Pin Codes of Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India, Muzaffarpur Pincode Search". indiapincodes.net.
- ^ a b c "Cities having population 3 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ "Bihar's famous Shahi litchi to get GI tag soon". The Times of India. 8 July 2018.
- ^ Destinations :: Vaishali ::Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation Archived 22 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Bstdc.bih.nic.in. Retrieved on 9 January 2011.
- ^ "bihar". Scribd.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2014.