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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Dalsinghsarai<br />
| settlement_type = [[City]]<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bihar, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|25.6667|N|85.8333|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Bihar_Government_Banner.png}} [[Bihar]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[Administrative divisions of Bihar|Division]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Darbhanga division|Darbhanga]]<br />
| subdivision_type4 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name4 = [[Samastipur district|Samastipur]]<br />
| government_type = [[Municipal council (India)|Municipal Council]]<br />
| governing_body = Dalsinghsarai Municipal Council<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| area_total_km2 = 17.65<br />
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| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = 51.81<br />
| population_total = 55562<ref>[[List of towns in India by population]]</ref><br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = [[Languages]]<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title= second Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=21 December 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref><br />
| demographics1_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official<br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[Urdu]]<br />
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| demographics1_title3 = Regional Languages<br />
| demographics1_info3 = [[Maithili language|Maithili]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 848114<br />
| area_code = 06278<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| registration_plate = BR-33<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| leader_title = Chief Councilor<br />
| leader_name = Abha Sureka<br />
| leader_title1 = Deputy Chief Councilor<br />
| leader_name1 = Sujata Choudhary<br />
| leader_title2 = Executive Officer<br />
| leader_name2 = Sushil Kumar Das<br />
| leader_title3 = MP<br />
| leader_name3 = [[Nityanand Rai]] ([[BJP]])<br />
| leader_title4 = MLA<br />
| leader_name4 = [[Alok Kumar Mehta]] ([[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]])<br />
| blank3_name_sec1 = Parliamentary Constituency<br />
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency|22-Ujiarpur]]<br />
| blank4_name_sec1 = Assembly Constituency<br />
| blank4_info_sec1 = [[Ujiarpur Assembly constituency|134-Ujiarpur]]<br />
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'''Dalsinghsarai''' is a city and [[Municipal council (India)|Municipal Council]] in the [[Samastipur District]] of [[Bihar]], India. It is also one of the [[List of subdivisions of Bihar|subdivisions]] and [[Blocks in Bihar|blocks]] of Bihar. It is situated on the bank of the river Balan.<br />
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[[Alok Kumar Mehta]] is the Member of the Legislative Assembly of [[Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Ujiyarpur]] constituency and [[Nityanand Rai]] is the Member of Parliament of Ujiyarpur.<br />
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== History ==<br />
The city was the center of indigo cultivation during British rule. In 1902, An Indigo Research Institute was opened nearby in Pusa.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Dalsinghsarai : Book |url=https://notionpress.com/read/dalsinghsarai |website=notionpress.com/ |date=6 March 2020 |publisher=Notion Press Media |pages=42 |isbn=9781648503177}}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> '''Dalsinghsarai Nagar Parishad''' has population of 55,562 of which 28,402 are males while 27,160 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of children with age of 0–6 is 8640 which is 15.55% of total population of Dalsinghsarai.<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Darbhanga Division}}<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Samastipur district]]</div>Mohit Kumar