{{Multiple issues|{{MOS|date=August 2024}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2024}}}}{{Short description|Town in Bihar, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Dalsinghsarai | settlement_type = Town | translit_lang1_info = | image_skyline = {{Photomontage |photo1a=Dalsinghsarai_Railway_station.jpg | size = 280 | image_alt = | spacing = 2 | color = white | color_border = black}} | image_caption = | nickname = | image_map = | pushpin_map = India #Bihar#India | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bihar, India | coordinates = {{coord|25.6667|N|85.8333|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Bihar_Government_Banner.png}} Bihar | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Mithila | subdivision_type3 = Division | subdivision_name3 = Darbhanga | subdivision_type4 = District | subdivision_name4 = Samastipur | government_type = Municipal Council | governing_body = Dalsinghsarai Municipal Council | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 17.65 | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 51.81 | population_total = 55562<ref>List of towns in India by population</ref> | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_rank = | population_demonym = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | 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> | demographics1_title2 = Additional official | demographics1_info2 = Urdu <ref name="langoff"/> | demographics1_title3 = Regional Languages | demographics1_info3 = Maithili | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 848114 | area_code = 06278 | area_code_type = Telephone code | registration_plate = BR-33 | website = | footnotes = | leader_title = Chief Councilor | leader_name = Abha Sureka | leader_title1 = Deputy Chief Councilor | leader_name1 = Sujata Choudhary | leader_title2 = Executive Officer | leader_name2 = Sushil Kumar Das | leader_title3 = MP | leader_name3 = Nityanand Rai (BJP) | leader_title4 = MLA | leader_name4 = Alok Kumar Mehta (RJD) | blank3_name_sec1 = Parliamentary Constituency | blank3_info_sec1 = 22-Ujiarpur | blank4_name_sec1 = Assembly Constituency | blank4_info_sec1 = 134-Ujiarpur }} '''Dalsinghsarai''' is a town and Municipal Council in the Samastipur District of Bihar, India. It is also one of the subdivisions and blocks of Bihar. It is situated on the bank of the river Balan.
Alok Kumar Mehta is the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ujiyarpur constituency and Nityanand Rai is the Member of Parliament of Ujiyarpur.
== History == The town 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>
==Demographics== {{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.
==References== <references /> {{Darbhanga Division}}
Category:Cities and towns in Samastipur district