District Profile

Sl. No.	Items	Information
1.	Cropping system	Rice-Wheat, Maize-Wheat, Sugarcane, Soybean-Wheat
2.	Major crops	Rice, wheat, maize, tori and potato
3.	Major fruits	Litchi, mango and guava
4.	Agro-climatic Zone	The district comes under the agro-ecological Zone-1 of the state, known as “North-West Alluvial Plains”
5.	Productivity of major crops under cereals, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, fruits and others	Cereal Paddy : 17.2 q/ha Wheat : 33.9 q/ha Maize : 44.1 q/ha Vegetables Potato : 217 q/ha Tomato : 75 q/ha Cabbage : 160 q/ha Cauliflower : 160 q/ha Onion : 150 q/ha Brinjal : 200 q/ha Oil Seed Tori : 12.5 q/ha
6.	Mean yearly temperature and rainfall of the district	Temp : 25.2 °C, Rainfall : 1236 mm
7.	Geographical boundaries	Samastipur is bounded on the north by the Bagmati River which separates it from Darbhanga district. On the west it is bordered by Vaishali and some part of Muzaffarpur district, on the south by the Ganges, while on its east it has Begusarai and some part of Khagaria district.
8.	Rivers	Samastipur is traversed by a number of rivers including Budhi Gandak, Baya, Kosi, Kamla, Kareh and Jhamwari and Balan, which are both the offshoots of Burhi Gandak. The Ganges also skirts the district on the south.
9.	Nearest airports from samastipur headquarters	1. Darbhnaga Airport (Approx 58 km. away from district Headquarter) 2. Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna (Approx 100 km. away from district Headquarter)
10.	National/State Highways crossing through Samastipur	NH 28, SH-93
11.	Agricultural mills and cold storages	1. Rameshwar Jute Mill at Muktapur Village. 2. Hasanpur sugar Mill at Hasanpur Block. 3. 20 cold storages of 650000 q capacity.