Sitamarhi
Sign in to saveSitamarhi is the headquarters of the Sitamarhi district in Tirhut Division, Bihar. The city was named in honour of Sītā, wife of Rāma, who was born in Sitamarhi according to Hindu legends.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sitamarhi
- Settlement.other_name
- Mithila
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Clockwise from top: Goddess Sita, Janaki Sthan Mandir, Bagahi Math
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Bihar
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Bihar, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bihar
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sitamarhi
- Settlement.established_date
- 11 Dec 1972
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 56
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,06,093
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Sitamarhi is the headquarters of the Sitamarhi district in Tirhut Division, Bihar. The city was named in honour of Sītā, wife of Rāma, who was born in Sitamarhi according to Hindu legends.
In 1875, a subdivision for Sitamarhi was created within the Muzaffarpur district. Sitamarhi was detached from Muzaffarpur and made a separate district on December 11, 1972. The district headquarters is located in Dumra, south of Sitamarhi's main temple.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sitamarhi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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