Samastipur
District headquarters Samastipur · Mithila
Khatu Shyam temple and the Vidyapati Dham at Bidupur; Morwa's fairs; mostly a railway junction.

| Darbhanga → Samastipur | 44 km | 1 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Samastipur | 66 km | 1½ h |
| Patna → Samastipur | 91 km | 2 h |
| Bhagalpur → Samastipur | 181 km | 4½ h |
| Gaya → Samastipur | 185 km | 4½ h |
Road ≈ 1.3 × straight-line, ~40 km/h. Measured to the district HQ.
Neighbouring districtsWhat there is to see in Samastipur
Smaller stops — the kind the state tourism board lists and nobody writes about. Worth it if you are passing, rarely worth a dedicated trip.
Khatu Shyam Mandir
New Rajasthani-style temple.
Vidyapati Dham
Where the poet Vidyapati died; Ganga's water said to have followed him.
Nearest places worth the drive
Samastipur is a stop, not a destination. These are the closest places we would actually send you to.
- Darbhanga44 km · 1 h
Darbhanga · Palaces of the Mithila Raj, in the land of Madhubani
- Kanwar Lake58 km · 1 h
Begusarai · Asia's largest oxbow lake, and a Ramsar wetland
- Kusheshwar Asthan62 km · 1½ h
Darbhanga · A Shiva temple and a bird wetland in the Kosi backwaters
- Madhubani80 km · 2 h
Madhubani · The town that paints its walls
- Sonepur Mela & Hariharnath82 km · 2 h
Saran · Asia's largest cattle fair at the Gandak–Ganga meeting
- Vaishali87 km · 2 h
Vaishali · The world's first republic
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