Muzaffarpur is famous for exporting lychee. Long ago, the area was famous for hand-woven textiles, sugar cane, and other products. The district has a few sugar mills, which are now old and dilapidated. It is the commercial hub of North Bihar and the wholesale market of Mumbai, Surat and Ahmedabad. Textile mills in the famous Marwari community dominate Suta Patti. The commercial hub of the town is Motijheel.
Muzaffarpur is 4th largest city after Patna,Gaya and Bhagalpur in Bihar. Muzaffarpur, famous for Shahi lychees, is the largest city of northern Bihar. It is situated on the banks of the perennial Burhi Gandak River, which flows from the Someshwar Hills of Himalayas. Muzaffarpur is one of the many gateways to Nepal. Clothes and food-grains are traded between Nepal and Muzaffarpur.
Muzaffarpur is the Second leading centre of education in Bihar after Patna and Siwan. It has a medical and an engineering college, and is seat of one of the oldest universities of Bihar (Bihar University, now known as B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University). The first president of the Indian Republic, Dr Rajendra Prasad was a teacher in the Langat Singh College], Muzaffarpur.
The land use around Muzaffarpur is mainly agricultural and horticultural. While litchee and mangoes are abundantly grown, principal crops are rice, wheat, pulses, jute, maize and oil seeds. Vegetables like cauliflower, cabbage, tomato, radish, carrot, beetroot, among others, are also grown. Sugar cane, potato and barley are some of the non-cereal crops grown.
As of the 2011 India census, Muzaffarpur had a population of 4,778,610. Males constituted 52.68%(2,517,500) of the population and females 47.31%(2,261,110). Muzaffarpur had a literacy rate of 65.68%, close to the national average of 74%. Male literacy was 73.61%, and female literacy was 56.82%. Seventeen percent of the population was under 6 years of age.
A variety of spicy dry, baked, fried, deep fried or curried Mutton, chicken, fish and shellfish are prepared and eaten. Mughalai and a few Continental dishes, such as Macaroni or Spaghetti, duly Indianised, are home cooked and relished by some people. Pre- and post-dinner Betel nut (Paan) chewing is very popular, along with chewing tobacco.
Muzaffarpur town was established by and named after an Afghan Md.Muzaffar Khan, an Amil (Revenue Officer) . The district is bounded by the East Champaran,Sitamarhi,Vaishali,Saran, Darbhanga and Samastipur districts . It has won international encomiums for its delicious Shahi(Royal) and China Lychee species.
Muzaffarpur Railway Station is a main railway junction, with two suburban stations, Ram Dayalu Nagar and Narayanpur. Local and inter-state buses start from Bairiya and Imli Chatti Bus Station. The airport, Patahi Aerodrome, had regular flights to some cities but does not operate any commercial flights now.
Sometime between 1211 and 1226, Ghais-u-ddin Iwaz, the ruler of Bengal, became the first Muslim invader of Tirhut. However, he could not succeed in conquering the kingdom, merely extorting tributes. It was in 1323 that Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq established his control over the district.
Bihar has emerged as brewery hub with major domestic and foreign firms setting up production units in the state.Vijay Mallya group- United Breweries Group,is setting up a production unit to make litchi-flavoured wine,in Muzaffarpur in 2012.The company has leased litchi gardens.
Langat Singh College: This is the oldest college of Muzaffarpur. Affiliated to the University of Bihar, it has had the likes of Dinkar, a famous Hindi poet, Dr. Rajendra Prasad the first President of India, and Acharya J. B. Kripalani as its faculty members.
M.D.D.M, College (Mahant Darshan Das Mahila Mahavidyalaya): It was the first women college in North Bihar established in 1949. It is a constituent unit of B.R.A. Bihar University. It offers both UG and PG courses with excellent hostel facilities.
Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, India’s first ambassador to Nepal and later ambassador to Japan (from 1958). He was also the second Governor of Punjab in 1953 and then governor of Uttar Pradesh from 1980 to 1985.
Muzaffarpur ) is a city in Muzaffarpur district in Bajjikanchal region of Bihar. It also serves as the headquarters of Muzaffarpur district and Tirhut Division.
Muzaffarpur town has several industries, big and small. The railway wagon industry is one of the town’s landmarks. Muzaffarpur is an important centre for the wholesale cloth trade.
In January 1934, a colossal 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck the area, completely demolishing part of the city. The region was shaken strongly again in the 1988 Bihar earthquake.
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