Geography
Vaishali district occupies an area of 2,036 square kilometres (786 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to Spain's Tenerife.
Vaishali district is a part of Tirhut division and Hajipur town is the district headquarters. The district of Vaishali came in to existence on 12/10/1972. Earlier it was the part of old Muzzafarpur district.
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