Darbhanga, city in northeastern India, in Bihar State, on the Little Baghmati River. Darbhanga is a trade center for the surrounding agricultural district, where rice, sugarcane, and tobacco are produced. It is also the site of Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University (1961) and Lalit Narayan Mathila University (1972). Population (1991) 218,391.
