elevation of 171 feet (52 m). Darbhanga district covers an area of 2,279 sq km. Darbhanga is bounded by Madhubani district on north, by Samastipur district on south, by Saharsa district on east and by Sitamarhi district and Muzaffarpur district on west. Being located in Mithilanchal, Darbhanga district has a vast fertile alluvial plain devoid of any hills. It has a gentle slope from north to south direction having depression on the center. Darbhanga experiences humid subtropical climate. This city experiences three main seasons which are winter, summer and rainy season. May is the hottest month when temperature reaches up to 43 degrees C. Darbhanga district receives average 1142.3 mm rainfall and almost 92 % of the annual rainfall is received during monsoon. Climate Darbhanga has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa). Education Notable educational institutions include: Medical colleges * All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Darbhanga( Under Construction ) Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital Mithila Minority Dental College and Hospital University * Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Regional Centre Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University Lalit Narayan Mithila University Maulana Azad National Urdu University Engineering and technology colleges * Darbhanga College of Engineering Women's Institute of Technology Government Polytechnic, Darbhanga Colleges C. M. Science College, Darbhanga Kunwar Singh College Marwari College Millat College Schools. D.A.V. Public School Darbhanga Public School Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Jesus & Mary Academy Madonna English School Rose Public School Delhi Public School Tourism Darbhanga has various tourist attractions and is among the oldest cities of Bihar. Tourist spots include: Chandradhari Museum Darbhanga Fort Maharajadhiraja Lakshmishwar Singh Museum Darbhanga Planetarium Shyama Mai Temple Nargona Palace Anand Bagh Palace Raj Darbhanga Ahalya Sthan Media and communications All India Radio has a 20 kW medium-wave radio station in Darbhanga which transmits various programmes of mass interest and covers a part of North Bihar as well as the Terai of Nepal. Doordarshan has one DD National and one DD News LPT relay transmitters. Notable people Kameshwar Singh, Maharaja Lakshmeshwar Singh Maharaja Rameshwar Singh Maharaja Sanjay Mishra, Bollywood actor Gopal Jee Thakur, Current MP of Darbhanga. Veena Devi, politician and member of the 17th Lok Sabha Abdul Bari Siddiqui, MLA Badri Narain Sinha, IPS Bhawana Kanth, first female fighter pilot of India Binod Bihari Verma, writer Binodanand Jha, former MP Gangesha Upadhyaya, mathematician and philosopher Gonu Jha Pratyutpannamati Dr. Ashok Kr. Yadav, MP from Madhubani Lok Sabha