Mehsi

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Mehsi
Kaswa Mehsi
City
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Mehsi City
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Mehsi
Location in Purvi Champaran
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Mehsi (India)
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Mehsi (Asia)
Coordinates: 26°21′N85°07′E / 26.35°N 85.11°E / 26.35; 85.11
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Bihar
Division Tirhut
Established1216 AD
Founded byData Mirja Halim
Nagar Palika Kaswa Mehsi
Government
  TypeNagar Panchayat Mehsi/Nagar Palika
  Body Ward - (15)
  Rank42.68km
Elevation
64 m (210 ft)
Population
 (2011/2024)
  Total25,995/73,642 in town
Demonym 'mehsiwashi
Languages
  Official Bhojpuri, Urdu, Hindi , English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
845426, [1] 845406, 843111
Telephone code06257
ISO 3166 code IN-BR
Vehicle registration BR05
Neighbors Kaswa Mehsi (Office), Rajepur, Bakhari, Ojhilpur, Hardo Patti
Avg. summer temperature42 °C (108 °F)
Lok Sabha constituency 3. Purvi Champaran
Vidhan Sabha constituency Pipra, Mehsi
Website eastchamparan.bih.nic.in

Mehsi is a High Deployment City and a municipality in the Purvi Champaran district [ citation needed ] in the Indian state of Bihar. [2] It is a part of the Tirhut Division [ citation needed ]. The town is the entry point of the Purvi Champaran district. There are many smaller factories manufacturing buttons for the clothing Industry, although most of the population depends upon commercial business and Business agriculture. [3]

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Around 1216–1225 during the time of the Delhi Sultanate, a famous Sunni donor Mirza Haleem named Mehsi after his best follower Mahesh Ray. Which is the grave of Data Mirza Haleem in the town Mehsi Bihar state of India.

Location

Mehsi is located Area (2020) 154.12 km² Population (2020) 207856 Population Density 1348 people per km² Male Population 108041 Female Population 99815 Nearest Railway Station & Distance

 Mehsi railway station, 1.71 km

Nearest Bus stand and Distance Naya tola Bus stand, 0.71 km (Land Mark) Asian Highway 42 in Mehsi Town Areas. Mehsi is an urban part and office Kasba Mehsi/Kaswa Mehsi of East Champaran and Mehsi Nagar Panchayat in Mehsi consists of total 15 wards.

Nearest (Aerial) Darbhanga Airport 63.18 km & Muzaffarpur Airport, 35.54 km distance

Industry

Mehsi industry include shell buttons [4] and harvesting of litchi and mango fruits. Mehsi is the major producer of these fruits in India.[ citation needed ]

River

The perennial Budhi Gandak river flows near the town of Mehsi which is a tributary of the Ganga river. [5]

Connectivity

Railways

Mehsi town, through railway, is directly connected to the major Indian cities like – Patna, Varanasi, Haridwar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Allahabad, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bhopal, Amritsar, Guwahati, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Ranchi, Raipur, Nagpur, Hyderabad etc. Mehsi railway station is situated on Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line under the Samastipur railway division of East Central Railway zone. [6] It is also the closest railway station to Kesaria Stupa, a Buddhist pilgrimage site.

Air

The nearest airport is Darbhanga airport. [2] and Patna Airport.

Road

Through Mehsi India's 2nd Longest National Highway pass, that is NH -27.

It is directly connected via Road with Nearby Cities.

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References

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