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Supaul | |
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Coordinates: 26°07′34″N86°36′18″E / 26.126°N 86.605°E | |
Country | India |
State | Bihar |
Region | Mithila |
District | Supaul |
Established | 1991 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Body | Supaul Municipal Council |
Area | |
• Total | 2,435 km2 (940 sq mi) |
Elevation | 34 m (112 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,229,076 |
• Density | 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi [1] |
• Additional official | Urdu [1] |
• Regional Language | Maithili |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | BR-50 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Supaul |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Supaul, Pipra, Triveniganj, Chhatapur, Nirmali |
Website | https://supaul.nic.in/ |
Supaul is a town and municipality that is headquarters of Supaul district in the Indian state of Bihar. Supaul is the administrative headquarters of this district. There are 11 blocks under the Supaul district: Supaul, Kishanpur, Saraigarh-Bhaptiyahi, Pipra, Triveniganj, Raghopur, Chhatapur, Nirmali, Marauna, Basantpur and Pratapganj.
Supaul, which was previously a part of Saharsa district, is part of the Mithila region. [2] Mithila first gained prominence after being settled by Indo-Aryan peoples who established the Mithila Kingdom (also called Kingdom of the Videhas). [3]
During the late Vedic period (c. 1100–500 BCE), Videha became one of the major political and cultural centers of South Asia, along with Kuru and Pañcāla. The kings of the Videha Kingdom were called Janakas. [4] The Videha Kingdom was later incorporated into the Vajjika League, which had its capital in the city of Vaishali, which is also in Mithila. [5]
Rajbiraj Airport is the nearest airport roughly 76 km away through NH 327A - NH 57 - Western Koshi Embankment Road - Dagmara - Kunauli . Shree Airlines and Buddha Air operates their daily flights between Rajbiraj and Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. [6]
But in India, Darbhanga Airport roughly 120 km is the nearest operational airport. [7]
NH 27 passes through Supaul. It connects Supaul to Purnia, Siliguri, Guwahati in the east and Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, NH327E Patna and Gorakhpur in the west.
Another state highways connect Supaul to its divisional headquarter Saharsa and the nearest pilgrim sites, Singheshwar and Madhepura. Best city triveniganj
Supaul railway station lies on [ Saharsa- Forbesganj sections. Small gauge Train service stopped in year 2015.Train service restarted from Supaul station in 2020.
Supaul is located at 25°56′N86°15′E / 25.93°N 86.25°E . [8] It has an average elevation of 34 metres (111 feet).
As of 2011 [update] India census, [9] Supaul had a population of 2,228,397 of which male and female were 1,157,815 and 1,070,582 respectively. The initial provisional data suggest a density of 919 in 2011 compared to 714 of 2001.
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Mithila, also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal, is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothills of the Himalayas in the north. It comprises certain parts of Bihar and Jharkhand of India and adjoining districts of the Koshi Province, Bagmati Pradesh and Madhesh Province of Nepal. The native language in Mithila is Maithili, and its speakers are referred to as Maithils.
Mithila is a geographical and cultural region located in the Indian subcontinent. The native language is known as Maithili and its speakers are referred to as Maithils. The majority of the Mithila region falls within modern-day India, more specifically in the state of Bihar. Mithila is bounded in the north by the Himalayas, and in the south, west and east by the Ganges, Gandaki and Mahananda respectively. It extends into the southeastern Terai of Nepal. This region was also called Tirabhukti, the ancient name of Tirhut.
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