Birpur
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Birpur is a city and a notified area in Supaul district
in the state of Bihar
, India
. It is a small town on the Indo-Nepal
border near the historic Kosi Barrage on the Kosi River. It has an airport too, which is being modernised and later on will be utilized for commercial as well defence use. It had been made when first prime minister of India Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru had landed here to lay the foundation stone of Koshir Barrage.
The population of Birpur is mixed. The city mostly consists of colonies made for employees and officers of Koshi project. Its Kosi High School was once most sought after school in entire Koshi region. There is also a Koshi Club here, adjacent to the school campus. It is a centre for sports and cultural activities.
There is also a government college named Lalit Naryan Mishra Smarak Mahavidyalay on the name of Lalit Narayan Mishra
, who was railway minister of India from 1973 to 1975 and who died in 1975 in a bomb blast at Samastipur. His birth place, Balwa is 13 kilometer in the south from Birpur.
Neighbouring areas are Basantpur
, Bhim Nagar, Kataiya Power House, which is a hydro power plant, Hriday Nagar, Bhavani Pur. Nearest railway head from Birpur is Raghopur
in the south and Bathnaha and Jogbani
in the east. There is direct train from Jogbani for Kolkata and Delhi. The train is called Seemanchal Express.
Supaul District
Supaul district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Supaul town is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district occupies an area of...
in the state of Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is a small town on the Indo-Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
border near the historic Kosi Barrage on the Kosi River. It has an airport too, which is being modernised and later on will be utilized for commercial as well defence use. It had been made when first prime minister of India Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru had landed here to lay the foundation stone of Koshir Barrage.
The population of Birpur is mixed. The city mostly consists of colonies made for employees and officers of Koshi project. Its Kosi High School was once most sought after school in entire Koshi region. There is also a Koshi Club here, adjacent to the school campus. It is a centre for sports and cultural activities.
There is also a government college named Lalit Naryan Mishra Smarak Mahavidyalay on the name of Lalit Narayan Mishra
Lalit Narayan Mishra
Lalit Narayan Mishra was railway minister of India from 1973 to 1975. He was brought into politics by the first Chief Minister of Bihar, Bihar Kesari Sri Krishna Sinha when he was made parliamentary secretary at his insistence to the First Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. In...
, who was railway minister of India from 1973 to 1975 and who died in 1975 in a bomb blast at Samastipur. His birth place, Balwa is 13 kilometer in the south from Birpur.
Neighbouring areas are Basantpur
Basantpur
Basantpur may refer to:*Basantpur, Bara*Basantpur, Parsa*Basantpur, Siwan - in Bihar, India...
, Bhim Nagar, Kataiya Power House, which is a hydro power plant, Hriday Nagar, Bhavani Pur. Nearest railway head from Birpur is Raghopur
Raghopur
Raghopur is a community development block in Vaishali district of Bihar. Situated between two stream of Ganga river, this is a river island. It is connected to Patna by Pipa pul.-Geography:...
in the south and Bathnaha and Jogbani
Jogbani
Jogbani is a town and a notified area in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar.The town is located between 26.42° North latitude and 87.25° East longitude at a height of 67 above mean sea level.- Transport :...
in the east. There is direct train from Jogbani for Kolkata and Delhi. The train is called Seemanchal Express.