Biraul is the subdivisional headquarters of Biraul subdivision, consisting of six blocks of
Darbhanga district
Darbhanga district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India, and Darbhanga city is the administrative headquarters of this district and 5th largest city of Bihar as well. Darbhanga district is a part of Darbhanga D ...
in
Bihar,
India. The blocks are Biraul,
Ghanshyampur,
Gorabauram,
Kiratpur,
Kusheshwar Asthan
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and
Kusheshwar Asthan East. This region covers the south-eastern part of Darbhanga district.
The headquarters building is planned to be constructed in the Mauza area of the
Uchhati
Uchhati is a village in the Biraul block of Biraul subdivision in Darbhanga district, Bihar, India.
This is one of the populous villages in Biraul block. This is hardly one kilometer from Biraul block and two kilometers from Supaul Bazar (Darbha ...
village. A new road is planned to be constructed to link
Darbhanga
Darbhanga is the fifth-largest city and municipal corporation in the Indian state of Bihar situated centrally in Mithila region.
Darbhanga is the headquarters of the Darbhanga district and the Darbhanga division. It was the seat of the erstw ...
and
Saharsa near this headquarter. Biraul is also a railhead. A new rail line (36 km) has been constructed from the
Sakri
Sakri is a census town and a taluka in the Dhule District of the Nashik division, Maharashtra state, India. The town of Sakri is the administrative headquarters for Sakri Taluka. Another Sakri is in Bihar, which is now a railway junctio ...
junction to Biraul.
The line was inaugurated in 2008. Three passenger trains run on this line every 24 hours.
The constituent college J. K. College Biraul is located here. Biraul also has two petrol pump stations, two cinema halls, an agricultural farm of the state government, a veterinary hospital, a high school (Onkar High English School, Supaul Bazar) and an old middle school, and a government hospital.
There are 26 village panchayats in Biraul block. The suburban villages are Uchhati Hati Benk Balia Dumari Karkauli, Bangarahata Hanuman Nagar.
A new road is planned to be constructed from Hatikothi to Gandaul (13 km). The
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has inaugurated this road and a bridge on the
Kamala river
The Kamala River (Hindi and ne, कमला नदी kamalā nadī) originates from Nepal and flows through Indian state of Bihar.
Course
The Kamala originates from Churia Range near Maithan which is near Sindhuli Gadhi in Sindhuli District o ...
at Kothram recently. This road is planned to be a part of Darbhanga-Saharsa road. After completion of this road the distance between Biraul and Saharsa will be only 40 km (compared with the present distance of over 100 km). The distance between Darbhanga and Saharsa will also be reduced to 86 km. The State Highway 56 of Bihar passes through Biraul, connecting Darbhanga and Kusheshwasthan via Biraul.
References
Villages in Darbhanga district
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