Madhepura is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Madhepura district Madhepura district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Madhepura town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Madhepura district is a part of Kosi division. History Madhepura is part of the Mithila regio ...

in the

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

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Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

. It stands at the centre of Kosi ravine, It was called ''Madhyapura-'' a place centrally situated which was subsequently transformed as Madhipura into present Madhepura. It is surrounded by Araria and Supaul districts in the north, Khagaria and Bhagalpur districts in the south, Purnia district in the east and Saharsa district in the West.

History

Madhepura is part of the

Mithila region 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 foothill ...

and the people here speak the Maithili language. Mithila first gained prominence after being settled by

Indo-Aryan peoples Indo-Aryan peoples are a diverse collection of Indo-European peoples speaking Indo-Aryan languages in the Indian subcontinent. Historically, Aryan were the Indo-European pastoralists who migrated from Central Asia into South Asia and int ...

who established the

Mithila Kingdom Videha ( Prākrit: ; Pāli: ; Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The population of Videha, the Vaidehas, were initially organised into a monarchy but later ...

(also called Kingdom of the Videhas). 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

Janaka Janaka is a character who appears in the Hindu epic Ramayana. He is an ancient Hindu king of Videha, which was located in the Mithila region. His name at birth was Sīradhvaja, and he had a brother named Kushadhvaja. His father's name was Hras ...

s. The Videha Kingdom was later incorporated into the

Vajjika League The Vajjika (Pāli: ) or Vrijika (Sanskrit: ) League, Confederacy, or Sangha, also called simply Vajji (Pāli: ) or Vriji (Sanskrit: ), was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribal league which existed during the later Iron Age period in north-east South ...

, which had its capital in the city of Vaishali, which is also in Mithila.

Demographics

India

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, Madhepura had a population of 45,015. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Madhepura has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 51%. In Madhepura, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

Public and private bus and taxi services are available.

Rail

Dauram Madhepura railway station is situated on Barauni-Katihar, Saharsa and Purnia sections and Barauni-Guwahati line. There are three pairs of passenger train to , Barhara Kothi & . There are direct trains to , , , , , , , .

Road

and passes through Madhepura. NH-231 goes through

Purnia Purnia ()(also romanized as Purnea) is a city that serves as the administrative headquarters of both Purnia district and Purnia division in the Indian state of Bihar. Total geographical area of Purnia Urban Agglomeration is which is nex ...

Saharsa Saharsa is a city and Municipal corporation in the Saharsa District in the eastern part of the state of Bihar, India. It is situated near the eastern banks of the Kosi River. It serves as the administrative headquarters for Saharsa District a ...

& Maheskhunt, while NH-131 goes through

Birpur 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 Koshi Barrage on the Koshi River. It has an airstrip, which is being modernised and later on w ...

and

Bihpur Bihpur is a block in Bhagalpur district of Bihar, India. It is one of sixteen blocks under Bhagalpur district Bhagalpur district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Bhagalpur town is the administrative headquarters ...

. There is daily bus service to

, Supaul, Darbhanga &

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

Air

Nearest airport is

Darbhanga Airport Darbhanga Airport is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force Station, serving Darbhanga, Bihar, India. It is located just at the outskirts of the city near the NH-105 and NH-57 highways, which pass through Darbhanga. The airport is op ...

, Darbhanga. (140 km)
Madhepura To Darbhanga

Educational institution

Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University (B. N. Mandal University) is the state government university situated at district headquarters, Madhepura. B. N. Mandal University, Madhepura came into existence on the 10th of January, 1992. It acts as an af ...

*B. P. Mandal College of Engineering, Madhepura *Jannayak Karpoori Thakur Medical college, Madhepura *Polytechnic college Kalasan Chausa, Madhepura * Swami Vivekanand Vidyapith * JNV madhepura * T. P. College * P.Sc. College * Commerce College * Madhepura College * C.M.Sc College * R.P.M. College * BAS School MADHEPURA * Shiv Nandan Prasad Mandal High School, * Keshav Kanya High School, * Rash Bihari High School * Maya Vidya Niketan * Swami Vivekananda Inter College * Holy Cross School * Kiran Public School, Holy angels * Wisdom Public School * Madhepura Public School * St.Johns Public School * K.P.College Murliganj * B.L.High School Murliganj * Parasmani High School Babu Babhni * Govt. High School Amari Murliganj Madhepura * Govt. High school Kalasan chausa * M.M. High School Kumarkhand * Project Kanya High school Kumarkhand * Durgapur, Bhddhi, Manguwar * Ved Vyas Inter College Amleshwar Nagar Madhepura * Ved Vyas Degree College Amleshwar Nagar Madhepura * B.S.College Singheshwar Madhepura * M.H.High School Rani Pokhar Madhepura * Kolte Computer pvt. ltd. (KYP Center) * Surendra public school, Laxmipur Bhagwati-10, Kumarkhand, Madhepura * S.B.J.S. High School, udakishunganj, Madhepura * Kanya madhya vidhalaya, udakishunganj, Madhepur * Hansi mandal college, Bihari ganj, Madhepura * Sitaram Bal Vidya Niketan Ararghat, Gwalpara

References

{{Kosi Division Cities and towns in Madhepura district Places in the Ramayana