Supaul


Supaul is a town and a municipality that is headquarters of Supaul district in the Indian state of Bihar. The Supaul town is the administrative headquarters of this district.

History

Supaul, which was previously a part of Saharsa district, is part of the Mithila region. Mithila first gained prominence after being settled by Indo-Aryan peoples who established the Mithila Kingdom.
During the late Vedic period, 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.
The Videha Kingdom was later incorporated into the Vajji confederacy, which had its capital in the city of Vaishali, which is also in Mithila.

Transport

Air

is the nearest airport roughly 57 km away. Shree Airlines operates daily flights between Rajbiraj and Kathmandu.
But in India, Darbhanga Airport is the nearest operational airport.

Road

passes through Supaul. It connects Supaul to Purnia, Siliguri, Guwahati, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Patna and Gorakhpur.
Another state highways connect Supaul to its divisional headquarter Saharsa and nearest pilgrim places Singheshwar and Madhepura.

Rail

Supaul railway station is lies on Barauni-Katihar, Saharsa and Purnia sections. But, no trains schedule here due to Gauge conversion of this route. People have to go Saharsa for taking their trains by road.

Geography

Supaul is located at. It has an average elevation of 34 metres.

Demographics

India census, Supaul had 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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