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Bhimnagar
Village
Bhimnagar is located in Bihar
Bhimnagar
Bhimnagar
Location in Bihar, India
Bhimnagar is located in India
Bhimnagar
Bhimnagar
Bhimnagar (India)
Coordinates: 26°30′51″N 86°57′39″E / 26.51417°N 86.96083°E / 26.51417; 86.96083
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictSupaul
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialMaithili, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-BR
Lok Sabha constituencySupaul
Vidhan Sabha constituencyChhatapur)

Bhimnagar is a village in Basantpur tehsil of Supaul district in the Indian state of Bihar, south of the Koshi Barrage,[1] near the India-Nepal border. The village has more than 20 hours power supply through Kattaiah power house. Bhimnagar is advanced in education with an 73% literacy rate. It has a Primary Hospital which is now used as Sadar Aspatal. It has been a known place for sports like cricket, Football, Badminton and many other sports. Bhimnagar was greatly impacted by the 2008 Bihar flood of the Kosi River.

Transport

NH 106 passes through Bhimnagar. It is well connected with the Bus services to the Patna & as well major cities in Bihar.

Bhimnagar is on India's northern border with Sunsari District, Koshi Zone, Nepal with a border crossing to Setobandha village and the (east-west) Mahendra Highway, plus a customs checkpoint for goods. Indian and Nepalese nationals cross without restriction.

Rajbiraj Airport is the nearest airport roughly 25 KM away in nearest nepali city Rajbiraj. Shree Airlines operates daily flights between Rajbiraj and Kathmandu[2]

Population

Bhimnagar 2011 Census Data[3]
Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,610
Population 7,688 4,051 3,647
Child (0-6) 1,410 716 694

References

  1. ^ "From Kosi to Delhi". scholar.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  2. ^ Rajbiraj Airport to resume its flight services from May 8 as Shree Airline prepares for flight operation
  3. ^ "Bhimnagar Village Population - Basantpur - Supaul, Bihar". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
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