Mehsi, Bihar
Mehsi
Kaswa Mehsi | |
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City | |
 1884 Mirja Halim Shah Dargah | |
  Mehsi Location in Bihar, India  Mehsi Mehsi (India)  Mehsi Mehsi (Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 26°21′N 85°07′E / 26.35°N 85.11°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | East Champaran |
| Established | 1216 AD |
| Founded by | Mirja Halim Shah(R.A) |
| Nagar Palika | Kaswa Mehsi |
| Government | |
| • Type | Nagar Panchayat |
| • Body | Ward - (15) |
| • MLA | Sheyambabu Yadav |
| • Member of Parliament | Radhe Mohan Singh |
| • Rank | 42.68km |
| Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Population (2025 estimate) | |
• Total | 80,000 (town) [1] |
| Demonym | 'mehsiwashi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bhojpuri, Urdu, Hindi, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 845426,[2] 845406 |
| Telephone code | 06257 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Vehicle registration | BR05 |
| Neighbors | Kaswa Mehsi (Office), Harpur, Ojhilpur, Salempur (town), Rajepur, Hardo Patti, Nonimal, bhurkurwa, Bakhari in the Mehsi Block |
| Avg. summer temperature | 42 °C (108 °F) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 3. Purvi Champaran |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Pipra, Mehsi |
| Website | eastchamparan |
Mehsi is a town and municipality in the East Champaran District in the Indian state of Bihar, situated at the border of Sheohar district, Muzaffarpur district.[3]
The town is the entry point of the East Champaran district. There are many smaller factories manufacturing buttons for the clothing Industry, although most of the population depends upon commercial business and agriculture.[4]
Demographics
The Mehsi city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Mehsi Nagar Panchayat has population of 25,995 of which 13,573 are males while 12,422 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 4879 which is 18.77 % of total population of Mehsi (NP). In Mehsi Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 915 against state average of 918. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Mehsi is around 1004 compared to Bihar state average of 935. Literacy rate of Mehsi city is 64.11 % higher than state average of 61.80 %. In Mehsi, Male literacy is around 71.26 % while female literacy rate is 56.13 %.
Gallery
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Juicy Litchi Nonimal in Mehsi -
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Budhi Gandak river bank Ojhilpur in Mehsi -
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V.I.P Rd, Chowk Bazar, Kaswa Mehsi in Mehsi -
Mehsi Entry point District map
River
The perennial Budhi Gandak river flows near the town of Mehsi which is a tributary of the Ganga river.[5]
Transportation
Railways
Mehsi town, through railway, is directly connected to the major Indian cities like – Patna, Varanasi, Haridwar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Allahabad, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bhopal, Amritsar, Guwahati, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Ranchi, Raipur, Nagpur, Hyderabad etc. Mehsi railway station is situated on Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line under the Samastipur railway division of East Central Railway zone.[6] It is also the closest railway station to Kesaria Stupa, a Buddhist pilgrimage site, and is on Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line under the Samastipur railway division.[7][8]
Air
The nearest airport is Darbhanga airport.[3] and Patna Airport.
- Patna Airport is 97 kilometres (60 mi) from Mehsi and about 1.4 kilometres (0.9 mi) from Mehsi railway station
Road
India's 2nd Longest National Highway, NH -27, passes through Mehsi.
- Buses have been introduced by the BSTDC between Patna and Motihari, Bettiah, Raxaul, Bairgania, Sheohar via Mehsi.[9]
- A special caravan service called Wonder on Wheel, between Patna and Kesariya, Mehsi, has been introduced by the Bihar Tourism Department.[10]
- Mehsi has restricted the use of auto rickshaws, cars, and buses to make the site more peaceful. A permit is required to use cars or buses, and the only taxi available is an electric rickshaw that is mostly noiseless.
References
- ^ "Mehsi Bazar Nagar Parishad City Population Census 2011-2022 | Bihar".
- ^ "Mehsi Pin Code". www.pincodeinfo.online.
- ^ a b "Mehsi in India", India9.com, 30 June 2005, web: i9-Mehsi.
- ^ "Mehsi Button Industry | An Official Website of East Champaran, Motihari | India". Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Begam, Shama; Khan, R. A. (1 December 2002). "Impact of the Pollution of River Burhi Gandak on Plankton and Maicofauna at Mehsi, North Bihar Caused by Sugar Mills and Mother of Pearl Button Industries". Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 100 (3–4): 85. doi:10.26515/rzsi/v100/i3-4/2002/159588. ISSN 2581-8686. S2CID 251695899.
- ^ "Mehsi Railway Station Forum/Discussion - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "Map/Atlas ECR/East Central Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Station (MAI) : Station Code, Time Table, Map, Enquiry". www.ndtv.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "BSTDC halts AC Bus Services to Mehsi devoid of Passengers". Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ "Bihar launches Tourist Caravan Service called Wonder on Wheel". The Biharprabha News. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013.
External links
- Begam, Shama; Khan, R. A. (1 December 2002). "Impact of the Pollution of River Burhi Gandak on Plankton and Maicofauna at Mehsi, North Bihar Caused by Sugar Mills and Mother of Pearl Button Industries". Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 100 (3–4): 85. doi:10.26515/rzsi/v100/i3-4/2002/159588. ISSN 2581-8686.