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 will be utilized for commercial as well defence use. It had been made when first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru had landed here to lay the foundation stone of Koshi Barrage. There has been a new helipad constructed next to the airstrip for multi purpose use and it will be operational in 2026.
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The population of Birpur is mixed. The town mostly consists of colonies made for employees and officers of Koshi project. Its Koshi High School was once most sought after school in entire Koshi region. There is also a middle school up to standard eighth viz. Koshi Middle School. There is also a Koshi Club here, adjacent to the school campus. It is a center for sports and cultural activities.
There is also a government college named Lalit Naryan Mishra Smarak Mahavidyalay on the name of Lalit Narayan Mishra, who was railway minister of India from 1973 to 1975 and who died in 1975 in a bomb blast at Samastipur. His birthplace, Balua, is 13 kilometer towards the south from Birpur.
From the Wikipedia article Birpur, Supaul, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Towns around Bīrpur
- Bhawanipur6.3 km S
- Inaruwa17 km NE
- Biratnagar26 km E
- Rājbirāj27 km W
- Jogbani28 km SE
- Īṭahari̇̄31 km NE
- Chhātāpur32 km S
- Forbesganj34 km SE
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