Mehsi | |
Other Name: | Kaswa Mehsi |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | India Bihar#India#Asia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Purvi Champaran |
Coordinates: | 26.35°N 85.11°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Bihar |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Tirhut |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1216 AD |
Founder: | Data Mirja Halim |
Government Type: | Nagar Panchayat Mehsi/Nagar Palika |
Governing Body: | Ward - (15) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Rank: | 42.68km |
Elevation M: | 64 |
Population Total: | 25,995/73642 in town |
Population As Of: | 2011/2024 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | mehsiwashi |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Bhojpuri, Urdu, Hindi, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 845426,[1] 845406, 843111 |
Area Code: | 06257 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Iso Code: | IN-BR |
Registration Plate: | BR05 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Coastline |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Neighbors |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kaswa Mehsi (Office), Rajepur, Bakhari, Ojhilpur, Hardo Patti |
Seat Type: | Nagar Palika |
Seat: | Kaswa Mehsi |
Parts Type: | Subdivision |
Parts Style: | para |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Avg. summer temperature |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | 42°C |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | 3. Purvi Champaran |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec2: | Pipra, Mehsi |
Mehsi is a CD Block and Mehsi Nagar Panchayat City and a municipality in the Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.[2] It is a part of the Tirhut Division.The town is the entry point of the Purvi Champaran district. There are many smaller factories manufacturing buttons for the clothing Industry, although most of the population depends upon commercial business and Business agriculture.[3]
Around 1216–1225 during the time of the Delhi Sultanate, a famous Sunni donor Mirza Haleem named Mehsi after his best follower Mahesh Ray.Which is the grave of Data Mirza Haleem in the town Mehsi Bihar state of India.
Mehsi is locatedArea (2020) 154.12 km²Population (2020) 207856Population Density 1348 people per km²Male Population 108041Female Population 99815Nearest Railway Station & Distance Mehsi railway station, 1.71 kmNearest Bus stand and DistanceNaya tola Bus stand, 0.71 km (Land Mark) Asian Highway 42 in Mehsi Town Areas.Mehsi is an urban part and office Kasba Mehsi/Kaswa Mehsi of East Champaran and Mehsi Nagar Panchayat in Mehsi consists of total 15 wards.
Nearest (Aerial) Darbhanga Airport 63.18 km & Muzaffarpur Airport, 35.54 km distance
Mehsi industry include shell buttons[4] and harvesting of litchi and mango fruits. Mehsi is the major producer of these fruits in India.
The perennial Budhi Gandak river flows near the town of Mehsi which is a tributary of the Ganga river.[5]
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.
The nearest airport is Darbhanga airport.[7] and Patna Airport.
Road
Through Mehsi India's 2nd Longest National Highway pass, that is NH -27.
It is directly connected via Road with Nearby Cities.