Bihpur

Bihpur Thana Bihpr
—  town  —
Bihpur Location of Bihpur in Bihar and India
Coordinates	25°23′0″N 86°56′0″E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District(s)	Bhagalpur
Nearest city	bhagalpur
Population	100,180 (2001)
Sex ratio	881 WOMEN /1000 MEN (2001) ♂/♀
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation • Coastline	• 37 metres (121 ft) • 0 kilometres (0 mi)
Climate Temperature • Summer • Winter	•      44 °C (111 °F) •      04 °C (39 °F)
Codes • Pincode • 853201

Bihpur is a town in Bhagalpur district of Bihar, India.

Geography

Bihpur, located on National Highway 31, is a taluk headquarters in Bhagalpur District of Bihar. It lies on the banks of the Ganges and is 17 km north of Bhagalpur.

Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, Mandar Hill, Bhagalpur Pillar and Patharghat Hill are some of the tourist options in the region.

Patna Airport is the nearest airport; Thana Bihpur Junction Railway Station is on the Khagaria- Katihar rail route.

Location

National Highway 31 ends Bihpur. Nearest airport is Patna Airport. The nearest railway station is Thana Bihpur (0 km) it was established in 1901. Thana Bihpur is a station on the Barauni-Katihar section of Northeast Frontier Railway.

Populated Place; a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.

• Bihpur (0 km)
• Bikrampur (1 km)
• Dayalpurpur (3 km)
• Kharik (9.7 km)
• Tulsīpur (14.2 km)
• Phulaut (20.5 km)
• Bhāgalpur (22.6 km)
• Barāri (22.8 km)
• Naugachhia (23.5 km)
• Dangrāha (25.5 km)
• Sabaur (26.3 km)
• Pasrāha (32.6 km)
• Saidpur Dabra (36.5 km)
• Jahāngīra (36.6 km)
• Purāini (36.7 km)
• Shāhkund (37.2 km)
• Jamālpur (37.6 km)
• Kathāra (38.2 km)
• Ghoga (41.6 km)
• Colgong (43.6 km)
• Chautham (45.8 km)
• Ekchāri (48.7 km)
• Bhawānīpur Rājdhām (49.6 km)
• Asarganj (50.2 km)

'''History during independence The district of BAHGALPUR played an important part in the Annie Besant in 1917 and Satyagarah Movement of Mahatma Gandhi in 1921 received widespread support in the district. In Saharsa, the freedom movement was led, among others, by Sarvashri Mahtal Lal Yadava, Shivanandan Mandal, Nand Kishore Chaudhary, Rajendra Mishra, Ram Bahadur Sinha, Yadunanadan Jha, Lakshman Lal Das'Kalakar', Rajendra Lal Das. Supaul and Madhepura Jails were full of Political prisoners. Thana Bihpur (in Bhagalpur district) was the scene of great activity where Dr. Rajendra Prasad was bitterely beaten by the police and the people of Saharsa were much agitated over this. Picketing tool place all over the district with full Vigour. The Period between 1930 and 1942 was marked by various Kisan agitations all over the district from Bakast lands.

Places of interest

• Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary

education jhandapur high school eklavya public school ravi memorial public school

medical facilities- new girja medical hall,thanabihpur

Villages

• Babhangama
• Qazi Muhalla
• Amarpur
• Sonbarsa
• Bikrampur
• Marwa
• Jhandapur

External links

• About Bihpur
• Satellite map of Bihpur