Mehsi is a CD Block and Mehsi Nagar Panchayat City and a municipality in the Purvi Champaran district [citation needed] in the Indian state of Bihar.[2] It is a part of the Tirhut Division[citation needed]. 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]

Mehsi
Maheshi or Mesi
City
V.I.P Rd, Chowk Bazar
V.I.P Rd, Chowk Bazar
Mehsi is located in Bihar
Mehsi
Mehsi
Location in Bihar, India
Mehsi is located in India
Mehsi
Mehsi
Mehsi (India)
Mehsi is located in Asia
Mehsi
Mehsi
Mehsi (Asia)
Coordinates: 26°21′N 85°07′E / 26.35°N 85.11°E / 26.35; 85.11
Country India
StateBihar
DivisionTirhut
Established1216 AD
Founded byMirja Halim Shah(R.A)
Nagar PalikaKaswa Mehsi
Government
 • TypeNagar Panchayat
 • BodyWard - (15)
 • Rank42.68km
Elevation
64 m (210 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
~210,101
Demonym'mehsiwashi
Languages
 • OfficialBhojpuri, Urdu, Hindi, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
845426,[1] 845406, 843111
Telephone code06257
ISO 3166 codeIN-BR
Vehicle registrationBR05
NeighborsKaswa Mehsi (Office), Rajepur, Bakhari, Ojhilpur, Hardo Patti
Avg. summer temperature42 °C (108 °F)
Lok Sabha constituency3. Purvi Champaran
Vidhan Sabha constituencyPipra, Mehsi
Websiteeastchamparan.bih.nic.in

Around 1216–1225 during the time of the Delhi Sultanate, a famous Sunni donor Mirza Haleem named Mehsi after his follower Mahesh Ray. Which is the grave of Data Mirza Haleem in the town Mehsi Bihar state of India.

Location

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Mehsi is located Area (2020) 154.12 km² Population (2020) 207856 Population Density 1348 people per km² Male Population 108041 Female Population 99815

Town Ward List

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Ward Number (Nagar P. Office) Population (in 2011 - 2023)
Mehsi Ward No - 1 1228 - 2684
Mehsi Ward No - 2 2031 - 5093
Mehsi Ward No - 3 1274 - 2822
Mehsi Ward No - 4 1433 - 3299
Mehsi Ward No - 5 2225 - 5625
Mehsi Ward No - 6 2927 - 8366
Mehsi Ward No - 7 1654 - 3963
Mehsi Ward No - 8 1912 - 3824
Mehsi Ward No - 9 1756 - 3512
Mehsi Ward No - 10 1727 - 3454
Mehsi Ward No - 11 1442 - 2884
Mehsi Ward No - 12 1809 - 3634
Mehsi Ward No - 13 1817 - 3618
Mehsi Ward No - 14 1225 - 2450
Mehsi Ward No - 15 1535 - 3070

Industry

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Mehsi industry include shell buttons[3] and harvesting of litchi and mango fruits. Mehsi is the major producer of these fruits in India.[citation needed]

River

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The perennial Budhi Gandak river flows near the town of Mehsi which is a tributary of the Ganga river.[4]

Connectivity

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Railways

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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.[5] It is also the closest railway station to Kesaria Stupa, a Buddhist pilgrimage site.

The nearest airport is Darbhanga airport.[2] and Patna Airport.

Road

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India's 2nd Longest National Highway, NH -27, passes through Mehsi.

References

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  1. ^ "Mehsi Pin Code". www.pincodeinfo.online.
  2. ^ a b "Mehsi in India", India9.com, 30 June 2005, web: i9-Mehsi.
  3. ^ a b "Mehsi Button Industry | An Official Website of East Champaran, Motihari | India". Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Mehsi Railway Station Forum/Discussion - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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