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:''for the village in Nepal see Birpur, Nepal'' 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 Kosi Barrage on the Kosi 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 Pandit Jawahar Lal 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. The population of Birpur is mixed. The city 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 Koshi Club here, adjacent to the school campus. It is a centre 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, Balwa, is 13 kilometer towards the south from Birpur. Neighbouring areas are Basantpur, Bhimnagar, Kataiya Power House, which is a hydro power plant, Hriday Nagar, Bhavani Pur. Nearest railway head from Birpur is Raghopur in the south and Forbesganj and Jogbani in the east. There is direct train from Jogbani to Kolkata and Delhi. Jogbani is well connected from birpur. One can easily reach Jogbani via auto or buses which are available at Gol Chowk and bus stand. The train to Delhi is called Seemanchal Express. The train to kolkata is Jogbani Kolkata Express. Birpur is well-connected to nearby areas through regular bus services. Direct bus services are available towards Sharsha, Patna & Darbhanga. Lalit Narayan Mishra used to live in Birpur. ==Demographics== Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 2974 which is 14.92 % of total population of Birpur (NP). In Birpur Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 864 against state average of 918. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Birpur is around 973 compared to Bihar state average of 935. Literacy rate of Birpur city is 79.91 % higher than state average of 61.80 %. In Birpur, Male literacy is around 86.67 % while female literacy rate is 71.92 %. as per census 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Birpur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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