Supaul is a town and municipality that is headquarters of

Supaul district Supaul district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar, India. The town Supaul is the district's administrative headquarters. The district, which was split from the former Saharsa district on 14 March 1991, occupies . Social Group Su ...

in the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...

of Bihar. There are 11 blocks under the Supaul district: Supaul, Kishanpur, Saraigarh-Bhaptiyahi, Pipra, Triveniganj, Raghopur, Chhatapur, Nirmali, Marauna, Basantpur and Pratapganj. Supaul, previously part of

Saharsa district Saharsa is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar, India. Saharsa city is the administrative headquarters of this district. Saharsa district is a part of the Kosi Division and it became a district on 1 April 1954 and has subsequently become ...

, is part of the

Mithila region Mithila (), also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal, is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothil ...

Geography

Supaul is located at . It has an average elevation of 34 metres (111 feet).

Climate

Demographics

India census, Supaul had a population of 2,228,397 of which male and female were 1,157,815 and 1,070,582 respectively. The initial provisional data suggest a density of 919 in 2011 compared to 714 of 2001.

Educational institutions

* University **

Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University Bhupendra Narayan Mandalauda University (B. N. M. U) is the state government university situated at the district headquarters, of Madhepura. B. N. Mandal University, Madhepura came into existence on 10 January 1992. It acts as an affiliating ins ...

Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom Al-Islamiah Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom -il-Islamia is an Islamic seminary in India. The Jamia was established by Mufti Mahfoozur Rahman Usmani, an Islamic scholar of India in 1989 at the Indo-Nepal border, in Supaul, Bihar. The Jamia also serves as a cen ...

* Schools ** Delhi Public School ** R.S.M Public School,Supaul

Notable people

* R. K. Singh, politician *

Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Syed Shahnawaz Hussain is an Indian politician and a member of the Central Election Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is one of the national spokespersons of Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP). Hussain was the Minister of Textiles and the ...

— politician *

Govind Kumar Singh Govind Kumar Singh is an Indian fashion designer. He has appeared in two series of ''Let's Design'', a television reality show, on Zoom (Indian TV channel), Zoom and won the 2011 series. Early life and career Singh is from the Supaul district ...

— fashion designer * Dileshwar Kamait — politician * Anup Lal Yadav — politician * Ranjeet Ranjan — politician *

Udit Narayan Jha Udit Narayan Jha (born 1 December 1955) is an Nepali and Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has also sung in various other languages including Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil ...

— singer

References

{{Kosi basin Cities and towns in Supaul district