Raxaul

Raxaulis a sub-divisional town in theEast Champaran districtof theIndianstate ofBihar.It is situated at the India-Nepalborder withBirgunjcity (Nepal). Raxaul is a majorrailway junction.

Raxaul
Town
Raxaul
Raxaul Junction railway station
Raxaul Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates:26.9833°N 84.8500°E/26.9833; 84.8500
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Purbi Champaran
Government
• Type	Nagar parisad
• Body	Nagar parishad Raxaul
Area
• Total	5 km2(2 sq mi)
Elevation	68 m (223 ft)
Population (2024)
• Total	125,210 almost (Raxaul Nagar Parishad)
Demonym	Raxaulbashi
Languages
• Official	Hindi,Bhojpuri
Time zone	UTC+5:30(IST)
PIN	845305
Telephone code	06255
ISO 3166 code	IN-BR
Vehicle registration	BR-05
Lok Sabhaconstituency	Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)(East Champaran
Vidhan Sabhaconstituency	Raxaul
Website	eastchamparan.bih.nic.in

The Indian border town of Raxaul has become one of the busiest towns for heavy transportation due to high trade volume. Almost 56% of the total products of Birgunj are exported to the Indian state ofBiharthrough this route.

Demographics

As of 2011India census,Raxaul Bazar had a population of 104,532. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Raxaul Bazar has an average literacy rate of 75.62%, higher than the state average of 61.80%: male literacy is 82.14%, and female literacy is 68.25%. In Raxaul Bazar, 16.21% of the population is under 6 years of age. People communicate with each other in theBhojpurilanguage.

History

Earlier the name of the town is used to be Falejarganj.

Others includeBuddhists&Christiansetc.

Religion in Raxaul
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			82.7%
Islam			16.16%
Others			1.14%

Transport

Raxaul is the only city that is connected withNepal.Birgunjrailway station is connected by theNepal Government Railway(NGR) toRaxaul Junction railway stationin Bihar across the border with India. The 47 kilometres (29 mi) railway extends north toAmlekhganjin Nepal. It was built in 1927 by the British but discontinued beyond Birgunj in December 1965.[3] The 6 km (3.7 mi) railway track from Raxaul to Birgunj was converted to broad gauge two years after the Indian railways converted the track to Raxaul inside India to broad gauge. Now, broad gauge railway line connects Raxaul to theSirsiya(Birgunj) Inland Container Depot (ICD) which became fully operational in 2005. Talks have been held to reopen the railway route from Birgunj to Amlekhganj in Nepal by converting it to broad gauge because of its socio-economic importance.

Raxaul Bypass NH28A

Rail

Raxaul Junction railway stationis situated on the Delhi – Gorakhpur - Raxaul - Chakia - Muzaffarpur - Kolkata lines.

Raxaul is connected to several cities in Bihar with daily passenger trains. There are multiple daily connections toMuzaffarpur,Sugauli,Chakia,BairganiaandSitamarhiand daily connections toBagaha,Hajipur,Samastipur,MotihariandNarkatiaganj.

Daily express trains connect toDelhiwith stops in major cities in Uttar Pradesh includingGorakhpurandBareilly.Kolkatais also connected by a daily express train; the train being 13021HowrahRaxaulMithila Express.

There are also direct trains toLucknowandVaranasiwith stops in several towns in Uttar Pradesh.Chhapra,Patna,chakia,Jabalpur,Mumbai,Darbhanga,Barauni,Dhanbad,Bokaro,Ranchi,Rourkela,Bilaspur,Raipur,NagpurandHyderabadare also connected by weekly or multiple weekly trains.

Delhi is connected via Satyagraha Express andSadbhawna Express.Earlier, all tracks weremetre gaugebut most have been converted to5 ft 6 in(1,676 mm)broad gauge.After the completion of the gauge conversion fromDarbhangato Raxaul viaSitamarhi,another broad gauge route to Raxaul became available from March 2014. The metre gauge track from Raxaul toNarkatiaganjconverted in 2018/august.03 pair passenger trains operated in this route.

Raxaul Junction

Road

Raxaul is connected to major cities of India by National Highway 28A.

It is the main route to Nepal. The capital ofNepal,Kathmanduis connected with India through this highway. There is a bus terminal from where buses are available for most of the cities in Bihar and Jharkhand.

Airlines and destinations

Raxaul Airport(ICAO:VERL) is located atBHARATMAHIRaxaul in thestateofBihar,India.The Majority of Land For Airport was Gifted by The Family of Shri Raja Ram Prasad.Still lives in The village Of bharatmahi.It was established after theSino-Indian Warof 1962, when it served as an emergency landing ground for theIndian Army.TheAirports Authority of India(AAI) that owns the airport has undertaken a pre-feasibility study at the airport to upgrade the airport to handleATR-72aircraft. A draft Master Plan highlighting a requirement of an additional 121 acres of land has been submitted to the State Government.

Now, there is currently no scheduled commercial air service. Raxaul can be reached by flying toSimarain Nepal. That airport is 27 km from Raxaul and has direct flights toKathmandu.A proposal to operationalize the airport for civilian use has been drafted.

View of Raxaul from Flyover Bypass NH28A

Border crossing

India and Nepal have an open border with no restrictions on movement of their nationals and no need of visa or passport documents for local people. There is acustoms checkpointfor goods and third country nationals. There are Jeeps, Cars, Tempos (Three wheels vehicles), and the Tangas (Horse Driven 6 seater Rickshaws) from Raxaul station for Birganj bus park.

Gateway to Nepal outside Birgunj

River

Sariswa River

Sariswa River View During Flood From Raxaul Railway Foot Bridge

The river, Sariswa (Sirsiya), a tributary of theBurhi Gandak,originates from Pathlahia hill of the dense Ramban forests in Nepal, its course roaming through the subdivision cutting through Bara and Parsa districts in Nepal and Raxaul in Bihar, India. It flows southwards from the place of its origin for about 15 km in Nepal and then enters India at Raxaul. From here, the river flows about 20 km in India and joins Burhi Gandak near Sugauli in East Champaran district. The water is pure in its contents and have full of medicinal values like other Himalayan rivers. It maintains its valuable contents till Parwanipur. But after it, unrestrained untreated wastes are being dumped by the 46 factories situated at Birgunj (Nepal) which make this river contaminated. The colour of the river turned into black besides, emanating foul smell has made the life of the people, who dwell near the river, a nightmare.

Bangari River

It is the neighbor river of Sariswa (Sirsiya) river.

• Adapur,Bihar
• Birganj,Nepal
• East Champaran district

Gram Panchayats of Raxaul Sub-divisional

Raxaul Panchayat Samiti is a Rural Local Body in Purbi Champaran Zila Parishad. There are total 13 Gram Panchayats and 13 Villages under Raxaul panchayat samiti jurisdiction.

Gram Panchayat List of Raxaul Sub-divisional

SR no	Panchayat	Sub-divisional town
1	Bhelahi (भेलही)	Raxaul
2	Dhangarhwa Kaurihar (ढंगरहवा कौरिहार)	Raxaul
3	Hardiya (हार्डीया)	Raxaul
4	Harnahi (हरनाही)	Raxaul
5	Jokiyari (जोकियरी)	Raxaul
6	Lawkaria (लवकारिया)	Raxaul
7	Laxmipur Laxmanwa (लक्ष्मीपुर लक्षमानवा)	Raxaul
8	Noneya Dih (नोनेया डीह)	Raxaul
9	Palanwa Jagdhar (पलनवा जगधर)	Raxaul
10	Pantoka (पांतोका)	Raxaul
11	Parsauna Tapsi (पारसौना तापसी)	Raxaul
12	Purandra (पुरंदरा)	Raxaul
13	Siswa (सिसवा)	Raxaul