# Supaul

Supaul is a town and municipality that is headquarters of Supaul district in the Indian state of Bihar. Supaul is the administrative headquarters of this district. There are 11 blocks under the Supaul district: Supaul, Kishanpur, Saraigarh-Bhaptiyahi, Pipra, Triveniganj, Raghopur, Chhatapur, Nirmali, Marauna, Basantpur and Pratapganj.

## History

Supaul, which was previously a part of Saharsa district, is part of the Mithila region. Mithila first gained prominence after being settled by Indo-Aryan peoples who established the Mithila Kingdom (also called Kingdom of the Videhas).
During the late Vedic period (c. 1100–500 BCE), Videha became one of the major political and cultural centers of South Asia, along with Kuru and Pañcāla. The kings of the Videha Kingdom were called Janakas. The Videha Kingdom was later incorporated into the Vajjika League, which had its capital in the city of Vaishali, which is also in Mithila.

## Transport
### Air

Rajbiraj Airport is the nearest airport roughly 76 km away through NH 327A - NH 57 - Western Koshi Embankment Road - Dagmara - Kunauli . Shree Airlines and Buddha Air operates their daily flights between Rajbiraj and Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal.
But in India, Darbhanga Airport roughly 120 km is the nearest operational airport.

### Road

NH 27 passes through Supaul. It connects Supaul to Purnia, Siliguri, Guwahati in the east and Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, NH327E Patna and Gorakhpur in the west.
Another state highways connect Supaul to its divisional headquarter Saharsa and the nearest pilgrim sites, Singheshwar and Madhepura. Best city triveniganj

### Rail

Supaul railway station lies on Saharsa- Forbesganj sections. Small gauge train service was stopped in year 2015. After the gauge upgradation was completed.

## Geography

Supaul is located at 25°56′N 86°15′E﻿ / ﻿25.93°N 86.25°E﻿ / 25.93; 86.25. It has an average elevation of 34 metres (111 feet).

## Climate

Climate data for Supaul (1991–2020) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.6 (87.1) | 33.1 (91.6) | 38.5 (101.3) | 41.5 (106.7) | 42.0 (107.6) | 43.0 (109.4) | 38.6 (101.5) | 38.0 (100.4) | 37.1 (98.8) | 36.0 (96.8) | 34.8 (94.6) | 30.1 (86.2) | 43.0 (109.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) | 26.6 (79.9) | 31.5 (88.7) | 34.4 (93.9) | 34.4 (93.9) | 34.2 (93.6) | 32.9 (91.2) | 33.1 (91.6) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.2 (90.0) | 29.7 (85.5) | 24.3 (75.7) | 30.9 (87.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) | 12.3 (54.1) | 16.6 (61.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.2 (73.8) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.3 (77.5) | 25.7 (78.3) | 24.9 (76.8) | 22.0 (71.6) | 15.9 (60.6) | 11.1 (52.0) | 19.8 (67.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) | 3.8 (38.8) | 8.8 (47.8) | 12.1 (53.8) | 17.4 (63.3) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.4 (59.7) | 15.8 (60.4) | 17.8 (64.0) | 14.6 (58.3) | 9.0 (48.2) | 5.0 (41.0) | 2.2 (36.0) |
| Source: India Meteorological Department ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

As of 2011 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
** BSS College Supaul
** Degree College Supaul
** Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University
** Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom Al-Islamiah
* Schools
** Delhi Public School
** R.S.M Public School,Supaul
** Golden Public School
** DAV Public School,Supaul
** Sanskrit Vidya mandir, Triveniganj

## Notable people

* R.K.Singh, Raj Kumar Singh — former Indian bureaucrat and a current Minister of State in the Government of India
* Syed Shahnawaz Hussain — politician, national spokesperson of Bharatiya Janta Party and former cabinet minister
* Govind Kumar Singh — Indian fashion designer
* Dileshwar Kamait — Indian politician and a member of parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha from Supaul Lok Sabha constituency, Bihar
* Anup Lal Yadav — member of parliament from Saharsa constituency
* Ranjeet Ranjan — member of parliament from Supaul constituency and Spokesperson of Indian National Congress
* Udit Narayan Jha — Indian playback singer featured mainly in Hindi films; to born and raised in Supaul