BISFI & KHAIRI BANKA Saturday, 31 March 2012 About VidyaPati Vidyapati  Thakur (1350 - 1450), also known by the sobriquet  Maithil Kavi Kokil  (the poet  cuckoo  of  Maithili ) was a  Maithili  poet and a  Sanskrit  writer. He was born in the  village  of Bisfi in Madhubani district  of  Mithila  Region