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Pipraun
Border village in Mithila, Bihar, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pipraun (Maithili: पिपरौन) is a village in the Harlakhi block of the Madhubani district in the Mithila region of Bihar in India. It is situated near the India–Nepal border. The international border is called as Pipraun-Jatahi border.[1][2] There is an Indian custom office in the village.[3]
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Demographics
According to the population census 2011, the total population of the village is 9249. Out of the total population, 4803 are males and 4446 are females. The total number of households in the village is 1641.[4]
Description
The legendary river Jamuni flows through the northern side of the village. The Jamuni river also serves as the line of Indo-Nepal border near the village.[5] The border at the Pipraun village connects two major Hindu religious destinations Janakpur and Phulhar in the Mithila region related to the Ramayana circuit.[6] The village is connected by the National Highway-227 from Chakia to Narahia. In the village, there is a petrol pump on the side of the national highway.[7]
The Government of India has deployed a camp of SSB soldiers near the line of the Indo-Nepal border in the village for the purpose of border security. On the north side of the border, there is a Nepalese village called Jatahi. The Jatahi village is connected to the capital city Janakpur of the Madhesh Pradesh province in Nepal by a highway.[8]
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