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BAPUDHAM NAMED AFTER MAHATMA GANDHI 

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In 1866 Champaran was made into a district with Motihari as its headquarters. On 1 December 1977, the Champaran district was divided into two districts - Purbi Champaran (East Champaran) and Paschimi Champaran (West Champaran). Motihari and Bettiah became headquarters of East Champaran district and West Champaran district respectively. The municipality of Motihari was established in 1879. Though no authentic data is available, one of the oldest structures in Motihari appears to be the Briksha Sthan Math, a temple of the guardian deity of Motihari, dating back to 1805. During the British era, the town flourished and it became one of the important centers in North Bihar.

IMAGE OF BUDDHA STUPA

Tallest Buddha Stupa in the worldMotihari is reported to have the tallest and the largest Buddhist Stupa in the world, following its discovery in 1998 through excavation by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Rising to a height of 104 feet, and much reduced than its reported original height, it is still one foot taller than the famous Borobodur Stupa in Java. The Stupa is located near the town of Kasaria, 120km from Patna, capital of Bihar. According to the National Informatics Centre of East Champaran (Motihari) publication, the Kesaria Stupa was 123 feet tall before the 1934 earthquake in Bihar. Originally the Kesaria Stupa was reported to have been 150 feet tall, 12 feet taller than the Borobodur stupa, which is 138 feet, according to the A.S.I. report. At present Kesaria Stupa is 104 feet and Borobodur Stupa is 103 feet. The height of ‘Sanchi Stupa ‘ a world heritage site is only 77.50 feet. Legend states that Buddha, on his last Journey, is reported to have spent a memorable night at Kesaria, where he reportedly made some historical revelations, which were later recorded in a Buddhist Jataka Story, in which it was written that in his previous births he ruled as a Chakravartin. According to the story, the Buddha also asked Licchivis to return to Vaishali after giving them "Begging Bowl, and it was believed that the Stupa in Kesaria known to the people as "Raja Ben ka deora" was built by Licchivis of Vaishali before the Buddha attained Nirvana. The Chinese pilgrim, Hieun Tshang. reportedly had visited this Stupa site in the seventh century. (Based on historical facts contributed by Sri Chandra Bhusahan Pandey of National Informatics Centre: East Champararan, Motihari.)

MAP OF BAPUDHAM MOTIHARI

GEOGRAPHY OF BAPUDHAM MOTIHARI 
Motihari is around 165 km from Patna, the capital of Bihar, 50 km from Bettiah, and 82 km from Muzaffarpur. The city is very close to Nepal. Birgunj, the seventh largest city of Nepal, is 55 km away. The closest villages are Madhubani ghat, Sirsha etc. River Burhi Gandak flows near by it. Pin code-845401

POPULATION  STATISTICS OF BAPUDHAM MOTIHARI

As of 2011 India census, and As per provisional reports of Census India [8], population of Motihari in 2011 is 125,183; of which male and female are 67,438 and 57,745 respectively. The sex ratio of Motihari city is 856 per 1000 males.

In education section, total literates in Motihari city are 94,926 of which 52,904 are males while 42,022 are females. Average literacy rate of Motihari city is 87.20 percent of which male and female literacy was 90.36 and 83.52 percent.

Total children (0-6) in Motihari city are 16,325 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 8,891 boys while 7,434 are girls. Child sex ratio of girls is 836 per 1000 boys.

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SRI  UMA SHANKAR  SRIWASTAVA
SRI YAMUNA RAM

THAKUR RAMAPATI SINGH,MLA,MP,MINISTER,
FREEDOM FIGHTER ,ADVOCATE

RAM BEHARI SHARMA,FREEDOM FIGHTER,
ADVOCATE,CHAIRMAN OF BAR ASSOCIATION