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Motihari is a city in the state of Bihar, India, serving as the capital of East Champaran District. It is situated at an elevation of 62 meters above sea level and covers an area of 122 square units. The city operates within the UTC+05:30 time zone and uses the local dialing code 6252. Its postal codes include 845401, 845435, and 845437, while the license plate code for the region is BR-05.
According to GeoNames data, the population of Motihari is 126,158. The city is located in the administrative territorial entity of East Champaran District. Current weather observations indicate a temperature of 41.25 degrees, with a humidity level of 22 percent and a wind speed of 3.01. The official website for the district is eastchamparan.nic.in.
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- Locality
- Motihari
- Region
- Bihar
- Country
- India
- Population
- 126,158
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
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- Motihari
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- City
- Settlement.nickname
- Lake city
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- India Bihar#India
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- Location in Bihar, India##Location in India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type5
- Ward(s)
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bihar
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- East Champaran
- Settlement.subdivision_name5
- 46
- Settlement.established_date
- 1866
- Settlement.leader_name
- Pramod Kumar (BJP)
- Settlement.named_for
- 'Champak’ and ‘Aranya’.
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal corporation
- Settlement.governing_body
- Motihari Municipal Corporation
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- Topography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Education
- Notable people
- Connection with Gandhi
- See also
- References
- External links
Motihari is a city and headquarters of East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is located 80 kilometres west of Muzaffarpur and 152 kilometres northwest of the state capital Patna. In early days the land of Motihari was ruled by different kingdoms as Videha, Sunga, Kanvas. It is also believed that Champaran used to be a major part of King Janak's empire. Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Satyagraha movement from here.
==Geography==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Motihari” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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