Jhanjharpur

Jhanjharpur
Jhanjharpur
Town
	Jhanjharpur Railway Station
	Jhanjharpur Location in Bihar, India
	Coordinates: 26°16′N 86°17′E / 26.27°N 86.28°ECoordinates: 26°16′N 86°17′E / 26.27°N 86.28°E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Madhubani
Elevation	59 m (194 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	24,102
Languages
• Official	Maithili, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituency	Jhanjharpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Jhanjharpur

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Jhanjharpur is a town and a sub-division in the Madhubani district of the state of Bihar, India. Jhanjharpur is well connected to the other cities of India with railways or roadways.^{[clarification needed]}

Jhanjharpur town is connected with, Kamla Balan bridge, a century old 220 ft bridge built by the British in the early 1900s,^[1] being a rail-cum-road bridge it facilitates the movement of dozen of trains and hundreds of vehicles every day to and from Jhanjharpur.

The nearest airport is Darbhanga Airport which is 48 km away from Jhanjharpur but Rajbiraj Airport is the nearby operational airport roughly 79 KM away present in Nepalese town Rajbiraj . Shree Airlines operates daily flights between Rajbiraj and Kathmandu. People can also take their flights for the different cities of India from the Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan International Airport which is 191 km away from Jhanjharpur and present in the capital city of Bihar "Patna".^{[clarification needed]}

Trade[edit]

Laukaha is a nearby town close to the border of Nepalese town of Thadi. Laukaha in India and Thadi in Nepal are a part of one of the agreed route for Mutual Trade between India and Nepal.^[2] Nepal Government of Nepal has set up a dedicated customs office in the town.^[3] and Government of India has set up a Land Customs Station with a Superintendent level officer.^[4]

References[edit]

↑ Balan, Kamla (17 September 2008). "Kamla Balan". live mint. No. september. live mint. live mint. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
↑ "India Nepal Trade Agreement. India-Nepal Foreign Treaty of Trade Agreement". www.eximguru.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
↑ "Department of Customs, Nepal - Custom Contact Offices". www.customs.gov.np. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
↑ http://www.cybex.in/Notifications/17-2012-Amends-Notification-63-1994-9672.aspx

External links[edit]

[Kamla_Balan-1] Balan, Kamla (17 September 2008). "Kamla Balan". live mint. No. september. live mint. live mint. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

[2] "India Nepal Trade Agreement. India-Nepal Foreign Treaty of Trade Agreement". www.eximguru.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

[3] "Department of Customs, Nepal - Custom Contact Offices". www.customs.gov.np. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

[4] ttp://www.cybex.in/Notifications/17-2012-Amends-Notification-63-1994-9672.aspx

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