Sheohar is a city and the administrative headquarters of Sheohar district in the Indian state of Bihar.[1]
It is part of the Tirhut Division.[2]
Geography
Sheohar is located at coor 26.52N, 85.3E.[3] It has an average elevation of 53 metres (173 feet). Train Mejor Cities of Indian from Mehsi railway station distance 31 kilometres (in East Champaran district adjacent to Mehsi) including the Sapat Karanti super fast Express to Delhi, Mithila Express to Kolkata, Lokmanya Tilak express to Mumbai, and awadh express and Grib rath Thus, Kaswa Mehsi has direct connectivity to major Indian cities like – Patna, Varanasi, Haridwar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Allahabad, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bhopal, Amritsar, Guwahati, Bhopal, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Ranchi, Raipur, Nagpur, Hyderabad, etc. Mehsi railway station is situated on Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line under the Samastipur railway division of East Central Railway zone.[1]
Transport
Sheohar is connected by road to nearby towns and cities of North Bihar:
- Mehsi — approx. 31 km[4]
- Motihari — district headquarters of East Champaran
- Muzaffarpur — major commercial centre
Regional connectivity
The Sheohar–Mehsi–Motihari corridor forms part of the North Bihar transport network, linking agricultural and trade routes across Tirhut and Champaran regions.[5]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Sheohar had a population of 28,116.[1]
Hindi is the official language, while Maithili, Bajjika, and Bhojpuri are widely spoken.[6]
See also
- Sheohar district
- East Champaran district
- Tirhut Division
References
- ^ a b “District Census Handbook: Sheohar”. Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ “About District Sheohar”. Government of Bihar.
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Sheohar
- ^ “Google Maps Distance Data”.
- ^ “Bihar Road Network Overview”. Government of Bihar. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ^ “Language Data Bihar Census 2011”. Registrar General of India. Retrieved 29 May 2026.