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Rampurwa
Rampurwa village | |
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  Rampurwa Location in Mehsi, Bihar, India  Rampurwa Rampurwa (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°22′08″N 85°06′15″E / 26.36889°N 85.10417°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| Division | Tirhut |
| District | East Champaran |
| Block | Mehsi |
| Elevation | 51 m (167 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bhojpuri, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 845426 |
| Telephone code | +91-6257 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Nearest city | Mehsi |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Motihari |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Pipra, Purvi Champaran (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 38 °C (100 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 12 °C (54 °F) |
Rampurwa is a village situated in Mehsi, East Champaran District in the Indian state of Bihar. The village is commonly known as Rampurwa among the localities. It lies in the Mirjapur Panchayat region. It is situated at the bank of river Burhi Gandak River on whose bank the village has flourished. It is well connected by road and railways. The nearest city Kaswa Mehsi in Mehsi, which is 2 km from the village. The nearest railway station is Mehsi railway station, which is around 5 km from the village.
The village is located 2 km east of Mehsi police station. Mehsi is an entry point of East Champaran if travelling from Patna, Muzaffarpur to Raxaul, connected both by railway and roadway. This small community has a number of places of interest at the east side of railway station. These include Mirza Halim Shah mosque, dargah, a very old library 'Nagrik Pustakalaya', an old high school (Tirhut Vidyalaya) of the English period, orchards of lichi and mangoes and other places of interest. There are many button factories, a small scale industry, although most of the people depend upon agriculture and commerce. Mehsi was the birthplace of the writer and intellectual, Rajkamal Chaudhary. The last sentence about the birthplace of Rajkamal Chaudhary is not at Mehsi of District East Champaran, but it is at Saharsa district of Bihar.[1]