Sugauli, Bihar

Sugauli
City
Sagauli
Nickname: 
City of sugauli treaty
Sugauli is located in Bihar
Sugauli
Sugauli
Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 26°47′N 84°44′E / 26.783°N 84.733°E / 26.783; 84.733
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictPurvi Champaran
Founded byGuru Gajraj Mishra
Government
 • TypeNagar panchayat
 • BodyNagar panchayat Sugauli
Area
 • Urban
19.25 km2 (7.43 sq mi)
 • Rural
149.46 km2 (57.71 sq mi)
Elevation
75 m (246 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Urban
38,815
 • Rural
191,992
Languages
 • OfficialBhojpuri, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-BR
Vehicle registrationBR05
Lok Sabha constituencyPaschim Champaran
Vidhan Sabha constituencySugauli
Websiteeastchamparan.bih.nic.in

Sugauli is a city and a notified area in East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Best known for Treaty of Sagauli, 1816 between the British and Gurkhas and role played in the Satyagraha Movement of Mahatma Gandhi, it is also the setting for Rudyard Kipling's story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" (spelled as "Segowlee" in said story), and the place where a treaty was signed with Nepal in 1816.