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Motihari | |
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City | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Lake city | |
  Motihari Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates: 26°39′00″N 84°55′00″E / 26.65000°N 84.91667°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | East Champaran |
| Ward(s) | 46 |
| Founded by | Moti singh & Hari singh |
| Named for | Champak’ and ‘Aranya’. |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal corporation |
| • Body | Motihari Municipal Corporation[1] |
| • MLA | Pramod Kumar (BJP)[2] |
| • Mayor | Preeti Kumari |
| Area | |
| • Total | 236.97 km2 (91.49 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 04 |
| Elevation | 62 m (203 ft) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 426,158 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Motiharivashi,Champaran vashi |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[4] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[4] |
| • Regional | Bhojpuri[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 845401,[6] 845435, 845437 |
| Telephone code | 06252 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Vehicle registration | BR-05 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Purvi Champaran |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Motihari |
| Website | eastchamparan |
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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.
- ^ "Motihari Municipal Corporation". eastchamparan.nic.in. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Motihari Election Result 2020 Live Updates: Pramod Kumar of BJP Wins". News18. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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Census2011Govwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Bhojpuri". Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Motihari Pin Code". www.pincodeinfo.online.
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