Raxaul

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Raxaul
Town
Raxaul
Raxaul Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 26°59′00″N 84°51′00″E / 26.9833°N 84.8500°E / 26.9833; 84.8500
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Purbi Champaran
Government
• Type	Nagar parisad
• Body	Nagar parishad Raxaul
Area
• Total	5 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation	68 m (223 ft)
Population  (2024)
• Total	125,210 almost (Raxaul Nagar Parishad)[1]
Demonym	Raxaulbashi
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Bhojpuri
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	845305
Telephone code	06255
ISO 3166 code	IN-BR
Lok Sabha constituency	Pashchim Champaran
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Raxaul
Website	eastchamparan.bih.nic.in

Raxaul is a sub-divisional town in the East Champaran district of the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated at the India-Nepal border with Birgunj city (Nepal). Raxaul is a major railway junction.

The Indian border town of Raxaul has become one of the busiest towns for heavy transportation due to high trade volume. Almost 56% of the total products of Birgunj are exported to the Indian state of Bihar through this route.