Bidupur
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Bidupur | |
|---|---|
Community Development Block | |
| Bidupur | |
 Bidupur Bazar | |
  Bidupur Location in Bihar | |
| Coordinates: 25°38′34″N 85°20′02″E / 25.6428699°N 85.3339504°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| Region | Mithila |
| District | vaishali |
| District Sub-division | Hajipur[1] |
| Anchal | Bidupur[1] |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Raghopur assembly constituency[2] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Community development block |
| • MLA | Tejashwi Yadav |
| • MP | Chirag Paswan |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 268,849 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Bajjika |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postal code | 844503 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
Bidupur is one of the 16 community development blocks in the Vaishali district of the Indian state of Bihar.[3] Bidupur Bazar is a town in Bidupur Block. Bidupur comes under Raghopur assembly constituency.[citation needed] There are a total of 24 gram panchayats[4] and 116 villages in Bidupur block.[5] The Kacchi Dargah–Bidupur Bridge, under construction since 2017, will connect the area to Kacchi Dargah in Patna, across the Ganges.[6]
The Word Viddutpur is mispronounced by Britishers as Bidupur . Viddut means electricity . Here now we call it Bidupur.
Bidupur is a place of historical importance. One of Gautam Buddha's disciple Anand has got parinirvana here. There is a bhinda in Madhurapur where many things of ancient history have been found. Many early paintings, scriptures, and stones are there.[7] Every year after Durga Puja a mela and kirtan are organised to remember Anand.
The kashthariya ( कष्ठरिया ) sahashralingam in Kathariya, Ramdauli the banks of River Ganga [8]
