| Nirmali | |
| Native Name: | Nirmali |
| Native Name Lang: | निर्मली |
| Nickname: | Supaul |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Bihar |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bihar, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.32°N 86.58°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Nae1: | Bihar |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Supaul district |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 59 |
| Population Total: | 20173 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Maithili, Hindi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 847452 |
| Registration Plate: | BR-50 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Supaul |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Nirmali |
Nirmali is a town and a notified area in Supaul district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Nirmali is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 59 metres (193 feet). It has an area of 5.3 km2.[2] It Is surrounded by the Ring Dam, is close to the Kosi and Balaan rivers. On 18 August 2008, the Kosi river picked up an old channel it had abandoned over 100 years previously near the border with Nepal and India. The town was known for its extensive rice production.
As of 2011 Nirmali had a population of 20,173.[3] Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Nirmali has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 49%. In Nirmali, 17.6% of the population is under six years of age.
Jayaprakash Narayan took refuge in the town after breaking away from Hanuman Nagar Jail (Nepal) during the freedom struggle.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad used the presidential special train to travel from Patna to Nirmali, one of two uses of the train in Indian history.
Nirmali College was established on 10 August 1964.
Nirmali was severely affected by flooding in 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1987, 2004, and 2008.
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee came to the town in 2002 for the laying of the foundation stone of the new Kosi Mahasetu Bridge, replacing a previous bridge which had been washed away by heavy flood and severely damaged in the India-Nepal earthquake in 1934. The new bridge was inaugurated in 2020 by Narendra Modi.[4] [5] [6]
Three pairs of train runs between Darbhanga (Laheriasarai) and Saharsa.
Buses run from Nirmali to other cities in Bihar including Patna, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Purnea, Katihar, Forbesganj, Saharsa, and Supaul. Inter State bus routes serve Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Noida, Gurgaon, Ranchi, Siliguri, and Kolkata. Buses also run to Kathmandu, Rajbiraj, and Janakpur in Nepal.
The nearest airports are Rajbiraj Airport 30 km away, and Darbhanga Airport.
Hari Prasad Sah, the MLA from the Laukaha constituency, was the Panchayati Raj minister in the Government of Bihar.