| Supaul | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Bihar |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bihar, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.126°N 86.605°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Bihar |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mithila |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Supaul |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1991 |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Governing Body: | Supaul Municipal Council |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 2435 |
| Elevation M: | 34 |
| Population Total: | 22,29,076 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi[1] |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Urdu |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Regional Language |
| Demographics1 Info3: | Maithili |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 852131 |
| Registration Plate: | BR-50 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Supaul |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Supaul, Pipra, Triveniganj, Chhatapur, Nirmali |
| Website: | https://supaul.nic.in/ |
Supaul is a town and a municipality that is headquarters of Supaul district in the Indian state of Bihar. Supaul is the administrative headquarters of this district. There Are 11 block under the Supaul district Supaul, Kishanpur, Saraigarh-Bhaptiyahi, Pipra, Triveniganj, Raghopur, chhatapur, Nirmali, Marauna, Basantpur and pratapganj.
Supaul, which was previously a part of Saharsa district, is part of the Mithila region.[2] Mithila first gained prominence after being settled by Indo-Aryan peoples who established the Mithila Kingdom (also called Kingdom of the Videhas).[3]
During the late Vedic period (c. 1100–500 BCE), Videha became one of the major political and cultural centers of South Asia, along with Kuru and Pañcāla. The kings of the Videha Kingdom were called Janakas.[4] The Videha Kingdom was later incorporated into the Vajjika League, which had its capital in the city of Vaishali, which is also in Mithila.[5]
Rajbiraj Airport is the nearest airport roughly 76 km away through NH 327A - NH 57 - Western Koshi Embankment Road - Dagmara - Kunauli . Shree Airlines and Buddha Air operates their daily flights between Rajbiraj and Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal.[6]
But in India, Darbhanga Airport roughly 120 km is the nearest operational airport.[7]
passes through Supaul. It connects Supaul to Purnia, Siliguri, Guwahati in the east and Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Patna and Gorakhpur in the west.
Another state highways connect Supaul to its divisional headquarter Saharsa and the nearest pilgrim sites, Singheshwar and Madhepura.
Supaul railway station lies on Barauni-Katihar, Saharsa and Purnia sections. Small gauge Train service stopped in year 2015.Train service restarted from Supaul station in 2020.
Supaul is located at .[8] It has an average elevation of 34 metres (111 feet).
India census,[9] Supaul had a population of 2,228,397 of which male and female were 1,157,815 and 1,070,582 respectively. The initial provisional data suggest a density of 919 in 2011 compared to 714 of 2001.