Bettiah

Bettiah is a District Headquarter of West Champaran District in Bihar state. This city’s conspicuous location on famous Indo-Nepal border surely lends lot of strategic importance to it. However, actually this city never had to strive hard in any way to make itself viable and relevant. That’s because the city has always enjoyed huge importance since medieval period and continues to do so even today. To tell you more about this we’ve brought very comprehensive and in depth information about this city. Through our comprehensive information you’ll come to know everything and very minute details about this historical city that you ever wanted to know.

Bettiah is 225 km northwest of Patna. It is the birthplace of famous writer Gopal Singh Nepali. Mahatma Gandhi started his famous 'satyagraha' from Bettiah. To the north of the district is the hilly region of Nepal and to the south is Gopalganj and a part of East Champaran. Gandak or Narayani and Sikrahana or little Gandak are the two major rivers of the district. Forests are confined to the northern tract (Sumeshwar and the Dun ranges).