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{{Short description|Village in Bihar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bhaur
| official_name = Bhaur Gram Panchyat
| native_name = भौर
| native_name_lang = Mai
| other_name = Bhawra or Bhawr
| settlement_type = Village
| mapframe-coordinates = {{Coord|26.2697669|N|86.1483083|E}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.2697669|N|86.1483083|E}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Bihar
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Mithila
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 = Madhubani district
| subdivision_type4 = Block
| subdivision_name4 = Pandaul
| population_total = 8,828
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_demonym = [[Maithil]]
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
* Mother language
| demographics1_info1 = * Hindi
* Maithili language
}}
'''Bhaur Gram''' ([[Maithili language|Maithili]]: भौर ग्राम) is a historical village in the [[Madhubani district]] of the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] in Bihar, India. It is the birthplace of the founder King [[Mahesha Thakura]] of the [[Raj Darbhanga|Khandwala Dynasty]] in Mithila. The King Mahesha Thakura established the first capital of his kingdom at Bhaur Gram.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Śrīvāstava |first=Lakshmī Prasāda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MpEhAAAAMAAJ |title=Bihāra loka saṃskrti kośa: Mithilā khanḍạ |date=1990 |publisher=Sītārāma Prakāśana |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Y_RAAAAMAAJ |title=Hindī sāhitya aura Bihāra: Sātavīm śatī se aṭhārahavīṃ śatī taka |date=1960 |publisher=Bihāra Rāshṭrabhāshā Parishad |language=hi}}</ref> It is one of the major villages in the Mithila region for the residence of the [[Maithil Brahmin]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Heinz |first=Carolyn Brown |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NmDSEAAAQBAJ&q=Bhaur+village+Mithila |title=Bihar Days |date=2023-08-18 |publisher=Austin Macauley Publishers |isbn=979-8-88693-815-9 |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
The historian ''Makhan Jha'' in his book "''Anthropology of Ancient Hindu Kingdoms''" mentioned that ''Pandit Shripati Thakur'', the grandfather of the King [[Mahesha Thakura]] received some favours from the ''Bharajitiya Rajputs'' of [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]]. Then Shripati Thakur settled at the village of Bhaur in Mithila. The village of Bhaur is the ''[[moolgram]]'' of the ''Kharore Bhaur'' clan in the [[Maithil Brahmin]]s of the [[Shandilya|Shandilya Gotra]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jha |first=Makhan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0i94Z5C8HMC |title=Anthropology of Ancient Hindu Kingdoms: A Study in Civilizational Perspective |date=1997 |publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-7533-034-4 |language=en}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Bhaur village is at a distance of 17 miles from the city of [[Darbhanga]] in North-East direction.<ref name=":0" /> Similarly it is at a distance of 7.5 miles in the South-East direction from the headquarter of the [[Madhubani district]].

== Demographics ==
As of 2011, the number of families residing in this village is 1906. The total population of the village is 8828, of which 4561 are male while 4267 are females. The sex ratio of Bhaur village is 936 females to 1000 males on average. Among children, this ratio is on average 946 females to every 1000 males. In 2011, the literacy rate of Bhaur village was 52.46%, with literacy among males at 62.44% and 41.77% among females.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Government of India |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Madhubani district]]
[[Category:Villages in Madhubani district]]
[[Category:Capitals of Mithila]]

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