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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jhanjharpur
| native_name = 
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| other_name =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Jhanjharpurrail.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Jhanjharpur Railway Station
| nickname =
| pushpin_map = India Bihar
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bihar, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.27|N|86.28|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Madhubani district|Madhubani]]
| established_title = 
| Airport Nearest = [[Darbhanga airport]] 45 kms away
| founder =
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| elevation_m = 59
| population_total = 24102
| population_as_of = 2001
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 847403 JHANJHARPUR (R.S)
| postal_code =
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhanjharpur]]
| website =
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Maithili language|Maithili]], [[Hindi]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Jhanjharpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jhanjharpur]]
}}
'''Jhanjharpur''' is a town and a sub-division in the [[Madhubani district]] of the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]], [[India]]. Jhanjharpur is well connected to the other cities of India with railways or roadways.{{clarify|date=March 2020}}

Jhanjharpur town is connected with, '''Kamla Balan bridge''', a century old 220 ft bridge built by the [[United Kingdom|British]] in the early 1900s,<ref name="Kamla Balan">{{cite news |last1=Balan |first1=Kamla |title=Kamla Balan |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/hXg4cJufdI5JSr5YbU0DoK/Kamla-Balan-bridge-it8217s-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen.html |accessdate=1 June 2019 |work=live mint |agency=live mint |issue=september |publisher=live mint |date=17 Sep 2008 |ref=Kamla Balan}}</ref> being a rail-cum-road bridge it facilitates the movement of dozen of trains and hundreds of vehicles every day to and from Jhanjharpur.

The nearest airport is Darbhanga Airport which is 48 km away from Jhanjharpur but [[Rajbiraj Airport]] is the nearby operational airport roughly 79 KM away present in Nepalese town [[Rajbiraj]] . [[Shree Airlines]] operates daily flights between Rajbiraj and [[Kathmandu]]. People can also take their flights for the different cities of India from the Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan International Airport which is 191 km away from Jhanjharpur and present in the capital city of Bihar "Patna".{{clarify|date=March 2020}}

==Trade==

[[Laukaha]] is a nearby town close to the border of Nepalese town of [[Thadi]]. [[Laukaha]] in India and [[Thadi]] in Nepal are a part of one of the agreed route for Mutual Trade between [[India]] and [[Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eximguru.com/exim/trade-agreement/india-nepal-trade.aspx|title=India Nepal Trade Agreement. India-Nepal Foreign Treaty of Trade Agreement.|website=www.eximguru.com|access-date=2019-09-12}}</ref> [[Nepal]] Government of [[Nepal]] has set up a dedicated customs office in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.customs.gov.np/en/customsofficescontact.html|title=Department of Customs, Nepal - Custom Contact Offices|website=www.customs.gov.np|access-date=2019-09-12}}</ref> and Government of [[India]] has set up a Land Customs Station with a Superintendent level officer.<ref>http://www.cybex.in/Notifications/17-2012-Amends-Notification-63-1994-9672.aspx</ref>

==References==
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