It is near the Indo-Nepal border, 225 kilometres (140 mi) northwest of Patna, in the state of Bihar, India.

In 1244 A.D., Gangeshwar Dev, a Bhumihar Brahmin of the Jaitharia clan, settled at Jaithar in Champaran.

In 1659, he was succeeded by his son Raja Gaj Singh, who built the palace of the family at Bettiah.

[7] In 1765, when the East India Company acquired the Diwani, the Bettiah Raj held the largest amount of territory under its jurisdiction.

[5] He was born in 1854 and succeeded his father, the late Maharaja Rajendra Kishore Singh Bahadur in 1883.

In 1884, he received the title of Maharaja Bahadur as a personal distinction and a Khilat and a sanad from the hands of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, Sir Augustus Rivers Thompson.

It includes Tola San Saraiya, Banuchapar, Kargahiya east and nearby areas.

It included Tola San Saraiya, Banuchapar, Kargahiya east, and other nearby areas.

Direct trains are available to all the major destinations across India like Patna, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Ahemdabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Jammu & Katra, etc.

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has declared a new Patna-Bettiah road as National Highway 139W, setting the stage for the construction of a high-quality four-lane road between the two towns that would reduce the distance between them to 167 kilometres from the current 200-odd km, and travel time to around two hours.

NH727AA connects Manuapul (Bettiah), Patzirwa, Paknaha, Pipraghat, and Sevrahi in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Freedom Fighter and author Ramesh Chandra Jha was the first person who penned down the rich literary history of Champaran.

These seminal books continue to serve as foundational reference points for researchers, scholars, Ph.D. students, and journalists alike.