| Mehsi | |
| Other Name: | Maheshi or Mesi |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | India Bihar#India#Asia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bihar, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.35°N 85.11°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Bihar |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tirhut |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1216 AD |
| Founder: | Mirja Halim Shah(R.A) |
| Government Type: | Nagar Panchayat |
| Governing Body: | Ward - (15) |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Rank: | 42.68km |
| Elevation M: | 64 |
| Population Total: | ~2,10,101 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | mehsiwashi |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Bhojpuri, Urdu, Hindi, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 845426,[1] 845406, 843111 |
| Area Code: | 06257 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Iso Code: | IN-BR |
| Registration Plate: | BR05 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Coastline |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Neighbors |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kaswa Mehsi (Office), Rajepur, Bakhari, Ojhilpur, Hardo Patti |
| Seat Type: | Nagar Palika |
| Seat: | Kaswa Mehsi |
| Parts Type: | Subdivision |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Avg. summer temperature |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | 42°C |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 3. Purvi Champaran |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | Pipra, Mehsi |
Mehsi is a CD Block and Mehsi Nagar Panchayat City and a municipality in the Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.[2] It is a part of the Tirhut Division.The town is the entry point of the Purvi Champaran district. There are many smaller factories manufacturing buttons for the clothing Industry, although most of the population depends upon commercial business and Business agriculture.[3]
Around 1216–1225 during the time of the Delhi Sultanate, a famous Sunni donor Mirza Haleem named Mehsi after his follower Mahesh Ray.Which is the grave of Data Mirza Haleem in the town Mehsi Bihar state of India.
Mehsi is locatedArea (2020) 154.12 km²Population (2020) 207856Population Density 1348 people per km²Male Population 108041Female Population 99815
| Ward Number (Nagar P. Office) | Population (in 2011 - 2023) | |
|---|---|---|
| Mehsi Ward No - 1 | 1228 - 2684 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 2 | 2031 - 5093 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 3 | 1274 - 2822 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 4 | 1433 - 3299 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 5 | 2225 - 5625 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 6 | 2927 - 8366 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 7 | 1654 - 3963 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 8 | 1912 - 3824 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 9 | 1756 - 3512 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 10 | 1727 - 3454 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 11 | 1442 - 2884 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 12 | 1809 - 3634 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 13 | 1817 - 3618 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 14 | 1225 - 2450 | |
| Mehsi Ward No - 15 | 1535 - 3070 |
Mehsi industry include shell buttons[3] and harvesting of litchi and mango fruits. Mehsi is the major producer of these fruits in India.
The perennial Budhi Gandak river flows near the town of Mehsi which is a tributary of the Ganga river.[4]
Mehsi town, through railway, is directly connected to the major Indian cities like – Patna, Varanasi, Haridwar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Allahabad, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bhopal, Amritsar, Guwahati, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Ranchi, Raipur, Nagpur, Hyderabad etc.Mehsi railway station is situated on Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line under the Samastipur railway division of East Central Railway zone.[5] It is also the closest railway station to Kesaria Stupa, a Buddhist pilgrimage site.
The nearest airport is Darbhanga airport.[2] and Patna Airport.
India's 2nd Longest National Highway, NH -27, passes through Mehsi.