Bettiah is a city and the administrative headquarters of West Champaran district in the Tirhut Division of the Indian state of Bihar, near the Indo-Nepal border and 225 kilometres north-west of Patna. The English Wikipedia article says Gangeshwar Dev, a Bhumihar of the Jaitharia clan, settled at Jaithar in Champaran in 1244 and that a Roman Catholic mission was founded in the city in 1740. The climate has high temperatures and high precipitation, especially in the monsoon, and is classed as dry-winter humid subtropical (Koppen Cwa). In the 2011 census Bettiah had a total population of 132,209, and its urban agglomeration had 156,200.
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Climate Zone Sources
1. Bettiah (Wikipedia)
Demographics
Bettiah NP had a total population of 132,209
Climate
sub-type for this climate is "Cwa" (Dry-winter humid subtropical climate)
Part Of: India, Lead
administrative headquarters of West Champaran district (Tirhut Division) in the Indian state of Bihar
On Continent: Asia, Lead
Bettiah is a city and the administrative headquarters of West Champaran district (Tirhut Division) in the Indian
In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Lead
Bettiah is a city and the administrative headquarters of West Champaran district (Tirhut Division) in the Indian
View the Source2. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Kolkata, current ruleQuote, Zone Asia/Kolkata, current rule
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