Banauli Donauli

Banauli is a village or Ward No. 07 in Pipra Rural Municipality of Mahottari District in the Madhesh Pradesh (Mithila region) of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 4577 people living in 944 individual households. It is very near Thakurpati and Jankpurdham city.

In the village the major inhabitants are Maithil Brahmins (highest in Nepal) Bhumihar, Dhanuk, Shahu, Lohar, Mukhiya, Das etc.

Formerly this Village was under Banauli-Donauli Village Development Committee of Mahottari district however after the provincial distribution of the country, it lies in Pipara Rural Municipality of Mahottari district in Madhesh Pradesh. Banauli is also considered as the place where great Maithili Poet Vidyapati lived around twelve years and hence it holds great historical significance. The place where Maithili poet Vidyapati lived is known as Banauli Vidyapati Dih. The site is also claimed as the capital of the Raj Banauli of the King Puraditya of the Dronawara Dynasty in Mithila. This village lies 4 km south of Janakpurdham. The village is connected by the Vidyapati National Highway from Janakpur to the Indo - Nepal border town Matihani via Ekrahiya Village. The Vidyapati National Highway is also connected to the Bhitthamore - Janakpur National Highway at Vidyapati Dwar ( Gate ).