Birdpur

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Birdpur is a town in Siddharth Nagar District in Uttar Pradesh in India located at 27.3833° N 83.1167° E. It is at an elevation of 92 m (301 feet).

It was an estate (Zamindari) during British Raj, it was a part of the United Province. During 1896-97, the place became widely known as excavations in a village named Piprawa yielded remains associated with Buddha.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.