Campierganj (on the name of British "station master" of this railway station) also called as Chaumukha, is a small Town in the province of Uttar Pradesh in north India, approximately 34 km (21 mi) north of Gorakhpur city near the border with Nepal on National Highway-24 (NH-24) in Gorakhpur District. This is situated on the Buddhist Circuit which is built from Lumbini (Nepal), Kushinagar, Sarnath up to Bodh Gaya. Campierganj is a Tahsil (subdivision) in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

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Campierganj
Town
Campierganj Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 27°1′44.32″N 83°16′0.63″E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Government
• Type	Panchayati government
Population
• Total	329,104
Languages
• Official	Hindi,Bhojpuri
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	273158
Vehicle registration	UP-53
Nearest city	Gorakhpur
Sex ratio	1000/921 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency	Gorakhpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Campierganj
Avg. annual temperature	25 °C (77 °F)
Avg. summer temperature	40 °C (104 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	15 °C (59 °F)

There are two intermediate co-education college, one girls intermediate college and one government degree college in the town. Railway broad gauge trains of Indian Railways are running between Gorakhpur and Nautanwa passes through Campierganj. Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Union Cabinet Minister of Communication of India Sri Vir Bahadur Singh started his political career from Campierganj.

Other nearest towns to Campierganj are Pharenda, Peppeganj, Paniara and Mehdaval bazar in range of 20 km.

An ancient famous temple of god Shiva located at Gaurishankar village is approximately 6 km far from Campierganj towards west.

External links

• Gorakhpur
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090410164805/http://gorakhpur.nic.in/blk19.htm