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{{short description|City in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{About|the municipality in Uttar Pradesh, India|its namesake district|Barabanki district}}
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{{more citations needed|date=May 2015}}
{{update|date=May 2015}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Barabanki
| native_name =
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| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline =
{{Photomontage
| photo1a = Barabanki Ghantaghar.jpg
| photo2a = K D Singh Babu Stadium.jpg
| photo2b = DewaSharif.jpg
| photo3a = NH 28 passing near Basti.jpg
| photo3b = Parijat-tree-at-Kintoor-Barabanki-001.jpg
| photo4a = Anand Bhawan School front view.png
| spacing = 3
| position = centre
| size = 236
| border = 0
| color = #FFFFFF
| foot_montage = Clockwise from top:<br/>Barabanki clocktower, [[Dewa, India|Dewa]], [[Parijaat tree]], [[Anand Bhawan School]], [[National Highway 28]], [[K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Barabanki]]
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| nickname =
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India3
| pushpin_label_position = left
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.92|N|81.2|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Barabanki District|Barabanki]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Faizabad division]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| elevation_m = 125
| population_total = 146,831
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = 331
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| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=21 December 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
| demographics1_info2 = [[Urdu]]<ref name="langoff"/>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 225 001
| area_code = 05248
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = UP-41
| blank1_name_sec1 = District Magistrate
| blank1_info_sec1 = Adarsh Singh, IAS
| website = {{URL|barabanki.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Barabanki''' is a city and the administrative headquarters of [[Barabanki district]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh state]] in India. The city is about 30 km east of [[Lucknow]], the state capital.

== Administration ==
Barabanki city comprises:
# Barabanki village (revenue village)
# [[Nawabganj, Barabanki|Nawabganj]] (tehsil)
# [[Banki town|Banki]] (town area)
# Barel (village)
# [[Satrikh]] (village)
# Kurauli (village)
# 252 Bomb Disposal Company (cantonment)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wikimapia.org/13266934/252-Bomb-disposal-Company |title=252 Bomb disposal Company (Barabanki) |publisher=Wikimapia.org |access-date=17 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005004002/http://wikimapia.org/13266934/252-Bomb-disposal-Company |archive-date=5 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
# Suburbs

== Demographics ==
As per provisional data of the 2011 census, the Barabanki urban agglomeration had a population of 146,831, with 77,766 males and 69,065 females. The literacy rate was 81.85%.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above | work = Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 | access-date = 7 July 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111113152754/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | archive-date = 13 November 2011 | url-status = live }}</ref>

Barabanki District is classified by the national government as a "Minority Concentrated District in India"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=28770 |title=Identification of Minority Concentration Districts |access-date=31 October 2009 |date=22 June 2007 |publisher=Press Information Bureau (Government of India) | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091028170540/http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=28770| archive-date= 28 October 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> and Barabanki city is classified as a [[Islam|Muslim]]-majority city in the government files.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ashok|first=Akash Deep|title=Babri Masjid anniversary: A few more things that were demolished that day|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/babri-anniversary-a-few-more-things-demolished-that-day/1/328114.html|access-date=7 December 2013|newspaper=India Today|date=6 December 2013|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206115820/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/babri-anniversary-a-few-more-things-demolished-that-day/1/328114.html|archive-date=6 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Climate==
Barabanki has tropical savanna climate (koppen Aw). The summers here are extremely hot due to proximity to tropics. The temperatures in the summer soar up to 40 to 45. Monsoon last from mid June to mid September. Winters are mild as it has tropical climate. In winters day time temperature rises up to 26 to 29, and at night drop up to 11 degrees.

{{Weather box
| location = Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh (1989–2010, extremes 1989–2010)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| width = auto
| Jan record high C = 29.0
| Feb record high C = 35.5
| Mar record high C = 40.5
| Apr record high C = 44.5
| May record high C = 45.5
| Jun record high C = 47.0
| Jul record high C = 44.5
| Aug record high C = 38.0
| Sep record high C = 38.4
| Oct record high C = 38.0
| Nov record high C = 35.5
| Dec record high C = 30.5
|year record high C = 47.0
| Jan high C = 21.8
| Feb high C = 26.1
| Mar high C = 31.9
| Apr high C = 38.0
| May high C = 39.0
| Jun high C = 37.2
| Jul high C = 33.8
| Aug high C = 33.0
| Sep high C = 32.8
| Oct high C = 32.8
| Nov high C = 29.2
| Dec high C = 24.4
|year high C = 31.7
| Jan low C = 8.0
| Feb low C = 10.9
| Mar low C = 15.1
| Apr low C = 20.1
| May low C = 24.2
| Jun low C = 26.0
| Jul low C = 26.2
| Aug low C = 25.9
| Sep low C = 24.7
| Oct low C = 20.0
| Nov low C = 13.8
| Dec low C = 9.2
|year low C = 18.7
| Jan record low C = 2.0
| Feb record low C = 3.0
| Mar record low C = 7.5
| Apr record low C = 8.7
| May record low C = 15.7
| Jun record low C = 20.3
| Jul record low C = 22.2
| Aug record low C = 20.6
| Sep record low C = 17.5
| Oct record low C = 13.0
| Nov record low C = 6.3
| Dec record low C = 2.0
|year record low C = 2.0
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 16.0
| Feb rain mm = 15.9
| Mar rain mm = 7.7
| Apr rain mm = 6.6
| May rain mm = 38.8
| Jun rain mm = 122.2
| Jul rain mm = 236.3
| Aug rain mm = 191.4
| Sep rain mm = 170.4
| Oct rain mm = 36.2
| Nov rain mm = 5.9
| Dec rain mm = 9.1
|year rain mm = 856.5
| Jan rain days = 1.2
| Feb rain days = 1.6
| Mar rain days = 0.9
| Apr rain days = 0.6
| May rain days = 2.4
| Jun rain days = 5.5
| Jul rain days = 10.9
| Aug rain days = 9.5
| Sep rain days = 7.0
| Oct rain days = 1.5
| Nov rain days = 0.4
| Dec rain days = 0.6
|year rain days = 42.0
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 62
| Feb humidity = 52
| Mar humidity = 41
| Apr humidity = 33
| May humidity = 41
| Jun humidity = 55
| Jul humidity = 74
| Aug humidity = 78
| Sep humidity = 77
| Oct humidity = 66
| Nov humidity = 61
| Dec humidity = 63
|year humidity = 59
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Barabanki Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 95–96
| access-date = 6 May 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Notable people==

*[[Khumar Barabankvi]], poet
*[[Mohsina Kidwai]], politician
*[[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai]], politician
*[[C.M. Naim]], scholar of Urdu language and literature
*[[Naseeruddin Shah]], film actor
*[[K. D. Singh]], hockey player
*[[Beni Prasad Verma]], politician, [[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]]

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
Image:Barabanki UPSRTC Bus Station.jpg|Barabanki UPSRTC Bus Station
Image:Barabanki Jn Railway Station Outside View.jpg|Exterior of Barabanki Jn Railway Station
Image:Barabanki DMO.jpg|Office of District Magistrate/Collector
Image:Barabanki HPO.jpg|Barabanki Head Post Office
Image:Barabanki Kotwaali.jpg|Barabanki Kotwaali
Image:Office of Tehsildar of Tehsil Nawabganj Barabanki.jpg|Office of Tehsildar of Tehsil Nawabganj, Barabanki on Lucknow-Faizabad Road (NH-28)
Image:Building of Tehsildar of Nagar Parishad Nawabganj Barabanki.jpg|Nagar Parishad Nawabganj
Image:World War II Memorial Barabanki photo 01.jpg|Shahid Smarak (a World War II memorial)
Image:Statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Baapu Bhawan Barabanki.jpg|Statue of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] at Baapu Bhawan at Dewa Road
Image:Jamuriya Nala at Railway Station Road Bridge Barabanki.jpg|Jamuriya Nala (a brook) from Railway Station Road Bridge. This brook flows through the city and divides it into two halves.
Image:Evening Vegetable Bazaar at Court Road Barabanki.jpg|Evening vegetable bazaar along Court Road
Image:Dhanaokhar Mandir Barabanki.jpg|Exterior of Dhanokhar Mandir (a [[temple]] dedicated primarily to [[Hanuman]]) from Dhanokhar Chauraha. This temple has a moderate sized pond at its back.
Image:Muharram (Ta'ziya) procession Barabanki India (Jan 2009).jpg|[[Shia]] [[Muslim]]s on a [[Ta'zieh|Ta'ziya]] procession on the [[Day of Ashura]]
Image:Mathodist Church Outside View Barabanki.jpg|Exterior of [[Methodist]] [[Church (building)|Church]] on Court Road
</gallery>

==References==
{{EB1911 poster|Bara Banki}}
{{Reflist}}


{{Barabanki district}}
{{Faizabad division topics}}

[[Category:Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh| ]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Barabanki district]]
[[Category:Cities in Uttar Pradesh]]

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