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Barauni | |
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Town | |
| Barauni Thermal Power Station, Barauni Refinery, Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited, Barauni Junction railway station, Rajendra Setu | |
  Barauni Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates: 25°27′58″N 85°59′13″E / 25.466°N 85.987°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Begusarai |
| Region | Mithila |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Nagar parishad |
| Area | |
| • Town | 16 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 52 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Town | 71,660 |
| • Density | 4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 150,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Languages | |
| • Regional | Maithili |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Pincode(s) | 8511xx |
| STD Code(s) | 06279 |
| Vehicle registration | BR-09 |
| Lok Sabha constituencies | Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency) |
Barauni is an industrial town situated on the bank of the river Ganges in Begusarai district of the state of Bihar, India.
Transport[edit | edit source]
Railways[edit | edit source]
Barauni Junction is one of the important stations in Bihar. It is a junction and is connected to India's main cities of New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai via broad gauge routes. Barauni has three railway stations – 1.) Barauni Junction (old) where trains from Patna side enter and reverse to proceed towards North East (exception is for trains coming from Samastipur side where reversal is not needed) , 2.) Barauni Junction (new) at some distance in order to avoid reversal at the former and 3.) Barauni Flag . List of train that start/terminate at Barauni Junction are:[2]-
- 1. Vaishali Express
- 2. Raptisagar Express
- 3. Barauni–Gwalior Mail
- 4. Barauni–Lucknow Express
- 5. Barauni–Gondia Express
- 6. Harihar Express
- 7. Maur Dhawaj Express
Roads[edit | edit source]
National Highway 28 starts at Barauni and leads to Lucknow. National Highway 31 Pass Through the town and leads to Guwahati Both National Highways have junction here. It is also called Assam Road.Many Small city buses Pass through here.
Air[edit | edit source]
The nearest airport to Barauni is Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport in Patna, approximately 102 kilometres (63 mi) away.
Industries[edit | edit source]
Barauni is an industrial Town in Bihar. Here are some big and some small industries. Major industries are : -
- Barauni Thermal power
- Barauni Refinery
- Sudha Dairy Plant
- Neo Carbon pvt. Limited
- Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited
- Graphite India Limited
People[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Barauni IOC Township
- Urvarak Nagar Barauni
- Barauni Refinery
- Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
- D.A.V. Public School
Direction Board[edit | edit source]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Barauni City Population". Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ↑ "Barauni". indianrailinfo.com.