Barauni

Barauni
town
Barauni

Location in Bihar, India

Coordinates: 25°27′58″N 85°59′13″E / 25.466°N 85.987°E / 25.466; 85.987Coordinates: 25°27′58″N 85°59′13″E / 25.466°N 85.987°E / 25.466; 85.987
Country  India
State Bihar
District Begusarai
Population [1]
 • Total 71,660
Languages
 • Official Maithili, Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
A block of Begusarai district

Barauni (Hindi बरौनी) (Urdu برونی) is a town in the state of Bihar, India.

Barauni is the industrial town of Begusarai district, Bihar.

The town situated at the bank of the holy river Ganges is connected by a Railway-cum-Road bridge over connecting North Bihar and South Bihar known as Rajendra Setu officially but as "Simariya pul(bridge)" in common parlance.

Economy

The major industries here were/ are :

There are also several small industries here.[2]

Transport

Railways

Barauni Junction is one of the important stations in Bihar. It is a junction and is connected to the all the four metropolis New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai through important Broad Gauge Routes. It takes around 15 hours to reach Barauni from New Delhi through train. It is the gateway to North Eastern India as it connects the North-East States with the rest of the country. Barauni has two railway stations – I.) 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) and II.) Barauni Junction (new) at some distance in order to avoid reversal at the former. List of train that start/terminate at Barauni Junction are:[3]-

Roads

National Highway 28 (India) start at Barauni and National Highway 31 (India) passes through this town. Both national highway having junction here. Bus,Jeep,Taxi,Rickshaw,Auto used for local transportation.

Air

The nearest airport to Barauni is Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 102 kilometres (63 mi)

People

See also

Direction Board

Samastipur
Patna Begusarai
   Barauni  
Lakhisarai

References

  1. ↑ "Barauni City Population". Retrieved 17 Nov 2015.
  2. ↑ "Barauni". http://begusarai.bih.nic.in/industry.htm. Retrieved 5 Dec 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ↑ "Barauni". indianrailinfo.com.

External links

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