Barhani Bazar

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Barhani
Town
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Barhani
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Barhani
Barhani (India)
Coordinates: 27°29′50″N82°47′10″E / 27.49722°N 82.78611°E / 27.49722; 82.78611
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Siddharthnagar
Government
  Nagar ChairmanSunil Agrahri
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total
14,492
Language
  Official Hindi [2]
  Additional official Urdu [2]
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration UP-55
Website sidharthnagar.nic.in

Barhani is a town and nagar panchayat in Siddharthnagar District in Uttar Pradesh state, India. This town also has a railway station on the Gorakhpur-Gonda Broad Gauge line of Indian Railways. It is adjacent to the Nepal border from Krishnanagar. Nepalese and Indian nationals cross the border with no restrictions; however, there is a customs checkpoint for goods. Barhani is directly connected to Siddharthnagar, Gorakhpur, Gonda, Lucknow, Kanpur, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai by train. [3]

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Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Barhani Bazar had a total population of 14,492, of which 7,520 were males and 6,972 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,363. The total number of literates in Barhani Bazar was 9,283, which constituted 64% of the population with male literacy of 69.2% and female literacy of 58.5%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Barhani Bazar was 76.5%, of which male literacy rate was 82.8% and female literacy rate was 69.8%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 1,278 and 92 respectively. Barhani Bazar had 2109 households in 2011. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Census of India: Barhani Bazar". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. "रेलवे अपडेट: बढ़नी-गोंडा के रास्ते चलेंगी दिल्ली की दो ट्रेनें, जगतबेला स्टेशन पर होगा इंजीनियरिंग का काम". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 15 August 2022.