Barsoi

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Barsoi
Town
Nickname: 
City of villages
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Barsoi
Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 25°39′05″N87°55′21″E / 25.65139°N 87.92250°E / 25.65139; 87.92250
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Bihar
Region Mithila
District Katihar
Elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
344,133
Languages
  Official Hindi, Urdu
  Regional Surjapuri, Maithili, Hindi, Bengali
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
855102
Telephone code06451
ISO 3166 code IN-BR
Lok Sabha constituency Katihar
Vidhan Sabha constituency Balrampur

Barsoi is a town and nagar panchayat which serves headquarters of a subdivision in Katihar district in the state of Bihar, India. It is an important railway junction under Katihar division Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways. [1]

Barsoi Junction connects four routes as in the north Siliguri Junction on broad gauge and New Jalpaiguri Junction on broad gauge, on broad gauges Radhikapur near Bangladesh border on east and Katihar Junction on west and on south Kumedpur Junction railway station, Kolkata.It is one of the biggest railway junction of NFR.

Barsoi

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25°39′05″N87°55′21″E / 25.6515°N 87.9225°E / 25.6515; 87.9225