Gauriphanta

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Gauriphanta
Gorifonta
Gauriphatak
Village
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Gauriphanta
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Gauriphanta
Gauriphanta (India)
Coordinates: 28°40′52″N80°33′16″E / 28.68113°N 80.55434°E / 28.68113; 80.55434
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Lakhimpur Kheri
Population
 (2011)
  TotalNearly 5,000
Languages
  Official Hindi, Nepali
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituency Kheri
Mailani Vidhan Sabha constituency?

Gauriphanta is a village in on the bank of River Mohana in North of Lakhimpur Kheri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, located on the border with Nepal across from the city Dhangadhi.

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Transport

Gauriphanta is on State Highway No. 70. It was also a terminal railway station on the Mailani-Dudhwa-Gauriphanta Meter Gauge line before services were withdrawn in 2004. [1] Nepalese and Indian nationals may cross the border without restrictions, however there is a customs checkpoint for goods and third country nationals. The railway line is set to be revived in Narrow Gauge as part of Dudhwa Forest Railway for doing safari in Dudhwa National Park.

See also

Dudhwa National Park

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References

  1. "Rohilkhand and Kumaon". IRFCA. Retrieved 9 January 2012.