Barauni

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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
Region
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Nagar parishad
Area
• Town	16 km2 (6 sq mi)
• Urban	52 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population [1]
• Town	71,660
• Density	4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
• Urban	150,000
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Languages
• Regional
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[]

Railways[]

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[]

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[]

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

Industries[]

Barauni is an industrial Town in Bihar. Here are some big and some small industries. Major industries are : -

1. Barauni Thermal power
2. Barauni Refinery
3. Sudha Dairy Plant
4. Neo Carbon pvt. Limited
5. Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited
6. Graphite India Limited

People[]

• Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
• Ram Sharan Sharma

See also[]

• Barauni IOC Township
• Urvarak Nagar Barauni
• Barauni Refinery
• Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
• D.A.V. Public School

Direction Board[]

References[]

External links[]

• Bihar's football crazy girls
• One killed in India train crash
• Japanese agency keen to set up power unit at Barauni