Barhani Bazar
Barhani | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Barhani Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Barhani Barhani (India) | |
| Coordinates: 27°29′50″N 82°47′10″E / 27.49722°N 82.78611°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Siddharthnagar |
| Government | |
| • Nagar Chairman | Sunil 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 |
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]
Demographics
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Census of India: Barhani Bazar". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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.
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