Barra is a neighbourhood in the extreme southern part of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. It is surrounded by
Ratan Lal Nagar in the west,
Govind Nagar
Govind Nagar is a southern neighbourhood of Kanpur named after Govind Vallabh Pant as he inaugurated this locality. It was the largest Vidhan Sabha constituency in Asia until Kidwai Nagar Vidhan Sabha constituency was formed.
It is surrounded ...
in the north, and
Kidwai Nagar in the east, and Jarouli in the south. Barra is divided into sections such as Barra Gaon, Barra-1, Barra-2, Barra-3, Barra-4, Barra-5, Barra-6, Barra-7, Barra-8 and Barra World Bank. Barra-2 is the largest section among them.
Barra has some good schools such as Sardar Patel Inter College, Puranchandra Vidyaniketan, The Chintels School, Karam Devi Memorial Academy (KDMA), Delhi Public School (DPS), Mary jesus education centre (MJEC), Acme public school (APS) etc. It is also the educational hub of South Kanpur.
Barra also has few Nationalised Banks such as
State Bank Of India
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Union Bank of India
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Allahabad Bank
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Bank Of Baroda
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Indian Overseas Bank
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Syndicate Bank
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Nainital Bank
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and
Dena Bank
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Saree centre- Abhinav traders CO.
Neighbourhoods in Kanpur
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