Barabanki is a city and a

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in the Indian

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. It is the administrative headquarters of

Barabanki district Barabanki district is one of the five districts of Ayodhya division in the central Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Barabanki city is the administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. Total area of Barabanki district is 3891.5 Sq.&n ...

and a part of

Ayodhya division Ayodhya division (formerly Faizabad division) is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Ayodhya city is the administrative headquarters of the division. The government ...

. The city is about 30 km east of

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, the state capital. It has a population of 146,831 with a density of 331.00 per square kilometre (860.0/sq mi).

History

The Barabanki district was first established by the British upon their annexation of

Oudh State The Kingdom of Awadh (, , also Oudh State, Kingdom of Oudh, Awadh Subah, or Awadh State) was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a British protectorate in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the B ...

in 1856. Originally, the district was known as Daryabad district because its headquarters were at Daryabad, but in 1859 they were relocated to Barabanki. The name "Barabanki" was chosen for the district's official name over " Nawabganj", then the more common name of the town, for two reasons: first, to avoid any possible confusion with other places called Nawabganj, and second, because the civil station was technically located outside of Nawabganj in the small revenue village of Barabanki. Previously, under the

Nawabs of Awadh The Nawab of Awadh or Nawab of Oudh was the title of the rulers of Kingdom of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in northern India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to an Iranian dynasty''Encyclopædia Iranica'', R. B. B ...

, the area that would become Barabanki district was divided among five chaklas: Daryabad-Rudauli, Ramnagar, Dewa-Jahangirabad, Jagdispur, and Haidargarh.

Geography

Climate

Barabanki has

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(

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''Cwa''). The summers here are extremely hot due to proximity to tropics. The temperatures in the summer soar up to 40 to 45 degree celsius. Monsoon last from mid June to mid September. Winters are mild as it has tropical climate. In winters day time temperature rises up to 26 to 29, and at night drop up to 11 degrees.

Demographics

As per provisional data of the 2011 census, the Barabanki urban agglomeration had a population of 146,831, with 77,766 males and 69,065 females. The literacy rate was 81.85%. Barabanki District is classified by the national government as a "Minority Concentrated District in India" and Barabanki city is classified as a

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-majority city in the government files.

Administration

Barabanki city comprises: # Barabanki village (revenue village) # Nawabganj (tehsil) #

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(town area) # Barel (village) # Satrikh (village) # Kurauli (village) # 252 Bomb Disposal Company (cantonment) # Suburbs

Places of interest

Parijaat tree, Kintoor The Parijaat tree is a sacred Adansonia digitata, baobab tree in the village of Kintoor, near Barabanki city, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India, about which there are several legends. It is a protected tree situated in Barabanki district of Ut ...

Transport

By road

National Highway 28 (NH-28) passes through the district. It is well connected to other cities by means of roadways. Passenger road transport services in Uttar Pradesh started in 1947 with the operation of bus service on the

–

Ayodhya Ayodhya () is a city situated on the banks of the Sarayu river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ayodhya district as well as the Ayodhya division of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ayodhya became th ...

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route by UP Government Roadways. UPSRTC History *

National Highway 27 (India) National Highway 27 (NH 27), an East - West National highway in India that starts in Porbandar and ends in Silchar, the highway passes through the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam. NH-27 wa ...

* Barabanki-Lakhimpur (NH727H) * Barabanki-Nepalganj Border (NH927) * Lucknow-Ayodhya-Gorkhapur-Guwahati Highway (NH27)

Expressway

Purvanchal Expressway is an 340 km long, 6 lane wide (expandable to 8) greenfield expressway project in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It will pass through 9 districts including Barabanki.

By rail

Barabanki Junction railway station is the

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station and a

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hub in the Indian city of Barabanki. It has been important junction since the days of British control of India. In its category it is one of the important stations in NER. The Barabanki Junction railway station is on the Delhi– Basti– Gorakhpur main broad-gauge route in

. Barabanki Junction is also the hub for the Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway. Barabanki railway station lies in the zone of high density stations.

By air

The nearest airport to Barabanki is

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at Amausi,

which is approximately 40 km from Barabanki.

Education

Schools and intermediate colleges

* Government Inter College, Barabanki city *

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, Sonikpur, Trivediganj, Barabanki * Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Barabanki city *

Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College, Barabanki Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Barabanki is a Hindi medium co-educational school affiliated to the Uttar Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education. This is one of the schools run by the Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan, ...

city

Engineering colleges

* Jahangirabad Institute of Technology, Jahangirabad * Sagar Institute of Technology & Management, Faizabad Road

Polytechnic institute

Government Polytechnic Barabanki Government Polytechnic Barabanki (GPBbk) founded in 1982, is a government technical education institute in India. The polytechnic is affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Board of Technical Education and approved by All India Council for Technical Educat ...

, Jahangirabad Road

Other professional institutions

* Jahangirabad Media Institute, Jahangirabad

Research institutions

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- branch Tikarhar Road, Kursi, Barabanki

Notable people

* Khumar Barabankvi, poet * Suroor Barabankvi, poet * Inayat Ahmad Kakorvi, Islamic scholar and freedom fighter * Mohsina Kidwai, politician * Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, politician * C. M. Naim, scholar of Urdu language and literature *

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, film actor *

Waris Ali Shah Waris Ali Shah (1817–1905) was a Sufi saint from Dewa, India, Dewa, Barabanki district, Barabanki, India, and the founder of the Warsi Sufi order. He traveled to many places specially Europe and the west and admitted people to his spiritual o ...

, Sufi Saint * K. D. Singh, hockey player * Beni Prasad Verma, politician, Member of Parliament * Ram Sewak Yadav, politician and member of parliament

Gallery

File:Barabanki UPSRTC Bus Station.jpg, Barabanki UPSRTC Bus Station File:Barabanki Jn Railway Station Outside View.jpg, Exterior of Barabanki Jn Railway Station File:Barabanki DMO.jpg, Office of District Magistrate/Collector File:Barabanki HPO.jpg, Barabanki Head Post Office File:Barabanki Kotwaali.jpg, Barabanki Kotwaali File:Office of Tehsildar of Tehsil Nawabganj Barabanki.jpg, Office of Tehsildar of Tehsil Nawabganj, Barabanki on Lucknow-Faizabad Road (NH-28) File:Building of Tehsildar of Nagar Parishad Nawabganj Barabanki.jpg, Nagar Parishad Nawabganj File:World War II Memorial Barabanki photo 01.jpg, Shahid Smarak (a World War II memorial) File:Statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Baapu Bhawan Barabanki.jpg, Statue of

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at Baapu Bhawan at Dewa Road File:Jamuriya Nala at Railway Station Road Bridge Barabanki.jpg, Jamuriya Nala (a brook) from Railway Station Road Bridge. This brook flows through the city and divides it into two halves. File:Evening Vegetable Bazaar at Court Road Barabanki.jpg, Evening vegetable bazaar along Court Road File:Dhanaokhar Mandir Barabanki.jpg, Exterior of Dhanokhar Mandir (a

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dedicated primarily to

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) from Dhanokhar Chauraha. This temple has a moderate sized pond at its back. File:Shree Nag Devta Temple Manjitha.jpg, Shree Nag Devta Temple during Manjitha Fair on the day of Naga Panchami File:Muharram (Ta'ziya) procession Barabanki India (Jan 2009).jpg,

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s on a Ta'ziya procession on the

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File:Mathodist Church Outside View Barabanki.jpg, Exterior of

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on Court Road

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://barabanki.nic.in/ Cities and towns in Barabanki district Cities in Uttar Pradesh