Barsoi

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Town in Bihar, India
25°39′05″N 87°55′21″E / 25.65139°N 87.92250°E / 25.65139; 87.92250Country IndiaStateBiharRegionAngaDistrictKatiharElevation
67 m (220 ft)Population
 (2011)
 • Total344,133Languages
 • MainHindi, Surjapuri, Angika, Bengali language • OthersSurjapuri, Hindi, BengaliTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN
855102
Telephone code06451ISO 3166 codeIN-BRLok Sabha constituencyKatiharVidhan Sabha constituencyBalrampur

Barsoi is a town and nagar panchayat which serves headquarters of a subdivision in Katihar district in the state of Bihar, India. It is an important railway junction under Katihar division Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways.[1]

Barsoi Junction connects four routes as in the north Siliguri Junction on broad gauge and New Jalpaiguri Junction on broad gauge, on broad gauges Radhikapur near Bangladesh border on east and Katihar Junction on west and on south Kumedpur Junction railway station, Kolkata.It is one of the biggest railway junction of NFR.

Divisions

Barsoi subdivision is divided into four community development blocks: Kadwa, Azamnagar, Barsoi and Balrampur.

See also

References

  1. ^ nr-est-frt-rly Archived 30 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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Cities and towns in Purnia Division
Araria district
Katihar district
Kishanganj district
Purnia district
See also
  • Purnia division topics
Cities and towns
in other divisions
  • Bhagalpur
  • Darbhanga
  • Kosi
  • Magadh
  • Munger
  • Patna
  • Saran
  • Tirhut

25°39′05″N 87°55′21″E / 25.6515°N 87.9225°E / 25.6515; 87.9225