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
Town
Nickname: 
City of villages
Barsoi is located in Bihar
Barsoi
Barsoi
Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 25°39′05″N 87°55′21″E / 25.65139°N 87.92250°E / 25.65139; 87.92250
Country India
StateBihar
RegionAnga
DistrictKatihar
Elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
344,133
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
 • RegionalAngika,Surjapuri, Maithili, Hindi, Bengali
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
855102
Telephone code06451
ISO 3166 codeIN-BR
Lok Sabha constituencyKatihar
Vidhan Sabha constituencyBalrampur

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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ nr-est-frt-rly Archived 30 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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