Barauni

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Barauni
—  town  —
Barauni Location of Barauni in Bihar and India
Coordinates	25°16′N 85°35′E / 25.27°N 85.59°E / 25.27; 85.59Coordinates: 25°16′N 85°35′E / 25.27°N 85.59°E / 25.27; 85.59
Country	India
State	Bihar
District(s)	Begusarai
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

Barauni is a town in the state of Bihar, India.

Barauni was once an Industrial town in Begusarai district, Bihar. After the partition of the Jharkhand from Bihar, it had and still has the potential to become the industrial capital of Bihar.^{[citation needed]}

The town situated at the bank of the holy river Ganges is connected by a Railway-cum-Road bridge over connecting North Bihar and South Bihar known as Rajendra Setu officially but as Mokama bridge in common parlance.

Economy

The major industries here were/ are :

• Indian Oil refinery
• Barauni Thermal Power Station BSEB
• Hindustan fertilizers corporation Page is in Hindi
• Barauni dairy

Transport

Railways

Barauni Junction is one of the important stations in Bihar. It is a junction and is connected to the all the four metropolis New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai through important Broad Gauge Routes. It takes around 15 hours to reach Barauni from New Delhi through train. It is the gateway for the North-East states, it connects the whole country with the North-East States.Barauni has three railways stations namely (I)Barauni Junction (II) New Barauni & (III) Barauni Flag.

Academic institutions

Barauni has several schools and colleges. One of the notable government school is RKC High School, Phulwaria. It houses more than 1000 students in an academic year and 50 teaching staffs. This school has residential facility and students from neighboring cities used to come to pursue their schooling. It has produced several bright students over a century. Students of this school are spread across the globe and are successful in various professions. The APSM college is another notable college, which provides higher level education in Science, Arts, Philosophy and many more disciplines. It houses more than 5000 students in an academic year and 150 teaching staffs.

External links

• Bihar's football crazy girls

References