Barauni

Economy

Industries

Major industrial plants in Barauni include:

• Barauni Thermal Power Station (NTPC)
• Barauni Fertiliser Plant (HURL)
• Barauni Refinery (IOCL)
• PepsiCo Bottling Plant (Varun Beverages)
• Sudha Dairy
• Neo Carbon Pvt. Ltd.
• Ethanol Plant

Transport

Railways

Barauni Junction is one of the important stations in Bihar and has strategic location. It is a junction and is connected to India's main cities of New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai via broad gauge routes. Barauni has three railway stations –

• Barauni Junction – where trains from Patna side enter and reverse to proceed towards North East (exception is for trains coming from Samastipur and Hajipur side where reversal is not needed),
• New Barauni Junction – at some distance in order to avoid reversal at the former. it is a bypass station of Barauni Junction which is directly connected to Patna and Katihar side.
• Barauni Flag – a small station on Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines.

Roads

starts from Barauni and leads to Lucknow via Muzaffarpur. passes through the town and leads to Purnia and Guwahati in East and Patna in west. Both National Highways have junction here. Previously, it is the only route for Northeast India that's why it was called Assam Road.

Air

The nearest airport is Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport in Patna which is approximately 102 km away while Darbhanga Airport is approximately 112 km away.

Notable people

• Ram Sharan Sharma

Direction board

References

References

1. "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India". [[Ministry of Minority Affairs]].
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3. (31 March 2024). "NTPC permanently closed 220 MW Barauni Stage-I project". Business Line.
4. "Prime Minister Inaugurates Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd (HURL) fertilizer plant in Barauni".
5. "IOC to invest over Rs 21,000 cr in Bihar refinery expansion, gas projects". Business Standard.
6. (16 April 2022). "Bihar CM Nitish Kumar opens Barauni beverage unit, biggest in eastern India". The Times of India.
7. (24 February 2025). "PM Modi inaugurated the new plant of Barauni Sudha Dairy built with a cost of Rs 133 crore". Dainik Bhaskar.
8. (7 February 2024). "1 CARE Ratings Ltd. Press Release Neo Carbons Private Limited".
9. Monu, Sanjay Kumar. (16 March 2022). "Ethanol Plants in Bihar - Everything you need to know about".
10. "Barauni Flag Railway Station (BUJ) : Station Code, Time Table, Map, Enquiry". NDTV.