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{{About|city in Uttar Pradesh, India|its namesake district|Bahraich district}}
{{more citations needed|date=October 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bahraich
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Bahraich Clock Tower.jpg
| image_caption = Bahraich Clock Tower
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India3
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27.575|81.594|type:city_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_type2 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_name2 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Bahraich district|Bahraich]]
| governing_body = Bahraich Nagar Palika Parishad
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name1 = Rubeena Rehan Khan
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 34
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 126
| population_total = 186,223
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011Gov"/>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=20 December 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
| demographics1_info2 = [[Urdu]]<ref name="langoff"/>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 271801
| area_code = +91 05252
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = UP-40
| blank1_name_sec1 = Sex Ratio
| blank1_info_sec1 = 892 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| website = {{URL|http://bahraichnpp.in}}
| unemployment_rate =
| leader_title2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name2 = [[Anupama Jaiswal]] (BJP)
| leader_title3 = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]]
| leader_name3 = [[Akshaibar Lal]] (BJP) and [[Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh]] (BJP)
| official_name =
}}

'''Bahraich''' is a city and a [[municipal board]] in [[Bahraich district]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. Located on the [[Saryu River]], a tributary of the [[Ghaghara]] river, Bahraich is {{convert|125|km|abbr=off}} north-east of [[Lucknow]], the state capital. The districts of [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]], [[Gonda district|Gonda]], [[Balrampur district|Balrampur]], [[Lakhimpur Kheri]], [[Shravasti]] and [[Sitapur]] share local boundaries with Bahraich. A factor which makes this town important is the international border shared with [[Nepal]].

==Geography and climate==
It has an average elevation of {{convert|126|m|abbr=off}}. Bahraich has a warm humid subtropical climate with hot summers from April to July. The rainy season is from July to mid-September when Bahraich gets an average rainfall from the south-west monsoon winds, and occasionally frontal rainfall will occur in January. In winter the maximum temperature is around {{convert|25|°C}} and the minimum is in the {{convert|-1|to|7|°C}} range. Fog is quite common from late December to late January. Summers are extremely hot with temperatures rising to the {{convert|40|to|47|°C}} range, the average highs being in the high of 30s (degree Celsius). Average annual rainfall is {{convert|1900|cm|abbr=off}} (approx).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DIP,%20Bahraich.pdf |title=District Industrial Profile of Bahraich district |publisher=MSME-Development Institute -Allahabad, Government of India Ministry of MSME |access-date=20 November 2019 |archive-date=12 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412113757/http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DIP,%20Bahraich.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Weather box
| location = Bahraich (1981–2010, extremes 1901–2012)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| width = auto
| Jan record high C = 29.1
| Feb record high C = 35.2
| Mar record high C = 41.0
| Apr record high C = 44.6
| May record high C = 45.8
| Jun record high C = 47.6
| Jul record high C = 44.4
| Aug record high C = 39.2
| Sep record high C = 39.4
| Oct record high C = 38.6
| Nov record high C = 35.2
| Dec record high C = 31.7
|year record high C = 47.6
| Jan high C = 21.6
| Feb high C = 26.1
| Mar high C = 32.1
| Apr high C = 37.3
| May high C = 37.9
| Jun high C = 36.8
| Jul high C = 33.2
| Aug high C = 32.9
| Sep high C = 32.8
| Oct high C = 32.3
| Nov high C = 29.0
| Dec high C = 24.3
|year high C = 31.4
| Jan low C = 9.1
| Feb low C = 11.8
| Mar low C = 16.3
| Apr low C = 21.6
| May low C = 25.2
| Jun low C = 26.9
| Jul low C = 26.6
| Aug low C = 26.5
| Sep low C = 25.3
| Oct low C = 21.1
| Nov low C = 15.1
| Dec low C = 10.6
|year low C = 19.7
| Jan record low C = 0.6
| Feb record low C = 0.6
| Mar record low C = 5.6
| Apr record low C = 11.1
| May record low C = 13.5
| Jun record low C = 18.3
| Jul record low C = 18.7
| Aug record low C = 21.1
| Sep record low C = 18.3
| Oct record low C = 12.2
| Nov record low C = 5.0
| Dec record low C = 1.7
|year record low C = 0.6
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 20.9
| Feb rain mm = 18.6
| Mar rain mm = 12.0
| Apr rain mm = 11.9
| May rain mm = 51.4
| Jun rain mm = 189.6
| Jul rain mm = 332.6
| Aug rain mm = 284.9
| Sep rain mm = 245.3
| Oct rain mm = 57.3
| Nov rain mm = 4.5
| Dec rain mm = 11.7
|year rain mm = 1240.7
| Jan rain days = 1.4
| Feb rain days = 1.5
| Mar rain days = 1.2
| Apr rain days = 1.3
| May rain days = 3.2
| Jun rain days = 7.3
| Jul rain days = 12.3
| Aug rain days = 12.0
| Sep rain days = 8.4
| Oct rain days = 2.1
| Nov rain days = 0.3
| Dec rain days = 0.8
|year rain days = 52.0
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 69
| Feb humidity = 56
| Mar humidity = 40
| Apr humidity = 29
| May humidity = 38
| Jun humidity = 53
| Jul humidity = 73
| Aug humidity = 76
| Sep humidity = 75
| Oct humidity = 66
| Nov humidity = 65
| Dec humidity = 70
|year humidity = 59
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Bahraich Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 65–66
| access-date = 6 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M212
| access-date = 6 May 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Bahraich had a total population of 186,223, of which 97,653 were males and 88,570 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 24,097. The total number of literates in Bahraich was 119,564, which constituted 64.2% of the population with male literacy of 66.5% and female literacy of 61.7%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Bahraich was 73.7%, of which male literacy rate was 76.4% and female literacy rate was 70.8%. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] population was 9,584 and 170 respectively. Bahraich had 30460 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Bahraich |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=197909 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>

==Politics==
Bahraich is divided into two [[Parliament of India|parliamentary]] constituencies, [[Bahraich (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bahraich]] and [[Kaiserganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaiserganj]]. The former is held by [[Akshaibar Lal]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and the latter by [[Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh]], also of the BJP.

There are seven [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|State Assembly]] constituencies:
* [[Bahraich (Assembly constituency)|Bahraich]] – [[Anupma Jaiswal]] (BJP)
* [[Matera (Assembly constituency)|Matera]] – [[Yasar Shah]] ([[Samajwadi Party]])
* [[Mahasi (Assembly constituency)|Mahasi]] – Sureshwar Singh (BJP)
* [[Kaiserganj (Assembly constituency)|Kaiserganj]] – Mukut Bihari Verma (BJP)
* [[Balha (Assembly constituency)|Balha]] – Saroj Sonkar (BJP)
* [[Payagpur (Assembly constituency)|Payagpur]] – Subhash Tripathi (BJP)
* [[Nanpara (Assembly constituency)|Nanpara]] – Madhuri Verma (BJP)

==Transportation==

===Roads===
Bahraich is well connected with other districts of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. [[UPSRTC]] and private operators provide road connectivity to [[Lucknow]], [[Kanpur]], [[Allahabad]], [[Varanasi]], [[Bareilly]], [[Haridwar]], [[Delhi]], [[Jaipur]] [[Balrampur]], [[Gonda district|Gonda]], [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]], [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], [[Shimla]], [[Mathura]], [[Jhansi]], [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]], [[Gorakhpur]], [[Varanasi]], [[Shravasti]] and [[Agra]]. There are buses for Lucknow in every 15 minutes. [[National Highway 927 (India)]] connects the city to [[Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh|Barabanki]] and state capital [[Lucknow]].

===Railways===
[[File:Bg train.jpg|thumb|Broad Gauge train at Bahraich]]
[[File:YDDM4.jpg|thumb|Metre gauge engine at bahraich meter gauge yard.]]
[[Bahraich railway station]] is a main railway station in [[Bahraich district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Its code is ''BRK''. It serves Bahraich city. The station consists of 3 platforms, two for broad gauge and one for meter gauge. Bahraich to Jarwal Road is a Broad gauge station 55 kilometers (34 miles) from district headquarters and lies on Delhi–Barauni line.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bahraich-rail-line-18579562.html |title=बहराइच से जरवलरोड तक बिछे रेल लाइन |access-date=20 December 2018 |date=27 October 2018 |language=hi}}</ref> Plans for converting the Bahraich – [[Gonda, Uttar Pradesh|Gonda]] tracks to broad-gauge have been in talks since October 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=नवरात्र में बहराइच से गोंडा के बीच चल सकती ट्रेन |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/bahraich/71539017461-bahraich-news |website=[[Amar Ujala]] |access-date=20 December 2018 |date=8 October 2018 |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Broad gauge rail line from Bahraich to Burhwal {{!}} Allahabad News – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Broad-gauge-rail-line-from-Bahraich-to-Burhwal/articleshow/4129523.cms |access-date=20 November 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=14 February 2009|language=en}}</ref> It is complete as of July 2020, but due to lack of electrification, only diesel locomotives are run in these tracks. According to the railway board, {{INR|327.32}} [[crore]] is to be invested to electrify the whole Bahraich-Gonda-Balrampur-Gorakhpur line, with expected completion by the year 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=327 करोड़ से बहराइच व गोरखपुर रेल लाइन का होगा विद्युतीकरण |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/gonda/bahraich-and-gorakhpur-railway-line-will-be-electrified-with-327-crore-gonda-news-lko5322887157 |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=Amar Ujala |date=24 July 2020 |language=hi}}</ref>

==Media==
Bahraich has an [[All India Radio]] relay station known as Akashvani Bahraich. It broadcasts on FM frequencies @ 100.1 .

==Notable people==
*[[Tahir Mahmood]] - former chairman, National Minorities Commission.
*[[Waqar Ahmad Shah]] - former Speaker, UP Assembly.
*[[Shauq Bahraichi]] - a famous poet.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://bahraich.nic.in/history Bahraich District Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, Brief History ]
*[http://bahraichnpp.in Municipal Board Of Bahraich Website ]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051027181845/http://x5.putfile.com/2/5303525754.jpg Location & Road Map of Bahraich]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050214105618/http://behraich.nic.in/favorite.htm Bahraich – Places of Interest]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101010141215/http://indianmuslims.info/book/export/html/421 Muslims in Bahraich, UP's Most Marginalised District]

{{Geographic Location
| Centre = Bahraich
| North = [[Nanpara]]
| Northwest = [[Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh|Lakhimpur]]
| Northeast = [[Bhinga]]
| East = [[Balrampur]]
| Southeast = [[Faizabad]]
| South = [[Gonda, Uttar Pradesh|Gonda]]
| Southwest = [[Lucknow]]
| West = [[Sitapur]]
}}

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