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{{short description|City in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{About|the municipality in Uttar Pradesh, India|its namesake district|Barabanki district}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Barabanki
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| settlement_type = City
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| image1 = Lodheshwar mahadev temple.jpg
| caption1 = [[Lodheshwar Mahadev Mandir]]
| image2 = Building of Tehsildar of Nagar Parishad Nawabganj Barabanki.jpg
| caption2 = [[Nawabganj, Barabanki|Barabanki Municipal Council]]
| image3 = K D Singh Babu Stadium.jpg
| caption3 = [[K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Barabanki|K D Singh Babu Stadium]]
| image4 = Anand Bhawan School front view.png
| caption4 = Anand Bhawan School
| image5 = Parijat tree 01.jpg
| caption5 = [[Parijaat tree, Kintoor]]
| image6 = NH 28 passing near Basti.jpg
| caption6 = [[National Highway 28 (India)|National Highway 28]]
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.92|N|81.2|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_type4 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Awadh]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Ayodhya division|Ayodhya]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[Barabanki District|Barabanki]]
| established_title = 
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| government_type = [[Municipal council (India)|Municipal council]]
| governing_body = Barabanki Municipal Council
| leader_title = [[District Magistrate|District Magistrate and Collector]]
| leader_name = Shashank Tripathi ([[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 45
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 100
| population_total = 146,831
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = 331
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| 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=21 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"/>
| demographics1_title3 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info3 = 80%
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 225 001
| area_code = 05248
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = UP-41
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| website = {{URL|https://barabanki.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Barabanki''' is a city and a [[municipal board]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is the administrative headquarters of [[Barabanki district]] and a part of [[Ayodhya division]]. The city is about 27 kilometres east of [[Lucknow]], the state capital. It has a population of 146,831 with a density of 331.00 per square kilometre (860.0/sq mi).

==History==
{{cleanup|reason=The section uses British Raj Era sources, not considered reliable in Wikipedia|date=April 2022}}
The Barabanki district was first established by the British upon their annexation of [[Oudh State]] in 1856.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Bara Banki: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XLVIII Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1903 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=125–8, 162–3 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113235 |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> Originally, the district was known as Daryabad district because its headquarters were at [[Dariyabad, Barabanki|Daryabad]], but in 1859 they were relocated to Barabanki.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The name "Barabanki" was chosen for the district's official name over "[[Nawabganj, Barabanki|Nawabganj]]", then the more common name of the town, for two reasons: first, to avoid any possible confusion with other places called Nawabganj, and second, because the civil station was technically located outside of Nawabganj in the small revenue village of Barabanki.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Previously, under the [[Nawabs of Awadh]], the area that would become Barabanki district was divided among five [[Chakla (administrative unit)|chakla]]s: Daryabad-Rudauli, Ramnagar, Dewa-[[Jahangirabad Raj]], Jagdispur, and Haidargarh.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

==Geography==
===Climate===
Barabanki has [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Cwa''). The summers here are extremely hot due to proximity to tropics. The temperatures in the summer soar up to 40 to 45 degree celsius. Monsoon last from mid June to mid September. Winters are mild as it has tropical climate. In winters day time temperature rises up to 26 to 29, and at night drop up to 11 degrees.

{{Weather box
| location = Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh (1991–2020, extremes 1989–2020)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| width = auto
| Jan record high C = 29.0
| Feb record high C = 35.5
| Mar record high C = 40.5
| Apr record high C = 44.5
| May record high C = 45.5
| Jun record high C = 47.0
| Jul record high C = 44.5
| Aug record high C = 38.5
| Sep record high C = 38.4
| Oct record high C = 38.0
| Nov record high C = 35.5
| Dec record high C = 30.5
|year record high C = 47.0
| Jan record low C = 0.8
| Feb record low C = 3.0
| Mar record low C = 7.5
| Apr record low C = 8.7
| May record low C = 15.7
| Jun record low C = 20.3
| Jul record low C = 22.2
| Aug record low C = 20.6
| Sep record low C = 17.5
| Oct record low C = 13.0
| Nov record low C = 6.3
| Dec record low C = 1.6
|year record low C = 0.8
|Jan high C = 20.9
|Feb high C = 25.8
|Mar high C = 31.8
|Apr high C = 37.6
|May high C = 38.9
|Jun high C = 37.3
|Jul high C = 33.6
|Aug high C = 33.0
|Sep high C = 32.9
|Oct high C = 32.6
|Nov high C = 28.8
|Dec high C = 23.2
| year high C = 31.5
|Jan low C = 8.2
|Feb low C = 11.3
|Mar low C = 15.4
|Apr low C = 20.5
|May low C = 24.2
|Jun low C = 26.3
|Jul low C = 26.3
|Aug low C = 26.0
|Sep low C = 24.9
|Oct low C = 20.0
|Nov low C = 14.0
|Dec low C = 9.4
| year low C = 19.0
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 20.0
| Feb rain mm = 18.8
| Mar rain mm = 12.4
| Apr rain mm = 7.3
| May rain mm = 32.8
| Jun rain mm = 117.0
| Jul rain mm = 258.3
| Aug rain mm = 218.9
| Sep rain mm = 161.2
| Oct rain mm = 32.1
| Nov rain mm = 6.0
| Dec rain mm = 6.6
| year rain mm = 891.4
| Jan rain days = 1.4
| Feb rain days = 0.5
| Mar rain days = 1.4
| Apr rain days = 0.7
| May rain days = 2.0
| Jun rain days = 5.3
| Jul rain days = 11.4
| Aug rain days = 10.1
| Sep rain days = 6.5
| Oct rain days = 1.3
| Nov rain days = 0.3
| Dec rain days = 0.4
| year rain days = 42.5
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 65
| Feb humidity = 54
| Mar humidity = 42
| Apr humidity = 35
| May humidity = 42
| Jun humidity = 56
| Jul humidity = 75
| Aug humidity = 78
| Sep humidity = 75
| Oct humidity = 66
| Nov humidity = 62
| Dec humidity = 65
|year humidity = 60
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals2>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240408025145/https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf
| archive-date = 8 April 2024
| url = https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf
| title = Station: Barabanki Climatological Table 1991–2020
| work = Climatological Normals 1991–2020
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| access-date = 17 July 2024}}</ref><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: Barabanki Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 95–96
| access-date = 6 May 2020}}</ref>
}}

== Demographics ==
As per provisional data of the 2011 census, the Barabanki urban agglomeration had a population of 146,831, with 77,766 males and 69,065 females. The literacy rate was 81.85%.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above | work = Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 | access-date = 7 July 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111113152754/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | archive-date = 13 November 2011 | url-status = live }}</ref>

Barabanki District is classified by the national government as a "Minority Concentrated District in India"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=28770 |title=Identification of Minority Concentration Districts |access-date=31 October 2009 |date=22 June 2007 |publisher=Press Information Bureau (Government of India) | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091028170540/http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=28770| archive-date= 28 October 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> and Barabanki city is classified as a [[Islam|Muslim]]-majority city in the government files.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ashok|first=Akash Deep|title=Babri Masjid anniversary: A few more things that were demolished that day|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/babri-anniversary-a-few-more-things-demolished-that-day-219865-2013-12-05|access-date=7 December 2013|magazine=India Today|date=6 December 2013|location=New Delhi|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206115820/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/babri-anniversary-a-few-more-things-demolished-that-day/1/328114.html|archive-date=6 December 2013}}</ref>

== Administration ==
Barabanki city comprises:
# Barabanki village (revenue village)
# [[Nawabganj, Barabanki|Nawabganj]] (tehsil)
# [[Banki town|Banki]] (town area)
# Barel (village)
# [[Satrikh]] (village)
# Kurauli (village)
# 252 Bomb Disposal Company (cantonment)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wikimapia.org/13266934/252-Bomb-disposal-Company |title=252 Bomb disposal Company (Barabanki) |publisher=Wikimapia.org |access-date=17 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005004002/http://wikimapia.org/13266934/252-Bomb-disposal-Company |archive-date=5 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
# Suburbs

==Places of interest==
*[[Parijaat tree, Kintoor]]

==Transport==
===By road===
[[File:NH 28 passing near Basti.jpg|thumb|right|Lucknow Ayodhya Road]]
[[National Highway 28 (India, old numbering)|National Highway 28]] (NH-28) passes through the district. It is well connected to other cities by means of roadways. Passenger road transport services in Uttar Pradesh started in 1947 with the operation of bus service on the [[Lucknow]]–[[Ayodhya]]-[[Gorakhpur]] route by [[Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation|UP Government Roadways]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upsrtc.com/history.htm |title=UPSRTC |access-date=27 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104065838/http://upsrtc.com/history.htm |archive-date=4 January 2010 }} UPSRTC History</ref>

*[[National Highway 27 (India)]]
*[[National Highway 727H (India)|Barabanki-Lakhimpur (NH727H)]]
*[[National Highway 927 (India)|Barabanki-Nepalganj Border (NH927)]]
*[[National Highway 28 (India, old numbering)|Lucknow-Ayodhya-Gorkhapur-Guwahati Highway (NH27)]]

====Expressway====
[[Purvanchal Expressway]] is an 340 km long, 6 lane wide (expandable to 8) greenfield expressway project in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
It will pass through 9 districts including Barabanki.

===By rail===
[[File:Barabanki Jn Railway Station Inside View - Barabanki City Side Entrance & Platform I.jpg|thumb|right|Barabanki Jn Railway Station Inside View]]
[[Barabanki Junction railway station]] is the [[intercity rail]] station and a [[commuter rail]] hub in the Indian city of [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]]. It has been important junction since the days of British control of India.<ref name="IRPCRV1-2">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2nmAAAAMAAJ&q=Barabanki | title=India Railway Police Committee Report, Volumes 1-2 | publisher=Printed at the Government Monotype Press | date=1921 | access-date=30 June 2013 | author=India Railway Police Committee | pages=277}}</ref> In its category it is one of the important stations in NER. The Barabanki Junction railway station is on the Delhi– Basti– Gorakhpur main broad-gauge route in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Barabanki Junction is also the hub for the [[Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway]]. Barabanki railway station lies in the zone of high density stations.<ref name="TGUP">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwEsAAAAIAAJ&q=Barabanki | title=Transport Geography of Uttar Pradesh, Issue 2 of N.G.S.I. research publication | publisher=National Geographical Society of India | work=1966 | year=1966 | access-date=30 June 2013 | pages=44}}</ref>

===By air===
The nearest airport to Barabanki is [[Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport]] at Amausi, [[Lucknow]] which is approximately 40 km from Barabanki.

==Education==


===Schools and intermediate colleges===


* [[Government Inter College Barabanki|Government Inter College]], Barabanki city
* [[Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya]], Sonikpur, Trivediganj, Barabanki
* [[Saraswati Shishu Mandir]], Barabanki city
* [[Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College, Barabanki]] city

===Engineering colleges===


* [[Jahangirabad Institute of Technology]], [[Jahangirabad Raj |Fort]]
* [[Sagar Institute of Technology & Management]], Faizabad Road

===Polytechnic institute===


* [[Government Polytechnic Barabanki]], Jahangirabad Road

===Other professional institutions===


* [[Jahangirabad Media Institute]], [[Jahangirabad Raj| Fort]]

===Research institutions===


* [[International Rice Research Institute]] - branch Tikarhar Road, Kursi, Barabanki<ref name=tandfonline>{{cite journal|doi= 10.1300/J411v20n01_12|title= Natural Biodiversity for Salinity and Alkalinity Tolerance in Scented Rice Cultivar Kalanamak|journal= Journal of Crop Improvement|volume= 20|issue= 1–2|pages= 205–221|year= 2007|last1= Singh|first1= Neelam|last2= Pathak|first2= M. D.|last3= Zaidi|first3= Najam W.|last4= Singh|first4= H. N.|last5= Srivastava|first5= P. C.|last6= Singh|first6= U. S.|s2cid= 82779666}}</ref>

==Notable people==


*[[Khumar Barabankvi]], poet
*[[Suroor Barabankvi]], poet
*[[Inayat Ahmad Kakorvi]], Islamic scholar and freedom fighter
*[[Mohsina Kidwai]], politician
*[[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai]], politician
*[[C. M. Naim]], scholar of Urdu language and literature
*[[Naseeruddin Shah]], film actor
*[[Waris Ali Shah]], Sufi Saint
*[[K. D. Singh (field hockey)|K. D. Singh]], hockey player
*[[Beni Prasad Verma]], politician, [[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]]
*[[Ram Sewak Yadav]], politician and member of parliament

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
File:Barabanki UPSRTC Bus Station.jpg|Barabanki UPSRTC Bus Station
File:Barabanki Jn Railway Station Outside View.jpg|Exterior of Barabanki Jn Railway Station
File:Barabanki DMO.jpg|Office of District Magistrate/Collector
File:Barabanki HPO.jpg|Barabanki Head Post Office
File:Barabanki Kotwaali.jpg|Barabanki Kotwaali
File:Office of Tehsildar of Tehsil Nawabganj Barabanki.jpg|Office of Tehsildar of Tehsil Nawabganj, Barabanki on Lucknow-Faizabad Road (NH-28)
File:Building of Tehsildar of Nagar Parishad Nawabganj Barabanki.jpg|Nagar Parishad Nawabganj
File:World War II Memorial Barabanki photo 01.jpg|Shahid Smarak (a World War II memorial)
File:Statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Baapu Bhawan Barabanki.jpg|Statue of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] at Baapu Bhawan at Dewa Road
File:Jamuriya Nala at Railway Station Road Bridge Barabanki.jpg|Jamuriya Nala (a brook) from Railway Station Road Bridge. This brook flows through the city and divides it into two halves.
File:Evening Vegetable Bazaar at Court Road Barabanki.jpg|Evening vegetable bazaar along Court Road
File:Dhanaokhar Mandir Barabanki.jpg|Exterior of Dhanokhar Mandir (a [[temple]] dedicated primarily to [[Lord Hanuman]]) from Dhanokhar Chauraha. This temple has a moderate sized pond at its back.
File:Shree Nag Devta Temple Manjitha.jpg|Shree Nag Devta Temple during Manjitha Fair on the day of [[Naga Panchami]]
File:Muharram (Ta'ziya) procession Barabanki India (Jan 2009).jpg|[[Shia Muslims]] on a [[tazia]] procession on the [[Day of Ashura]]
File:Mathodist Church Outside View Barabanki.jpg|Exterior of [[Methodist]] [[Church (building)|Church]] on Court Road
</gallery>

==References==
{{EB1911 poster|Bara Banki}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://barabanki.nic.in/}}

{{Barabanki district}}
{{Faizabad division topics}}

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Barabanki district]]
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