Bahraich | |
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City | |
 Bahraich Clock Tower | |
  Bahraich Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Show map of Uttar Pradesh Bahraich Bahraich (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:27°34′30″N81°35′38″E / 27.575°N 81.594°E /27.575; 81.594 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Bahraich |
| Government | |
| • Body | Bahraich Nagar Palika Parishad |
| • Mayor | Sudha Tekriwal |
| • MLA | Anupama Jaiswal (BJP) |
| • MP | Anand Kumar Gond (BJP) andKaran Bhushan Singh (BJP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 34 km2 (13 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 126 m (413 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 186,223 |
| • Density | 5,500/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[2] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 271801 |
| Telephone code | +91 05252 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-40 |
| Sex Ratio | 892♂/♀ |
| Website | bahraichnpp |
Bahraich is a city and amunicipal board inBahraich district in the state ofUttar Pradesh, India. Located on theSaryu River, a tributary of theGhaghara river, Bahraich is 125 kilometres (78 miles) north-east ofLucknow, the state capital. The districts ofBarabanki,Gonda,Balrampur,Lakhimpur Kheri,Shravasti andSitapur share boundaries with Bahraich. A factor which makes this town important is the international border shared withNepal.
Bahraich has an average elevation of 126 metres (413 feet). 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 25 °C (77 °F) and the minimum is in the −1 to 7 °C (30 to 45 °F) range. Fog is quite common from late December to late January. Summers are extremely hot with temperatures rising to the 40 to 47 °C (104 to 117 °F) range, the average highs being in the high of 30s (degree Celsius). Average annual rainfall is 1,900 centimetres (750 inches) (approx).[3]
| Climate data for Bahraich (1991–2020, extremes 1901–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.1 (84.4) | 35.2 (95.4) | 41.0 (105.8) | 44.6 (112.3) | 45.8 (114.4) | 47.6 (117.7) | 44.4 (111.9) | 39.2 (102.6) | 39.4 (102.9) | 38.6 (101.5) | 35.2 (95.4) | 31.7 (89.1) | 47.6 (117.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) | 26.0 (78.8) | 32.0 (89.6) | 37.2 (99.0) | 38.2 (100.8) | 36.8 (98.2) | 33.4 (92.1) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.3 (90.1) | 28.7 (83.7) | 23.1 (73.6) | 31.2 (88.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) | 12.2 (54.0) | 16.5 (61.7) | 21.8 (71.2) | 25.2 (77.4) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.1 (79.0) | 25.1 (77.2) | 20.9 (69.6) | 15.2 (59.4) | 10.5 (50.9) | 19.5 (67.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) | 0.6 (33.1) | 5.6 (42.1) | 11.1 (52.0) | 13.5 (56.3) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.7 (65.7) | 21.1 (70.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 12.2 (54.0) | 5.0 (41.0) | 0.2 (32.4) | 0.2 (32.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 21.1 (0.83) | 24.4 (0.96) | 10.3 (0.41) | 13.9 (0.55) | 53.3 (2.10) | 180.8 (7.12) | 347.7 (13.69) | 297.3 (11.70) | 193.6 (7.62) | 46.7 (1.84) | 3.1 (0.12) | 6.4 (0.25) | 1,198.6 (47.19) |
| Average rainy days | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 7.1 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 50.4 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%)(at 17:30IST) | 71 | 57 | 40 | 30 | 38 | 53 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 65 | 65 | 72 | 59 |
| Source:India Meteorological Department[4][5] | |||||||||||||
As of2011 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%. TheScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 9,584 and 170 respectively. Bahraich had 30460 households in 2011.[1]
Majority of the population of Bahraich areMuslims (56%), followed byHindus (42%), with small populations ofSikhs,Jains,Christians andBuddhists.[6]
The city of Bahraich falls under theBahraich Assembly constituency held byAnupama Jaiswal ofBJP. It is part of theBahraich Lok Sabha constituency held byAnand Kumar Gond of BJP.
Bahraich is well connected with other districts ofUttar Pradesh.UPSRTC and private operators provide road connectivity toLucknow,Kanpur,Allahabad,Varanasi,Bareilly,Haridwar,Shimla,Delhi,Muradabad,Rampur,Ghaziabad,Shahajahanpur,Jaipur,Sitapur,Lakhimpur,Hardoi,Unnao,Balrampur,Gonda,Barabanki,Pratapgarh,Shimla,Mathura,Jhansi,Jaunpur,Gorakhpur,Basti,Varanasi,Shravasti andAgra. There are buses for Lucknow in every 15 minutes.National Highway 927 connects the city toBarabanki and state capitalLucknow.
Bahraich railway station is a main railway station inBahraich district, Uttar Pradesh. Its code isBRK. 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 kilometres (34 miles) from district headquarters and lies on Delhi–Barauni line.[7] Plans for converting the Bahraich –Gonda tracks to broad-gauge have been in talks since October 2018.[8][9] 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,₹327.32crore is to be invested to electrify the whole Bahraich-Gonda-Balrampur-Gorakhpur line, with expected completion by the year 2021.[10]
In October 2024, Bahraich witnessed communal tensions during a Durga idol immersion procession. The violence was triggered by a disagreement over music being played out from loudspeakers while the procession was passing through the area.[11] A Hindu youth, Ram Gopal Mishra, was reportedly shot 14 times, resulting in his death. The incident took place near a mosque, heightening religious tensions and prompting the suspension of internet services in the area. The violence led to public outrage and demands for justice.[12] Some eyewitnesses from the Hindu community have alleged that stone-pelting initiated from a house belonging to a local Muslim resident, which they claim contributed to the escalation of violence. They assert that police response included lathi charges against them, which further inflamed tensions.[13]
Bahraich has anAll India Radio relay station known as Akashvani Bahraich. It broadcasts on FM frequencies @ 100.1.
