Barhani Bazar

Barhani Bazar, also written Barhni, is a town and nagar panchayat in Siddharthnagar District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It stands on the border with Nepal, adjacent to Krishnanagar on the Nepalese side, where Nepalese and Indian nationals cross without restriction although a customs checkpoint handles goods. The town has a railway station on the Gorakhpur to Gonda broad gauge line of Indian Railways and is linked directly by train to Siddharthnagar, Gorakhpur, Gonda, Lucknow, Kanpur, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. Its article places it in the Terai region near the Himalayan foothills, historically within the ancient Kosala and Shakya kingdoms, and describes its growth as a trade and transport hub on the frontier. The 2011 census of India counted 14,492 residents.