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Barabanki district

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Barabanki district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India. The town of Barabanki is the district headquarters. Barabanki district is a part of Faizabad division.

Barabanki occupies an area of 3825 sq.km. The district forms a part of eastern Uttar Pradesh and lies between 26°32’ and 27°21’ N and between longitudes 80°05’ and 81°51’. The district is bounded by the river Ghaghra in the north, Faizabad district in the east, Sultanpur and Rae Bareli districts in the south and Lucknow district (only 28 km to the west).

Pesonalities

Naseeruddin Shah (actor) was born in 1950 in Barabanki.

Khumar Barabanki (lyrics writer).

Kunwar Digvijay Singh popularly known as K.D. Singh 'Babu' (hockey player) was born on 2 February 1922 in Barabanki.

RP Singh (cricket player) was born in Barabanki and grew up in Rae Bareli.

Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi, paternal grandfather of Ayatollah Khomeini was born in Kintur.

Industries

  • India PolyFibres Limited
The Company is engaged in manufacturing of polyester staple fibre, polyester, and tow with technology from Du Pont, USA.
  • U.P State Sugar Corp. Ltd

Education

  • Anand Bhawan School
  • Saint Anthony's Inter College
  • Government Inter College
  • Government Girls Inter College
  • City Inter College
  • Pioneer Montesorri Inter College
  • Waris Acadamy
  • Azimuddin Ashraf Islamia Inter College Barbanki
  • Government Polytechnic
  • Maharishi Vidya Mandir
  • King George Inter College
  • Ram Sevak Yadav Smarak Vidyalaya
  • Saraswati Shishu Mandir
  • Eram Inter College

Degree college

  • Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Post-Graduate Degree College
  • Munsi Raghunandan Prasad Sardar Patel Mahila Degree College
  • Ram Sewak Yadav Degree College

Engineering College

  • Sagar Institue of Technology & Managment

Dental College

Chandra Dental College & Hospital

Banks

  • State Bank of India
  • Punjab National Bank
  • Union Bank Of India
  • Allahabad Bank
  • Central Bank
  • Bank Of India