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Barsoi is headquarters of a subdivision in Katihar district in the state of Bihar, India. It is an important railway junction under Katihar division Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways.
Barsoi Junction connects four routes as in the north Siliguri Junction on broad gauge and New Jalpaiguri Junction on broad gauge, on broad gauges Radhikapur near Bangladesh border on east and Katihar Junction on west and on south Kumedpur Junction, Kolkata.
Surjapuri is the main language spoken in Barsoi. Hindi, Bengali and Surjapuri are other languages of Barsoi. Movies are shot in the Shurjapuri language.
Barsoi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) was an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.
It was part of Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency).
As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission of India, Barsoi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceased to exist in 2010. A new constituency, Balrampur, Katihar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) has been created.