Balamau railway station

Balamau is a train station in Hardoi district of Lucknow division of Uttar Pradesh.[1] It is located in Kachhauna, four miles northeast of its namesake village of Balamau.[2] It lies on the Amritsar–Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction main line, 9 km (5.6 mi) from the previous station at Baghauli and 8 km (5.0 mi) from the next station at Dalelnagar.[1] It is also the terminus of two branch lines, one leading to Kanpur and the other leading to Sitapur.[1] The Balamau–Kanpur and Balamau–Sitapur lines both use metre-gauge tracks.[3]

For the nearby village with the same name, see Balamau.

In 1903 a new east–west branch line was built connecting Balamau station to Madhoganj.[2] Around this time, Balamau station was described as having "a considerable trade in grain", with most of it brought by cart from the village of Balamau.[2]

Notes
  1. Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (36 - Hardoi District) (PDF). Lucknow. 1965. p. 144. Retrieved 15 June 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Nevill, H. R. (1904). Hardoi - A Gazetteer. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 158–61. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Hardoi (PDF). 1982. pp. 12, 360–1, 372–3. Retrieved 15 June 2021.


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