Barsoi is head quarters of a subdivision in Katihar district

Katihar District

Katihar district is one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar state, India, and Katihar town is the administrative headquarters of this district...

 in the state of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

.
It is an important railway junction under Katihar

Katihar

Katihar is a town situated in the north eastern part of Bihar state in India. It is headquarters of Katihar district.- Geography :Katihar is located at...

 division Northeast Frontier Railway

Northeast Frontier Railway

The Northeast Frontier Railway abbreviated as N F Railway is one of the 16 railway zones in India. Headquartered in Maligaon, Guwahati in the state of Assam it is responsible for rail operations in the entire Northeast and parts of West Bengal and Bihar...

 zone of Indian Railways

Indian Railways

Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....

.

Barsoi Junction(IR Station Code: ) connects four routes as in the north Siliguri

Siliguri

Siliguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the Siliguri Corridor or Chicken's Neck - a very narrow strip of land linking mainland India to its north-eastern states. It is also the transit point for air, road and rail traffic to the neighbouring countries of Nepal,...

 Junction on Meter Gauge and New Jalpaiguri

New Jalpaiguri

New Jalpaiguri is a major railway station of the city of Siliguri in the Indian state of West Bengal. The station is popularly known by its acronym NJP...

 Junction on Broad Gauge, on meter gauges Radhikapur

Radhikapur

Radhikapur is a border checkpoint on the India-Bangladesh border in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The corresponding station on the Bangladesh side is Biral in Dinajpur District. The rail link between Radikapur and Biral is used only for goods traffic.-References:...

 near Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

 border on east and Katihar Junction on West and on south Kumedpur Junction, Malda junction and Howrah.

Surjapuri is the main language spoken in Barsoi.