Bihar · 25.5° N, 86.0° E
WhatsApp Business API for Barauni's plant suppliers, junction lodges and transporters
Barauni is an industrial town on the bank of the Ganga, built around a refinery, a power station and a fertiliser plant, and its junction ties north Bihar to the rest of the country. Most of its WhatsApp traffic starts with someone else asking.
For the suppliers and contractors around Barauni's refinery, power station and fertiliser plant, the lodges that serve passengers at Barauni Junction, the town's dairy and food units, Begusarai's maize and chilli traders and the transporters on NH31: which messages need a template, which need consent, and what each costs.
See it work
A room between trains at Barauni Junction
Barauni Junction is where passengers from Delhi or Kolkata change for the Raxaul, Jainagar or Gorakhpur lines, often at awkward hours. Play the chat to see how an illustrative lodge near the station turns a night-time question into a confirmed booking.
The lodge never needed a template to answer: the 24-hour service window covers the question, the reply and the directions. The confirmation goes as a template because a lodge sends the same one dozens of times a day, and because a guest who books in the evening may not write again before arrival.
What the lodge may not do is send this guest an offer next month unless they agreed to offers. The India guide covers consent under the DPDP Act.
A junction lodge's night shift on WhatsApp
Today
- Customer: We reach Barauni Junction at 4 am and our train to Raxaul is at 11. Do you have a room for the morning?10:30
- Junction Lodge, Barauni: Yes, a double room from 4 am to 11 am. Shall I book it for you?10:31Read
- Customer: Yes please, book it. Two adults.10:32
- Junction Lodge, Barauni: Booking confirmedRoom for 2 guests, 04:00 to 11:00 tomorrow. Pay at the desk on arrival. Reply here to change the time.Junction Lodge, BarauniGet directionsChange time10:33Delivered
- Junction Lodge, Barauni: Shared locationJunction Lodge, a short walk from the station exit10:34Delivered
- WhatsApp notice: The window closes 24 hours after the guest's last message; any later message needs a template.
Message 6 of 6
WhatsAppSystem notice
A notice WhatsApp itself shows in the chat — not a message from either side.
Message 6 of 6: WhatsApp, System notice. A notice WhatsApp itself shows in the chat — not a message from either side.
Barauni and Begusarai, line by line
From the Begusarai district website, HURL's own site, Invest India's ODOP list and IBEF's Bihar profile, with the town's plants, rail and roads from Wikipedia.
Begusarai lies on the northern bank of the Ganga, and Begusarai town is the district's headquarters; its site lists the Jai Mangla and Naulakha temples and Kabar Lake as places to visit.[1]
Barauni is an industrial town on the bank of the Ganga, with the Barauni and Bihat nagar parishads.[8]
Its industries include Indian Oil's Barauni Refinery, NTPC's Barauni Thermal Power Station, a Sudha dairy plant, a bottling plant, an ethanol plant and a pipe factory, across old and new industrial areas.[8]
HURL, a joint venture incorporated on 15 June 2016 with Coal India, NTPC and Indian Oil as lead promoters, was set up to revive the fertiliser plants at Gorakhpur, Barauni and Sindri.[2]
Barauni Junction links the town to New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, and Barauni Flag lies on the Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines.[8]
NH122 starts at Barauni and runs towards Lucknow via Muzaffarpur, and NH31 runs through the town between Patna and Purnia; the road was once called Assam Road.[8]
The ODOP list names maize as Begusarai's primary product and chilli as its secondary one.[3]
IBEF names food processing and dairy among Bihar's fastest-growing industries and petroleum products among its key exports in FY26.[4]
Industries
Who in Barauni writes to whom
Five kinds of business, from the plant gates to the junction and the highway.
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Suppliers and contractors around the plants
The refinery, the power station and the fertiliser plant buy goods and services from firms in and around the town, whose site engineers want quotes, challans and delivery times.[8],[2]
On WhatsApp: Quote follow-ups inside the window · Dispatch notes with the challan as a PDF · Payment-due reminders
- 02
Lodges near the junction
Passengers changing between the main lines and the Raxaul, Jainagar and Gorakhpur trains need a room or a meal at odd hours.[8]
On WhatsApp: Room replies at night · Booking confirmations · Directions from the station
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Maize and chilli traders
Maize and chilli are Begusarai's ODOP products, bought from growers and sent on to buyers inside and outside Bihar.[3]
On WhatsApp: Rate replies to growers who ask · Weight and payment notes · Lorry details to buyers
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Transporters on NH31 and NH122
Two national highways meet at Barauni, one east–west through the town and one starting here for Muzaffarpur and beyond.[8]
On WhatsApp: Driver and vehicle details · Loading and arrival updates · Proof-of-delivery notes
Hindi on the platform, English on the challan
Hindi, Urdu and English are on Meta's list of template languages. A Barauni business approves its templates in Hindi and English, adds Urdu where customers read it, and answers anyone in their own language inside the window.
Maithili and Bhojpuri are not on Meta's template list, so a customer who writes in either is answered in it inside the 24-hour window and gets templates in Hindi. InfiQ's own support team works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | hi | Passengers, traders, drivers and customers across Bihar |
| English (India) | en_IN | Plant purchase teams, challans, invoices and banks |
| Urdu | ur | Customers in the district who read Urdu |
| Bengali | bn | Buyers and passengers from West Bengal who prefer it |
On InfiQ
What a Barauni business runs on InfiQ
For a lodge's night shift and a supplier's dispatch desk.
- Shared team inbox
One WhatsApp number answered by a team: 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, agent and manager roles, transfers, private notes, labels and canned replies.
The night clerk and the day desk, or the sales desk and the stores, answer one number in shifts, with notes so the morning sees what the night promised.
- Template manager and library
Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.
Draft the booking confirmation, the challan dispatch note and the payment reminder in Hindi and English from the library, and track each through Meta's approval.
- Developer API and webhooks
A REST API with scoped keys, idempotency keys and per-key rate limits, plus HMAC-SHA256-signed webhooks retried for 24 hours. Included on Growth, an add-on on Lite.
A transporter or supplier with its own dispatch software can send the driver and challan details from it over the REST API, with signed webhooks for replies.
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a Barauni lodge, supplier or transporter pays
Plans from ₹999 a month, plus each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.19 for a booking confirmation, challan or delivery note, ₹0.94 for an offer or scheme, ₹0.14 for a login code and ₹0.145 for each reply to someone who wrote first.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Everything a growing business needs to run WhatsApp properly.
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Lite, plus the API, automation and team scale serious senders need.
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Barauni · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. Passengers and buyers on +91 numbers are billed at the India rate from whichever state they write. A buyer across the border in Nepal is billed at the rate Meta sets for that market, which InfiQ publishes in rupees on the pricing page. Invoices carry your Bihar GSTIN.
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City pages near Barauni
The nearest markets with their own pages, nearest first.
Barauni's loads and passengers move along the Ganga and the lines north into Mithila; each nearby page looks at its own trades, and the India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Barauni teams
Questions Barauni businesses ask
Question: Passengers changing trains at Barauni Junction message our lodge at night for a room until their connection. Do our replies need templates?
Answer: No. The passenger's message opens a 24-hour window, and your night clerk can reply freely, with prices, a location pin and directions from the station, each reply a service message at ₹0.145. The booking confirmation can go as a utility template at ₹0.19 so it reads the same every time.
Question: Our Barauni firm supplies contractors at the refinery and the HURL fertiliser plant. Can site engineers get dispatch notes with the challan as a PDF?
Answer: Yes, to engineers who agreed to order updates. A dispatch note with the order's own challan attached as a document header is a utility template at ₹0.19. Approve it in English (India) and Hindi; when an engineer replies about a shortfall, your answers for 24 hours are free-form.
Question: Can a Barauni lodge send a discount to everyone who stayed between trains at the junction last year?
Answer: Only to guests who agreed to receive offers; a past stay is not that agreement. A discount is a marketing template at ₹0.94, and WhatsApp's policy requires each guest's opt-in and that you honour any request to stop. Record the date and source of every yes.
Question: Our transport firm runs tankers out of Barauni on NH31. Can driver and arrival details reach the consignee automatically from our dispatch software?
Answer: Yes. InfiQ's REST API lets your software send a utility template with the driver's name, vehicle number and expected arrival as soon as a trip is created, and signed webhooks bring the consignee's replies back. Each update costs ₹0.19; the API is included on Growth and an add-on on Lite.
Question: A Begusarai maize trader near Barauni buys from growers and sells to buyers in other states. Which of those messages need templates?
Answer: Replies to a grower or buyer who wrote first need none for 24 hours. A weight and payment note to a grower, or a lorry note to a buyer, about their own deal, is a utility template at ₹0.19. A weekly rate list to many buyers is marketing at ₹0.94 and goes only to buyers who asked for it.
Question: A chilli trader near Barauni Flag writes to buyers across the border in Nepal. What does a message to a Nepal number cost?
Answer: Meta charges by the recipient's country calling code, so a Nepal number is billed at the rate Meta sets for that market, not the India rate. InfiQ publishes every market's rate in rupees on the pricing page. A note about the buyer's own order is a utility template there too.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]About District · District Administration, Begusarai · read 2026-10-21
- [2]HURL: official website · Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd · read 2026-10-21
- [3]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
- [4]Bihar: state profile (updated July 2026) · India Brand Equity Foundation · read 2026-10-21
- [5]Pricing on the WhatsApp Business Platform · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
- [6]WhatsApp Business Messaging Policy · WhatsApp · read 2026-10-21
- [7]Supported languages for message templates · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
- [8]Barauni (industries, railway and roads only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
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