Katihar Junction
E642973
Katihar Junction is a major railway junction in Bihar, India, serving as a key transit hub and divisional headquarters on the Northeast Frontier Railway network.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Katihar Junction canonical | 1 |
| Katihar Junction railway station | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7085134 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katihar Junction Context triple: [Northeast Frontier Railway, notableStation, Katihar Junction]
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A.
Badarpur Junction
Badarpur Junction is a key railway junction in Assam, India, serving as an important transit point linking Silchar with other parts of the region and country.
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B.
Tundla Junction
Tundla Junction is a key railway junction in Uttar Pradesh, India, serving as an important interchange point on major routes connecting northern and eastern parts of the country.
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C.
Samastipur Junction
Samastipur Junction is a major railway station and transit hub in Bihar, India, serving as a key node on the East Central Railway network.
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D.
Naihati Junction
Naihati Junction is a major railway junction in West Bengal, India, serving as an important suburban and regional rail hub in the Kolkata metropolitan area.
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E.
Kazipet Junction
Kazipet Junction is a major railway junction in Telangana, India, serving as a key transit point on routes connecting important cities like Secunderabad, Hyderabad, and New Delhi.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katihar Junction Target entity description: Katihar Junction is a major railway junction in Bihar, India, serving as a key transit hub and divisional headquarters on the Northeast Frontier Railway network.
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A.
Badarpur Junction
Badarpur Junction is a key railway junction in Assam, India, serving as an important transit point linking Silchar with other parts of the region and country.
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B.
Tundla Junction
Tundla Junction is a key railway junction in Uttar Pradesh, India, serving as an important interchange point on major routes connecting northern and eastern parts of the country.
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C.
Samastipur Junction
Samastipur Junction is a major railway station and transit hub in Bihar, India, serving as a key node on the East Central Railway network.
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D.
Naihati Junction
Naihati Junction is a major railway junction in West Bengal, India, serving as an important suburban and regional rail hub in the Kolkata metropolitan area.
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E.
Kazipet Junction
Kazipet Junction is a major railway junction in Telangana, India, serving as a key transit point on routes connecting important cities like Secunderabad, Hyderabad, and New Delhi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway junction
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railway station ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Katihar railway division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | major railway junction in Bihar ⓘ |
| city | Katihar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Arunachal Pradesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Guwahati NERFINISHED ⓘ Howrah NERFINISHED ⓘ Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jalpaiguri NERFINISHED ⓘ North Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeast India NERFINISHED ⓘ Patna NERFINISHED ⓘ Siliguri NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| divisionHeadquartersOf | Katihar railway division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | major transit hub ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
express trains
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freight services ⓘ passenger trains ⓘ superfast trains ⓘ |
| importance | major junction on Northeast Frontier Railway ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict | Katihar district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | eastern Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnNetwork | Northeast Frontier Railway network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Indian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian Railways broad-gauge network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayDivision | Katihar railway division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
Barauni–Katihar section
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line NERFINISHED ⓘ Katihar–Jogbani line NERFINISHED ⓘ Katihar–Radhikapur line NERFINISHED ⓘ Katihar–Siliguri line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayZone | Northeast Frontier Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | divisional headquarters ⓘ |
| servedRegion |
Bihar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeast India NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern India ⓘ |
| state | Bihar ⓘ |
| stationCode | KIR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
gateway to Northeast India
ⓘ
key junction for North Bengal connectivity ⓘ |
| zoneHeadquarters | Northeast Frontier Railway (for Katihar division) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Katihar Junction Description of subject: Katihar Junction is a major railway junction in Bihar, India, serving as a key transit hub and divisional headquarters on the Northeast Frontier Railway network.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Northeast Frontier Railway
this entity surface form:
Katihar Junction railway station