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Town in Uttar Pradesh, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harraiya is a town and tehsil in Basti district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Harraiya | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 26.79470°N 82.46350°E | |
Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Basti |
Government | |
• MLA | Ajay Kumar Singh [1] |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 9,158 |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 272155 |
Telephone code | 05546 |
Vehicle registration | UP, 51 |
Website | http://basti.nic.in/ |
In the Indian Rebellion of 1857, about 250 martyrs of Amorha State of Harraiya Tehsil were hanged by the British Government from peepal trees located at Chhawani.[2] [3]
The original name of the place was Hàrí-rahìyā (हरि-रहिया) , an Awadhi term meaning "The path of Hari" , it was called so because Bhagwan Ram went to Vasishthi (Ashram of Maharshi Vasishtha) and later to Mithila via this place. With the time the name evolved to "Harraiya" .
Harraiya is located at 26.79470°N 82.46350°E.[4]
As of 2011[update], Nagar Panchayat has total population of 9,158 of which 4,817 are males while 4,341 are females.[5]
Harraiya (Assembly constituency) is the legislative assembly constituency. BJP candidate Ajay Singh won the assembly election 2022 and now he is serving as MLA from Harraiya. Harraiya Times is a digital news portal for daily news updates.[6]
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