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Rayya is a town and a nagar panchayat in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab. Rayya is located 5 kilometres from the river Beas. Rayya is also known for girls college,Shaheed Darshan Singh Pheruman Girls College for Women and Shaheed Darshan Singh Pheruman Public School. It is situated on GT Road (National Highway). The major towns and villages near Rayya include: Baba Bakala, Beas, Pheruman, Dhianpur and Tangra. Most of the people residing in Rayya have come from the near by villages. It is roughly situated 35 kilometres from Amritsar and 45 kilometres from Jalandhar.
[edit] History
As per a story (As stated by Late Sh. Mahanbali,Patti Chhine Maan) there were three brothers named Fattu, Feru and Aiya who took over the area almost 200 years ago and made three settlements at different locations. With time these three settlements grew up and became villages which were later on known as Fatuwal, Feruman and Aiya. The name of Aiya was later on changed to Rayya.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[1] .Rayya had a population of 12,620. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Rayya has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 67%. In Rayya, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Sikh consist of 99% of the population in the town of Rayya.
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