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Barauli Rao
Town
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictAligarh
Population
 • Total
50,000
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
202126
Telephone code248
Lok Sabha constituencyAligarh

Barauli Rao (Template:Lang-hi) is a town, panchayat block & Vidhansabha constituency in Aligarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]

Location

It situated on 25 km from Aligarh city, which is famous for Aligarh Muslim University.

Barauli Rao is 15 km distance from Qasimpur Power House Colony 20 km distance from Harduaganj Thermal Power Station 25 km distance from Aligarh.

Geography

Barauli Rao is located at West side of Aligarh. Barauli Rao has many mohallas and Galis

History

Barauli Fort's main gate

"Barauli" was a jagir during British India owned by the Rajas of the Badgujar Rajput community.

Established

A Bargujar Rajput King Raja Pratap Singh married the daughter of Raja Dor and populated the town of Barauli in Samvat 1122 (1065 A.D.) when there were 1656 villages attached to Barauli State.[2][3] He got 156 villages in dowry from Dor king of Kol to marriage his daughter.[4]

Some notable Rao of Barauli

Rao Karan Singh of Barauli estate
Rao Rajkumar Singh of Barauli estate

The title of Rao firstly used by Raja Pratap Singh, the founder king of Barauli state. After that it was also used in Kahteria Rajput's Bajgarhi state at the time of Raja Pirthi Raj and was prefixed to the name of the eldest son Rao Raja Raghuraj Singh. In 1931 title of Rao of Barauli was made hereditary by British.[3]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[5] Barauli Rao had a population of 5,000. Males constitute 70% of the population and females 40%. barauli Rao has an average literacy rate of 20%.15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Community

Barauli Rao has many schools, and one inter college, Barauli Inter College barauli Rao Aligarh, located at Main Road. There is a local Police Chauki at the Main Road. Barauli Rao has 1 bank, Gramin Bank[6] & State Bank of India

See also

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ a b c "Full text of "Second supplement to Who's who in India [microform] : brought up to 1914"". Archive.org. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  4. ^ Statistical, descriptive and ... - Google Books. Books.google.co.in. 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  5. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  6. ^ http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/uttarpradesh/4_1_6264791.html