Lar, Uttar Pradesh
Lar
Lar Bazar | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Lar Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Lar Lar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°12′N 83°58′E / 26.2°N 83.97°Eand has an average elevation of 62 metres (203 feet).[1] | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Deoria |
| Elevation | 62 m (203 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Others | Bhojpuri, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | |
| Vehicle registration | UP 52 |
| Website | up |
Lar is a town, a nagar panchayat, and is a block headquarter in Deoria district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[2] It belongs to Salempur tehsil in the district Deoria under Gorakhpur Division.
Geography
[edit]Lar is noted by a single, old and historical, bazaar i.e., a business centre, in the town; it lies at a short distance 3.2 KM toward the east of the nearest railway station Lar Road.[3] In addition, the business centre, 5-8 KM toward the east within Lar block, is connected with many villages that exist on the western bank of river Chhoti Gandak or riverbanks partly surrounded by Chhoti Gandak and Ghaghara.[4] It is located 45 KM toward the south of the District headquarters Deoria.[2]
Demographics
[edit]
As of 2011[update] India census: Lar had a population of 25,492; Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%; Lar has an average literacy rate of 69%, lower than the national average of 74.04%; male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 55% and; in Lar, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.[5] The population is divided in 16 wards, has local self-government at the level of Nagar Panchayat and they elect their representatives for their wards every five years.[6]
Language
[edit]The people in the town of Lar mostly speak Bhojpuri, Hindi and Urdu; English is increasingly used and understood by the educated younger populations in the area.
Education
[edit]Lar has many colleges, several schools, and some madrasa. Notably, these include Swami Devanand Post Graduate College Math Lar Deoria,[7] B.S.P.G college Pindi, O.K.M Inter College,[8] S.Z.M.P high school, S.D Inter college, Ayesha Rashid Girls High school, an old government Junior High School, and DarulUloom Mohammadia Ramnagar.[9][10]
The above mentioned OKM Inter College,[8] including some houses as landmark buildings in Lar, were built by the family of Abdul Aziz Lari Khan Saheb [11] a century ago.
See also
[edit]- Abdul Rauf Lari, freedom activist,Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly member
- Ram Naresh Kushwaha, Member of Parliament and Rajya Sabha
- Maqbool Ahmed Lari, known businessperson, philanthropist and Padma Shri
References
[edit]- ^ Maps, Weather, and Airports for Lar, India http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Lar.html
- ^ a b Nagar Panchayat Lar | District Deoria, Government Of Uttar ...https://deoria.nic.in/public-utility/nagar-panchayat-lar/
- ^ "LRD/Lar Road Railway Station Map/Atlas NER".retrieved 30 Dec 2022
- ^ "लार के चुरिया गांव में कटान स्थल का एडीएम ने किया निरीक्ष". retrieved 25 July 2022
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ "Lar Town Population - Deoria, Uttar Pradesh".retrieved 28 September 2023
- ^ S.D. Degree College Math Lar Deoria"Swami Devanand P.G. College, Mathlar, Deoria-CareerURL". retrieved 30 Dec 2022.
- ^ a b "O.K.M.Inter College Lar School, Lar, Deoria - Uttar Pradesh". iCBSE. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Ramnagar, DarulUloom Mohammadia (1 February 2017). "मतदान के लिए लोगों को किया जागरूक". Dainik jagran. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ Infosystems, Yora. "List of all Schools in Lar Cluster, Lar Block, Deoria District (Uttar Pradesh)". schools.yorakul.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ . . Vol. 2.1. 1915. pp. 1–2.