Lar, Uttar Pradesh

For other uses, see Lar (disambiguation).

Lar Lar Bazar
Town
Lar Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Show map of Uttar Pradesh Lar Lar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°12′N83°58′E / 26.2°N 83.97°E / 26.2; 83.97 and 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	274502
Vehicle registration	UP 52
Website	up.gov.in

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

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

Lar Town Main Road

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

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

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 Saheba ^[11] a century ago.

See also

• 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

1. Maps, Weather, and Airports for Lar, India http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Lar.html
2. Nagar Panchayat Lar | District Deoria, Government Of Uttar ...https://deoria.nic.in/public-utility/nagar-panchayat-lar/
3. "LRD/Lar Road Railway Station Map/Atlas NER".retrieved 30 Dec 2022
4. "लार के चुरिया गांव में कटान स्थल का एडीएम ने किया निरीक्ष". retrieved 25 July 2022
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 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
6. "Lar Town Population - Deoria, Uttar Pradesh".retrieved 28 September 2023
7. S.D. Degree College Math Lar Deoria "Swami Devanand P.G. College, Mathlar, Deoria-CareerURL". retrieved 30 Dec 2022.
8. "O.K.M.Inter College Lar School, Lar, Deoria - Uttar Pradesh". iCBSE. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
9. Ramnagar, DarulUloom Mohammadia (1 February 2017). "मतदान के लिए लोगों को किया जागरूक". Dainik jagran. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
10. Infosystems, Yora. "List of all Schools in Lar Cluster, Lar Block, Deoria District (Uttar Pradesh)". schools.yorakul.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
11. "Abdul Aziz Lari Khan Saheb"  . The Indian Biographical Dictionary  . Vol. 2.1. 1915. pp. 1–2.