Raya, Uttar Pradesh

For other uses, see Raya (disambiguation).

Raya
Town
Raya Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Show map of Uttar Pradesh Raya Raya (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 27°34′N77°47′E / 27.567°N 77.783°E / 27.567; 77.783 Coordinates: 27°34′N77°47′E / 27.567°N 77.783°E / 27.567; 77.783
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mathura
Elevation	175 m (574 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	21,344
Language
• Official	Hindi [1]
• Additional	Urdu [1]
• Additional	Braj Bhasha [2]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	281204
Vehicle registration	UP 85
Website	www.nagarpanchayatraya.in

Raya is a town and a nagar panchayat in the Mathura district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was founded by Rai Sen, a Godar Jat. Raya formed quarter of Tappa Raya a cheifship in the pargana of Mahawan during the Mughal time. The descendants of Rai Sen remained in control of Tappa Raya till the revolt of 1857 during which there chief Raja Devi Singh Godar was hanged by the britishers. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Geography

Raya is located at 27°34′N77°47′E / 27.57°N 77.78°E / 27.57; 77.78 . ^[8] It has an average elevation of 175 m (574 ft).

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Raya nagar panchayat had a total population of 21,344, of which 11,202 were males and 10,142 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,990. The total number of literates in Raya was 13,551, which constituted 63.5% of the population with male literacy of 69.5% and female literacy of 56.8%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Raya was 73.8%, of which male literacy rate was 80.9% and female literacy rate was 66.0%. The Scheduled Castes population was 1,624. Raya had 3325 households in 2011. ^[9]

As of the 2001 Census of India, Raya had a population of 17,990. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Raya has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 47%. In Raya, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age. ^[10]

References

1. "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
2. "Braj Bhasha". Ethnologue. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
3. Whiteway, R. S. (1879). Report on the Settlement of the Muttra District, North-Western Provinces. North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press.
4. Guha, Ranajit; Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty (1988). Selected Subaltern Studies. OUP USA. ISBN   978-0-19-505289-3.
5. Chauhan, Brij Raj (2009). Rural Life: Grass Roots Perspectives. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN   978-81-8069-614-5.
6. James, Lawrence (2 December 2010). Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN   978-0-7481-2533-3.
7. Bose, Sugata; Jalal, Ayesha (7 September 2017). Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-351-60305-8.
8. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Raya
9. "Census of India: Raya". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
10. "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.