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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Harchandpur
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =
| image_caption = Harchandpur
| nickname =
| map_alt =
| image_map = Harchandpur block map.png
| map_caption = Map of Harchandpur CD block
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.36|N|81.17|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Raebareli district|Raebareli]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Legislative Assembly]]
| governing_body = [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| leader_title = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]]
| leader_name = Rakesh Singh ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
| population_total = 140274
| population_as_of = 2016
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 =
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| population_footnotes =
| blank2_name = [[Languages of India|Official language]]
| blank2_info = [[Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 229303
| area_code_type = Telephone Code
| area_code = +91-535
| registration_plate = UP-33
| website = {{URL|raebareli.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Harchandpur''' is a village and corresponding [[community development block]] in [[Raebareli district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=168-84 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0927_PART_A_DCHB_RAE%20BARELI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref> It is located on the [[Baiti river]], which is a tributary of the [[Sai River (Uttar Pradesh)|Sai]], and it is northeast from the district headquarters on the road to [[Lucknow]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Rai Bareli: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXXIX Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1905 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |page=175 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35020 |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref> Particularly since the coming of the railway in the 1800s, Harchandpur serves as one of the main commercial centres for the surrounding region; it is also a major exporter of local goods.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> As of 2011, its population is 4,348 people, in 833 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

[[Harchandpur (Assembly constituency)|Harchandpur]] is also a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]], under the district of [[Raebareli]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/up2012/index.php?action=show_constituencies&state_id=28 |title=List of Constituencies : RAE BARELI |publisher=Myneta.info |date= |accessdate=2014-01-02}}</ref> The Pin Code of the town is 229303 and there are 47 [[Gram panchayat]]s under Harchandpur.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=1470&parenttype=B&ptype=V |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213070737/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=1470&parenttype=B&ptype=V |archive-date=2013-12-13 |df= }}</ref>

==History==
Harchand was founded by Nabh Rai, a [[Kayastha]] who served as the [[Diwan (title)|diwan]] to the [[Bais (Rajput clan)|Bais]] raja [[Tilok Chand]], and named after his son Har Chand, who was adopted in 1350 [[Samvat]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> His descendants are still major landowners in Harchandpur; one of them, Jai Narain Srivastava, was appointed the first Station Master of Harchandpur Railway Station in 1893.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

With the opening of the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] in the 1800s, Harchandpur experienced a boom in commercial activity.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> The main line of the railway passed through town, and the [[Harchandpur railway station]] quickly became a major point of export for local goods like grain, hides, and [[oilseed]]s.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> The Raghubarganj bazar in Harchandpur was founded by Thakurain Udairaj Kunwar in 1894 (after the opening of the station) and named after her late husband Raghubar Bakhsh Singh, the [[taluqdar]] of [[Hasnapur]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> By 1905, it was described as one of the main markets in the Raebareli tehsil.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> At that point, it also had a post office, a cattle pound, and a large primary school, as well as a military encampment on the road to the northwest.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> The population in 1901 was 1,457, including many [[Brahmin]]s and [[Bania (caste)|Bania]]s.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/>

==Transport==

===Road===
Harchandpur is on the route of [[National Highway 30 (India)|National Highway 30]], between [[Lucknow]] and Rae Bareli.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/uttarpradesh/districts/raebareli.htm|title=Rae Bareli District Map|publisher=mapsofindia.com|accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref>

===Bus===
Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) buses also run here.

===Rail===
A rail line is [[Rae Bareli]] to [[Lucknow]], on the [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railways network]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sonia-launches-radio-channel-roads-rail-line-in-rae-bareli/article5414810.ece|title=Sonia launches radio channel, roads, rail line in Rae Bareli|date=2 December 2013|work=The Hindu|accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref>

===Air===
#[[Lucknow International Airport]] towards west (approx. 64 km)
#[[Raebareli Airport]] toward east (approx. 30 km)

==National Highway==
[[National Highway 30 (India)]] NH 30 - [[Lucknow]] 》 [[Raebareli]] 》 [[Allahabad]]

== Education ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2016}}
Harchandpur has quality educational institutions affiliated to [[Central Board of Secondary Education]], Uttar Pradesh Board, and [[CSJM University Kanpur]].

===Colleges===
*Janpad Inter College, Harchandpur Raebareli.
*Vishvanath Siksha Sansthan, Achleshwar.
*Bal Vidya Mandir Inter College, Gangaganj.
*Dayawati Modi Public School, Harchandpur.
*P.D. Public School, Achleshwar.
*Chandrapal Inter College, Gangaganj.
*Mahaveer Institute Of Technology & Management (MITM), Harchandpur.
*Vishvanath Singh Smarak Degree College, Rahwan.
*ABS Public School, Raliway station Road Harchandpur

==Temples==
*Aastik Baba Temple, Lalupur
*Achleshwar Dham, [[Achleshwar Market]] (Rahwan)
*Maa Hulka Mandir, Baragadaha
*Sevareshwar Temple, Seonthi
* Shani Temple, Harchandpur
* Hanuman mandir

==Villages==
Harchandpur CD block has the following 80 villages:<ref name="Census 2011"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Village name
! Total land area (hectares)
! Population (in 2011)
|-
| [[Tera Baraula]] || 599.2 || 3,264
|-
| [[Ufarapur]] || 158 || 1,494
|-
| [[Pasi Tusi]] || 91.5 || 645
|-
| [[Pashchhim Gaon]] || 811.6 || 5,644
|-
| [[Madan Tusi]] || 270.5 || 995
|-
| [[Nanda Khera]] || 139.7 || 1,777
|-
| [[Aghaura]] || 457 || 1,836
|-
| [[Sarai Umar]] || 464 || 2,434
|-
| [[Johwa Sharki]] || 1,934.9 || 10,657
|-
| [[Johwahisar]] || 229.3 || 1,692
|-
| [[Kamkeypur]] || 133.1 || 805
|-
| [[Datauli, Raebareli|Datauli]] || 423.8 || 1,980
|-
| [[Seri, Raebareli|Seri]] || 283.7 || 1,948
|-
| [[Piyarepur]] || 383.4 || 2,434
|-
| [[Kanhat]] || 114.7 || 596
|-
| [[Bala, Raebareli|Bala]] || 710.1 || 4,123
|-
| [[Shobhapur]] || 195.4 || 1,281
|-
| [[Malikpur Barna]] || 156.6 || 901
|-
| [[Majhigavan Hardoi]] || 221.4 || 1,259
|-
| [[Salimpur Khas]] || 291.5 || 1,701
|-
| [[Gunawar Kamegarpur]] || 350.2 || 2,080
|-
| [[Pindori Sargahi]] || 269.4 || 1,448
|-
| [[Kashau Khas]] || 352.6 || 2,640
|-
| [[Paharpur Kasho]] || 289.6 || 1,136
|-
| [[Kamalpur, Harchandpur|Kamalpur]] || 132.5 || 760
|-
| [[Hidain]] || 438.8 || 3,092
|-
| [[Kandaura]] || 383.2 || 4,494
|-
| [[Teri Maniya Teekar]] || 285.5 || 1,406
|-
| '''Harchandpur''' (block headquarters) || 264.2 || 4,348
|-
| [[Hataiya]] || 188.3 || 1,287
|-
| [[Kathwara, Raebareli|Kathwara]] || 513.4 || 5,115
|-
| [[Mahmadmau]] || 80.9 || 567
|-
| [[Didhaura Som Mau]] || 553 || 4,019
|-
| [[Pandepur]] || 326.2 || 1,738
|-
| [[Seonthi]] || 435.1 || 3,075
|-
| [[Mohammadpur Dighaura]] || 182.1 || 1,020
|-
| [[Itkuti]] || 158.1 || 568
|-
| [[Lakhanapur, Harchandpur|Lakhanapur]] || 96.8 || 564
|-
| [[Ruknapur]] || 119.1 || 1,139
|-
| [[Tengana]] || 130.4 || 401
|-
| [[Khirijpur Karaundi]] || 195.2 || 1,610
|-
| [[Ambahar]] || 43.6 || 192
|-
| [[Bargadha]] || 153.5 || 847
|-
| [[Hilalganj]] || 246.8 || 1,114
|-
| [[Sohaliya]] || 396.5 || 1,956
|-
| [[Sirsa, Raebareli|Sirsa]] || 364 || 829
|-
| [[Antari, Raebareli|Antari]] || 105.7 || 2
|-
| [[Para, Raebareli|Para]] || 214.7 || 2,142
|-
| [[Chak Sunda]] || 111.5 || 1,223
|-
| [[Rahwan, Raebareli|Rahwan]] || 588.3 || 4,292
|-
| [[Ghunsari]] || 78.3 || 321
|-
| [[Hasanapur]] || 89.2 || 674
|-
| [[Baldupur]] || 85.4 || 607
|-
| [[Anguri, Harchandpur|Anguri]] || 340.9 || 1,359
|-
| [[Harni, Raebareli|Harni]] || 64.7 || 759
|-
| [[Kankhara]] || 148 || 808
|-
| [[Faridpur, Harchandpur|Faridpur]] || 102.5 || 993
|-
| [[Mawaeya]] || 99.6 || 553
|-
| [[Padera|Pandera]] || 462 || 3,034
|-
| [[Kotiyamau]] || 148.6 || 574
|-
| [[Guloopur]] || 495.4 || 3,421
|-
| [[Ajmatulla Ganj]] || 350.2 || 2,687
|-
| [[Chauhaniya]] || 225.3 || 1,256
|-
| [[Arivar]] || 207 || 1,596
|-
| [[Alipur Khalsa]] || 70 || 570
|-
| [[Usmanpur]] || 58.9 || 421
|-
| [[Majhigavan Karan]] || 181.2 || 1,098
|-
| [[Khuchuma]] || 90 || 521
|-
| [[Shora, Raebareli|Shora]] || 408 || 3,935
|-
| [[Majhi Gavan Rao]] || 215 || 1,699
|-
| [[Dhondhari]] || 106 || 680
|-
| [[Laloopur Khas]] || 174.5 || 1,126
|-
| [[Mubarakpur, Harchandpur|Mubarakpur]] || 246.6 || 1,326
|-
| [[Tanda, Raebareli|Tanda]] || 200.4 || 1,559
|-
| [[Daudpur, Raebareli|Daudpur]] || 141 || 1,175
|-
| [[Paltu Tanda]] || 81 || 414
|-
| [[Chhivla Mau]] || 133 || 1,185
|-
| [[Chak Shekhoopur]] || 9 || 14
|-
| [[Lohanipur]] || 111 || 2,378
|-
| [[Maidanpur]] || 70 || 961
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Raebareli district}}

[[Category:Villages in Raebareli district]]

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