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<!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details -->{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Harraiya<br />
| settlement_type = Town<br />
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|26.79470|N|82.46350|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| leader_title = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]<br />
| leader_name = Ajay Kumar Singh <ref>[http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/web/guest/member?memberId=20804 "Harraiya MLA"]</ref><br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flagu|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Basti district|Basti]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| population_total = 9,158<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 272155<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 05546<br />
| registration_plate = UP, 51<br />
| website = http://basti.nic.in/<br />
}}<br />
'''Harraiya''' is a town and tehsil in [[Basti district]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. <br />
==History==<br />
In the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], about 250 martyrs of [[Amorha]] State of Harraiya Tehsil were hanged by the British Government from [[peepal tree]]s located at [[Chhawani]].<ref name="basti.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://basti.nic.in/Tourist%20gen%20info/placeof%20interest.htm|title=Places of Interest|work=basti.nic.in|accessdate=9 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629215843/http://basti.nic.in/Tourist%20gen%20info/placeof%20interest.htm|archive-date=29 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
<ref name="panchayatportals">{{cite web|url=http://www.panchayatportals.gov.in/web/54686_amodha-khas-gram-panchayat/sagy|publisher=panchayatportals.gov.in|title=AMODHA KHAS-Gram Panchayat – National Panchayat Portal – Govt. of India|accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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It was then called Harirahiya in Awadhi which later turned into Harraiya. <br />
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[[File:Ramrekha Mandir, Amorha, Basti, Uttar Pradesh, India (रामरेखा मन्दिर - अमोढ़ा).jpg|thumb|Ramrekha Mandir, Amorha, Basti, Uttar Pradesh, India (रामरेखा मन्दिर – अमोढ़ा)]]<br />
[[File:राजा ज़ालिम सिंह राज्य, अमोढ़ा (Amorha, Basti, Uttar Pradesh).jpg|thumb|Raja Zalim Singh Memorial, [[Amorha]], [[Basti, Uttar Pradesh]] ]]<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Harraiya is located at {{coord|26.79470|N|82.46350|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=26.78944&lon=82.47493&zoom=14&q1=Harraiya%252C%2520Basti%252C%2520Uttar%2520Pradesh<br />
|title = Yahoo maps location of Harraiya<br />
|publisher = Yahoo maps<br />
|accessdate = 29 March 2009<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2011}}, Nagar Panchayat has total population of 9,158 of which 4,817 are males while 4,341 are females.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ourhero.in/cities/harraiya-801145|title=Harraiya, Harraiya City Polpulation and Location {{!}} Ourhero.In|website=ourhero.in|access-date=3 September 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[Harraiya (Assembly constituency)]] is the legislative assembly constituency.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Basti district}}<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Basti district]]<br />
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{{Basti-geo-stub}}</div>
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