Kheri

{{more citations needed|date=April 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Kheri | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = Eid Prayer in Kheri | nickname = | pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | coordinates = {{coord|27.9|N|80.8|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Lakhimpur Kheri district|Lakhimpur Kheri]] | established_title =  | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 148 | population_total = 33,355 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_rank = | population_demonym = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type =  | postal_code = 262702 | registration_plate = UP-31 | website = | footnotes = | unemployment_rate = | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]] }} '''Kheri''' is a town and a [[Nagar Panchayat]] in [[Lakhimpur Kheri district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].

==History== According to the 1908 British publication "The Imperial Gazetteer of India"(volume: XV):

<blockquote> ''[S. H. Butler, Settlement Report (1901); H. R. Nevill, District Gazetteer (1905).]'' ''Kherl Town (Khiri). — Town in the khiri tahsil of Kherl District, United Provinces, situated in 27° 54' N. and 8o c 48' E., on the Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway. Population (1901), 6,223. Kheri is a place of some antiquity, and contains a tine tomb built over the remains of [[Saiyid Khurd]], who died in 1563. It is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 800. Though giving its name to the District, it is of small importance. A daily market is held, and the town contains a branch of the American Methodist Mission and a school with 144 pupils.'' <ref>Henry Frowde. [https://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee12greauoft/imperialgazettee12greauoft_djvu.txt The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Vol. XII.] Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1908.</ref> </blockquote>

==Geography== Kheri is located at {{Coord|27.9|N|80.8|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Kheri.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kheri]</ref> It has an average elevation of 148 metres (485 feet).

==Demographics== {{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011-common/censusdata2011.html |title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=30 November 2021 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130043704/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011-common/censusdata2011.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kheri had a population of 33,355. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kheri has an average literacy rate of 51.7%, lower than the national average of 73%: male literacy is 55.4%, and female literacy is 47.7%. In Kheri, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. {{bar box |title=Religions in Kheri |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=right |bars= {{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|Green|79.33}} {{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|Orange|20.09}} {{bar percent|Others†|black|0.58}} |caption=Distribution of religions †Includes [[Sikh]]s (0.09%), [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (<0.01%), [[Christians]] (0.21%) }}

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Lakhimpur Kheri district]]