Seorai

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Seorai
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| native_name_lang = Seorai
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| settlement_type = [[Sub-district]]
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| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ghazipur district|Ghazipur]]
| established_title = First established
| established_date = 1602
| founder = Zamindar Quttul Khan
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| government_type = Gram Pradhan
| governing_body = Gram Panchaayat
| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = *20000 (Town)
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Bhojpuri
| demographics1_title1 = Hindi
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi & Bhojpuri language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 232333
| registration_plate = UP-61
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| official_name = Sewrai
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| area_total_ha = 1082.83
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'''Seorai''' is a [[village]] in [[Dildarnagar Kamsar]] region of [[Ghazipur District]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. Seorai is the headquarter of Seorai Tehsil. The Seorai tehsil was made a tehsil of the Ghazipur District in year 2016. It consists of 142 villages and one town. Seorai main village has a total area of {{convert|878.02|ha}} and a population of 20000 but its total area is {{convert|1082.83|ha}} and a population of 20,530 which also includes Bhadaura. Seorai tehsil has the total area of {{cvt|366.62|km2}}. Seorai also served as the capital of [[Kamsaar Raj]] from 1602 to 1658.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Tehsil{{!}}District Ghazipur{{!}} Uttar Pradesh{{!}} India|url=https://ghazipur.nic.in/tehsil/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Bhulekh|url=http://upbhulekh.gov.in/public/tehsil_list_new.jsp?pageId=RGPPR&dcode=195&dname=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

==Historical population and history==

{{historical populations|1=1620|2=18,300|3=1650|4=17215|5=1725|6=17520|7=1780|8=16500|9=1800|10=15587|11=1837|12=12600|13=1853|14=12500|15=1865|16=2216|17=1872|18=2286|19=1881|20=1825|21=1891|22=1660|23=1901|24=1185|25=1911|26=1200|27=1921|28=1230|29=1931|30=1560|31=1941|32=1990|33=1951|34=2050|35=1961|36=5250|37=1971|38=6876|39=1981|40=7880|41=1991|42=9663|43=2001|44=11500|45=2011|46=15326|47=2021 <small>(estimate)</small>|48=18393|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}
[[File:Remain of Seorai Eidgah.jpeg|thumb|220px|left|Architectural remains of Seorai Eid gah, built by Raja Quttul Khan in 1610. Most of the part of Eid gah and nearby buildings were destroyed in the Battle of Seorai.]]
During the times of [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] and [[Nawab]]s the population of Seorai was much more because a large number of Soldiers lived here who served in [[Kamsaar Raj]] and the security of the villages of [[Dildarnagar Kamsar|Kamsar]]. The place was also a capital of [[Kamsaar Raj|Kamsar Raj]] because of which a large number of merchants settled here and a good trade was done. This was the most populated village in Kamsar-o-bar during the 1600s.

The seorai was again which made up [[Kamsaar Raj]] and the first [[jagir]]dar of Seorai was Raja Quttul Khan who was also the first Raja of [[Kamsaar Raj]] and first Jagirdar of Seorai. Seorai jagir was spread over 52 villages during the 1600s. Quttul Khan and more than 10,000 soldiers who lived mostly in Seorai. He also build a fort and a [[Mosque]], and [[Eidgah]] in the village of Seorai. During the 1860s a large number of people belonging to [[Kushwaha]] families settled in the village. The name Seorai was kept because there was also a large population of Sevri families who had settled here during the time of [[Babur]]. After the death of Quttul Khan one of his grand sons name as Zamindar Fulan Khan settled here with his family in year 1630. His family lived here for many years. But, the population of Zamindar Fulan Khan family decreased and most of them migrated to village [[Gorasara]] in the 1860s and the place was again population with Kushwahas.
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[[Category:2016 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]

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