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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Aihar
| native_name =
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| other_name = Aihār
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
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| image_map = Dalmau block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Aihar (#895) in Dalmau CD block
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.187386|N|81.031431|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Search for "Aihar" here}}</ref>
| subdivision_type = Country India
| 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]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
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| area_total_km2 = 10.822
| elevation_footnotes =
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| population_total = 7502
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate = UP-35
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'''Aihar''' is a village in [[Dalmau]] block of [[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=306–30 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0927_PART_A_DCHB_RAE%20BARELI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref> Located east of Dalmau on the road from [[Lalganj, Uttar Pradesh|Lalganj]] to [[Raebareli]],<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 |pages=211–2 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35020 |access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref> Aihar hosts a Baleshwar [[mela]] on [[Phalguna]] Badi 13 that is associated with the [[Shivratra]] festival and is dedicated to the worship of [[Shiva]].<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=144, 170-1, 174, lxxx-lxxxi of section "Dalmau Tahsil"|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1047/1/22852_1961_RAE.pdf |access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref> It also hosts a market twice per week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, specialising in cattle, cloth, and vegetables.<ref name="Census 1961"/> As of 2011, the population of Aihar is 7,502, in 1,337 households, and it has 4 primary schools and 1 small clinic.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== History ==
The late 16th-century ''[[Ain-i-Akbari]]'' lists Aihar as a division of the [[Sarkar (administrative division)|sarkar]] of [[Lucknow]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> At the turn of the 20th century, Aihar was described as a large farming village, but one that was unremarkable apart from its size and age.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> It consisted of five [[mahalla|mahal]]s, each one held separately in [[zamindar]]i tenure.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> Four were held by [[Bais (Rajput clan)|Bais]] Rajputs and the other one (the smallest) was held by a Brahmin.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> Aihar's population was recorded as 2,442 at the 1901 census, including a large proportion of Brahmins.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> The village had a large primary school and a market held twice per week.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/> It was noted that the name "Aihar" was considered unlucky to say, and locally it was also called '''Nuniagaon'''.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Aihar as comprising 12 hamlets, with a total population of 3,157 people (1,599 male and 1,558 female), in 609 households and 550 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961"/> The area of the village was given as 2,683 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1961"/> It had a post office and a government-run [[dispensary]] then.<ref name="Census 1961"/> Average attendance of the Baleshwar mela was listed as about 400 people at the time, and attendance of the twice-weekly market was about 100.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Aihar as having a population of 4,707 people, in 919 households, and having an area of 1,085.78 [[hectare]]s.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli |date=1982 |pages=158–9 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1298/1/50861_1981_RAE.pdf |access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Raebareli district}}
[[Category:Villages in Raebareli district]]

Aihar, Raebareli - Revision history

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