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{{other uses|Baháʼí Faith}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bahai
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name = Bahāi
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =
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| image_caption =
| image_map = Lalganj block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Bahai (#875) in Lalganj CD block
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.12898|N|80.99907|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Do a radial search using these coordinates here|title=Geonames Search}}</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"/>
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 10.884
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 9368
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code =
| registration_plate = UP-35
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'''Bahai''' is a village in [[Lalganj, Uttar Pradesh|Lalganj]] block of [[Rae Bareli 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=288–306 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0927_PART_A_DCHB_RAE%20BARELI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref> It is located 8 km from Lalganj, the block and [[tehsil]] headquarters,<ref name="Census 1981"/> to the east of the road to [[Dalmau]].<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=157 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.17389/page/n173 |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref> It is on high ground and is drained by two large streams that merge further south before joining the [[Ganges]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/>

As of 2011, Bahai has a population of 9,368 people, in 1,615 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It has three primary schools and one [[veterinary hospital]] but no medical clinic for humans.<ref name="Census 2011"/> It hosts no regular or periodic markets.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

==History==
Bahai was one of the original ''[[Tappa (administrative division)|tappa]]''s that made up the [[pargana]] of [[Dalmau]], as designated in the early 1400s by [[Ibrahim Shah of Jaunpur|Ibrahim Shah]] of the [[Jaunpur Sultanate]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905"/>

In the meanwhile Moughal Dynesty in 1394 the King Daalbir's brother king Baalbir was also residing in fort of Bahai which as of now ruined. North of the fort a temple of "Baidano" Baba Mandir is situated on the bank of ancient pond. In the memory of king Baalbir later Baidano Baba yearly ceremony also organised by local popullac on coming Monday after Holika Dahan. Approx 10000 people gathering in Mela of Baidano Baba every year.

At the turn of the 20th century, Bahai was described as a large village that was mostly significant for its size.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905" /> Its population in 1901 was 3,303 people, including a Muslim minority of 442.<ref name="Gazetteer 1905" /> It had previously been held by the [[Sayyid]] [[taluqdar]]s of [[Alipur Chakrai]], but by this point had come under the Rana of [[Khajurgaon]], except for 66 acres that were owned by a [[Brahmin]] [[zamindar]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1905" />

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Bahai as comprising 16 hamlets, with a total population of 4,553 people (2,311 male and 2,242 female), in 869 households and 791 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=lxxviii-lxxix of section "Dalmau Tahsil" |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1047/1/22852_1961_RAE.pdf |access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 2,973 [[acre]]s and it had a post office at that point.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Bahai as having a population of 6,129 people and an area of 1,203.13 [[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=156–7 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1298/1/50861_1981_RAE.pdf |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref> The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.<ref name="Census 1981"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Raebareli district}}

[[Category:Villages in Raebareli district]]

Bahai, Raebareli - Revision history

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