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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ghiror
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mainpuri district|Mainpuri]]
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| area_total_km2 = 13
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'''Ghiror''', also spelled '''Ghiraur''', is a town and a [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Mainpuri district]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is also the headquarters of a [[community development block]] comprising 74 villages. As of 2011, Ghiror has a population of 15,911, in 2,687 households.

== Name ==
According to Paul Whalley, the name ''Ghiror'' is derived from ''gherā'', meaning an enclosure for cattle.<ref name="Whalley 1926">{{cite journal |last1=Whalley |first1=Paul |title=Place-Names in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, Chapter III, Part 1 |journal=The Journal of the United Provinces Historical Society |year=1926 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=1–60 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PwdDAAAAYAAJ |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>{{rp|47}}

== Geography ==
Ghiror is located at about the midway point on the road between [[Mainpuri]] and [[Shikohabad]]. A fairly prominent jhil is here.<ref name="Neave 1929" />{{rp|205–6}} As of 2011, the town of Ghiror has a total area of 13 square kilometres.<ref name="Census 2011 A">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook – Mainpuri, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1258/download/4046/DH_2011_0917_PART_A_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|309}}

== History ==
As of 1901, Ghiror was described as a predominantly agricultural village, although it also had some importance as a local trade centre. It had a bazar which held markets twice a week dealing in cloth, grain, and cattle. It also had a police station, post office, cattle pound, and school teaching in Hindi. It consisted of 9 hamlets, covering 1,902 acres, and the total population was 2,631. It was the seat of a [[pargana]] in tehsil Mainpuri; it had previously been the seat of a tehsil itself. As for pargana Ghiror, it had been formed out of the earlier "Kismat Duyam", which had itself been formed from the division of pargana [[Rapri]] in 1824.<ref name="Neave 1929">{{cite book |editor1-last=Neave |editor1-first=E. R. |title=Mainpuri: A Gazetteer, Being Volume X of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh |date=1929 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181613 |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|115, 205, 208}}

== Demographics ==
{{historical populations
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| source = [[2011 Census of India]]<ref name="Census 2011 A" />
| 1991 | 8139
| 2001 | 12111
| 2011 | 15911
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As of 2011, the town of Ghiror had a population of 15,911, in 2,687 households.<ref name="Census 2011 A" />{{rp|131}} This population was 52.1% male (8,297) and 47.9% female (7,614). The 0-6 age group numbered 2,531 (1,340 male and 1,191 female), or 15.9% of the total population. 3,269 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 20.5% of the total. The town's literacy rate was 73.6% (counting only people age 7 and up).
{{As of|2011||df=|lc=|since=}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |archivedate=16 June 2004 |title=Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional) |accessdate=1 November 2008 |publisher=Census Commission of India}}</ref> Ghiraur had a population of 17,401. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Ghiraur has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 47%. In Ghiraur, 20% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref name="Census 2011 B">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook – Mainpuri, Part B (Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1259/download/4050/DH_2011_0917_PART_B_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|26–7}}

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Ghiror as comprising 7 hamlets, with a total population of 3,084 people (1,736 male and 1,348 female), in 602 households and 389 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 1,903 acres and it was listed as having a hospital at that point. The census also listed a cattle market as meeting here twice per week (Wednesday and Saturday) with an average attendance of about 50 people.<ref name="Census 1961" />{{rp|159}}<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (24 – Mainpuri District) |date=1965 |location=[[Lucknow]] |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Uttar Pradesh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28772/download/31954/22833_1961_MAI.pdf |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>{{rp|159, lxx}}

== Infrastructure ==
As of 2011, Ghiror has 2 hospitals, 15 medicine shops, 10 schools teaching at the primary level, 3 schools teaching at the secondary level, 1 stadium, 1 cinema, and 2 public libraries. Drinking water is provided by both hand pump and tube well. There is no local firefighting department; the closest is in Mainpuri.<ref name="Census 2011 A" />{{rp|314–20}}

== Transportation ==
Roads connect Ghiror with Mainpuri, Shikohabad, [[Jasrana]], [[Kuraoli]], and [[Kosma, Mainpuri|Kosma]]. The nearest railway station is in Kosma, about 8 km east of Ghiror.<ref name="Neave 1929" />{{rp|205}}

In terms of air transport, the closest international airports are [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport]] and [[Indira Gandhi International Airport]]; the closest airports overall are [[Kanpur Airport]], [[Agra Airport]], and [[Saifai Airstrip]].

== Village list ==
The following 74 villages are counted as part of Ghiror CD block:<ref name="Census 2011 A" />{{rp|71–2}}
# [[Achalpur, Mainpuri|Achalpur]]
# [[Ahmadpur, Ghiror|Ahmadpur]]
# [[Akbarpur Aunchha]]
# [[Amberpur]]
# [[Ataharaina]]
# [[Aurangabad, Ghiror|Aurangabad]]
# [[Badshahpur, Mainpuri|Badshahpur]]
# [[Balampur, Mainpuri|Balampur]]
# [[Bamhauri Awahar]]
# [[Bamrauli, Mainpuri|Bamrauli]]
# [[Bhatani]]
# [[Bhugai]]
# [[Bidhuna, Mainpuri|Bidhuna]]
# [[Bighrayi]]
# [[Bikarampur]]
# [[Budhrra]]
# [[Chitayi]]
# [[Dannahar]]
# [[Darapur, Mainpuri|Darapur]]
# [[Darwah]]
# [[Devpura]]
# [[Dhaurasi]]
# [[Esaimadhupuri]]
# [[Faizpur, Mainpuri|Faizpur]]
# [[Fazilpur, Mainpuri|Fazilpur]]
# [[Gariya Khas]]
# [[Gathiya Sakat]]
# [[Ghiror (rural)]]
# [[Godhna]]
# [[Gurahi, Mainpuri|Gurahi]]
# [[Hajipur, Mainpuri|Hajipur]]
# [[Harhai]]
# [[Himmatpur Harayi]]
# [[Himmatpur Ujiyari]]
# [[Kalhaur Panchha]]
# [[Kalhorpuwan]]
# [[Kanegi]]
# [[Kerawali]]
# [[Kosma Hinood]]
# [[Kosma Musalmeen]]
# [[Koson, Mainpuri|Koson]]
# [[Kothiya]]
# [[Kurawali, Ghiror|Kurawali]]
# [[Lapgavan]]
# [[Lohabal Khera]]
# [[Madhan, Mainpuri|Madhan]]
# [[Mahtauli]]
# [[Muhammadpur Ghiror]]
# [[Nagla Amarsingh]]
# [[Nagla Devi, Ghiror|Nagla Devi]]
# [[Nagla Fateh Khan]]
# [[Nagla Indr]]
# [[Nagla Kanchan]]
# [[Nagla Kathengara]]
# [[Nagla Mahanand]]
# [[Nagla Manjha]]
# [[Nagla Minte]]
# [[Nagla Punu]]
# [[Nagla Rama]]
# [[Nagla Salehi]]
# [[Nagla Sauj]]
# [[Nahili]]
# [[Nasirpur, Ghiror|Nasirpur]]
# [[Neelakanthpur]]
# [[Oya, Mainpuri|Oya]]
# [[Pachaver]]
# [[Padriya, Mainpuri|Padriya]]
# [[Rampura, Ghiror|Rampura]]
# [[Shahjadpur, Ghiror|Shahjadpur]]
# [[Shahjahanpur, Ghiror|Shahjahanpur]]
# [[Taharpur, Mainpuri|Taharpur]]
# [[Talibpur, Mainpuri|Talibpur]]
# [[Tisah]]
# [[Usnida]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mainpuri district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Mainpuri district]]

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