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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Handia
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| native_name_lang = Awadhi ,An local version of Hindi
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Allahabad district|Allahabad]]
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| elevation_m = 92
| population_total = 21798
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| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=30 December 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 221503
[http://www.citypincode.in/PinCodeOf.jsp?area=Handia%20&district=Bhadohi]
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 05414
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'''Handia''' is a town and a [[nagar panchayat]] in the [[Allahabad district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].

==Mythology==
Handia was has been said to be named after [[Hidimba]]. The Indian epic poem, [[Mahabharat]]'s [[Lakshagraha]], is set at the bank of river [[Ganga]] in Handia.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

==Geography==
Handia is located at {{Coord|25.38|N|82.18|E|}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Handia.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Handia, India|website=www.fallingrain.com|access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 92 metres (301 feet).
It is part of an administrative area in India reachable on the G.T. Road ([[Grand Trunk Road]]) [[National Highways of India]]. The main river running through the area is the [[Ganges|Ganga]], passing five kilometers north of Handia's market.

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Indian Census|2011 census]], Handia had a population of 21,798, 11,493 of whom were males and 10,305 of whom were females. The population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,494. The total number of literates in 2011 was 13,325, constituting 61.1% of the population, with 68.9% males and 52.5% females. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Handia was 72.8%, of which male literacy rate was 81.6% and female literacy rate was 62.9%. The [[Scheduled Castes]] population was 3,010. Handia had 3133 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Handia |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=188164 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref>

As per the [[2001 Census of India]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Handia had a population of 12681, with 52% males and 48% females. Handia had an average literacy rate of 52%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 63%, and female literacy is 59%. In Handia, 20.5% of the population was under 6 years of age as of 2001. Out of these populations, 98% lived in rural areas and the rest in urban areas. There were 2245 households in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://allahabad.nic.in/census2001/Handia.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428232200/http://allahabad.nic.in/census2001/Handia.pdf |archive-date=28 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypincode.in/PinCodeOf.jsp?area=Handia%20&district=Allahabad |title=Handia Allahabad PinCode |publisher=citypincode.in |access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref>

[[Handia (Assembly constituency)|Handia assembly constituency]] has around 60,000 [[Brahmin]]s, 70,000 [[Bind tribe|Binds]] coming under backward classes, 90,000 [[Muslim]]s, 40,000 [[Rajput]]s and 50,000 [[Yadav]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tripathi |first1=Ashish |title=Result a wake-up call for BJP and Congressa |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Result-a-wake-up-call-for-BJP-and-Congress/articleshow/20467885.cms |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=7 June 2013 |language=en}}</ref>

==Government and politics==
[[Handia (Assembly constituency)|Handia]] is one of the constituencies for assembly election of Allahabad district in state of Uttar Pradesh. As of 2012, there were 315994 voters registered in the Handia assembly, 56% being male, and 44% female.<ref>http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/district_stat.aspx</ref>

==Educational institutes==
Educational institutes in the area include National Inter College, established in 1946, the HMFA Memorial Institute of Engineereing and Technology, PG College Handia, Maharshi College, and Handia Polytechnic college. There is also an ayurvedic school in the region, named after [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.handiapgcollege.org/|title=Handia Post Graduate College, Handia, Allahabad (U.P.)|website=www.handiapgcollege.org|access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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