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{{more citations needed|date=May 2012}}
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'''Hargaon''' is a town and a [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Sitapur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} 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=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Hargaon had a population of 20,920. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Hargaon has an average literacy rate of 56%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 64%, and female literacy is 48%. In Hargaon, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|73}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|26}}
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†<small>Includes [[Sikh]]s (0.7%), [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (<0.2%).</small>
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==Schools==
Hargaon has multiple schools. The oldest are Birla Vidya Mandir Primary School, [https://www.facebook.com/bvmsitapur Birla Vidya Mandir Inter College] (since 1955), Junior High School and Girls Junior High School. Both Birla Vidya Mandir schools are run by Birla Sugar Factory management while other junior high schools are run by the state government. Recently three more schools that have been making waves are Green Field Academy, Gurudwara School, Gurunanak Inter college and Democratic Educational Society.
[[File:Bvmhargaon.jpeg|thumbnail|centre|Birla Vidya Mandir Inter college]]

==Temples==
[[File:Shivmandirhargaon,jpg.jpg|thumbnail|center|Shiv Mandir-Hargaon Teerth]]
In the town there are many old temples. One of the oldest temple known as "Teerth". Another temple that is Laxmi Narayan Mandir run by Birla Sugar Factory management.

[[File:LAXMI_NARAYAN_TEMPLE.jpeg|thumbnail|left|LAXMINARAYANMANDIR, HARGAON SITAPUR]]
[[File:Hargaonteerth.jpg|thumbnail|none|Hargaon Teerth-shiv temple]]

==History==
City Was Ruled By Local [[Zamidar]] Of Afgava A Zamindari Of 21 Villages Kalika Prasad Awasthi And Parmeshwar Din Awasthi In 20 th Century Also A [[Freedom Fighter]] But India Become Near To Independence British Looted His Treasury Near 15 Lakhs After British Has Powerful Army At That Time They First Attacked On 15 June 1946 At 9:00 Am But The Kothar Was Saved By Servants And Some Soldier Mens Who Had Loyalist But In The Second Day Of Battle British Under Brigadier Chris Campbell Launch An Early Attack At 6:00 Am An Army Of 150 [[Infantry]] And 50 Cavalery Moved Towards North Haragaon Destroyed The Army Of Zamindar Approx 70 Infantry At The Kothar But Family Of Zamindar Was Safe And Moved To Lakhimpur And British Looted Treasury And Villages And Go Back To England Zamindar And Brother Also Fought Against The British For Independence After Independence India Abolished The Zamindari His Son Was [[Pyare Lal Awasthi]] A Jila VidyLaya Nirakshak And Desecandats Now Live In [[Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh|Lakhimpur]], The Ruins of the Kothar Still Watch In Afgava. But Pyare Lal Awasthi Was Known as a Freedom Fighter in Afgava ForHis Braveness .

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Sitapur district}}

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

{{Sitapur-geo-stub}}

Hargaon - Revision history

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