Kheri is a town and a

Nagar Panchayat A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

Lakhimpur Kheri district Lakhimpur Kheri district is the largest district in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the border with Nepal. Its administrative capital is the city of Lakhimpur. Lakhimpur Kheri district is a part of Lucknow division, with a total area of . The nat ...

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History

According to the 1908 British publication "The Imperial Gazetteer of India"(volume: XV):

'' . H. Butler, Settlement Report (1901) ; H. R. Nevill, District Gazetteer (1905).'

''Kherl Town (Khiri). — Town in the khiri tahsil of Kherl District, United Provinces, situated in 27° 54' N. and 8o c 48' E., on the Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway. Population (1901), 6,223. Kheri is a place of some antiquity, and contains a tine tomb built over the remains of
Saiyid Khurd Saiyid Khurd lived in Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, India in the 15th century, his tomb is present in the town. It is being said that Kheri Kheri is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Lakhimpur Kheri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh ...
, who died in 1563. It is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 800. Though giving its name to the District, it is of small importance. A daily market is held, and the town contains a branch of the American Methodist Mission and a school with 144 pupils.''

Geography

Kheri is located at . It has an average elevation of 148 metres (485 feet).

Demographics

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, Kheri had a population of 33,355. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kheri has an average literacy rate of 51.7%, lower than the national average of 73%: male literacy is 55.4%, and female literacy is 47.7%. In Kheri, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

{{Lakhimpur Kheri district Cities and towns in Lakhimpur Kheri district