Sherpur Luhara is a village in the

Chhaprauli Chhaprauli is a town and a nagar panchayat in Baghpat district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. History Chhaprauli is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under Delhi sarkar, producing a revenue of 1,138,759 dams for the imperial treasu ...

constituency of the

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house. Member of the Legislative Assembl ...

. It is located in the Baghpat district of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

, India."Local Government Directory - All Villages of Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh State"
''District Baghpat Official Website''. It is famous for the

Banasura Bana, also referred to as Banasura (), is an asura king in Hindu mythology, ruling from the city of Śoṇitapura. He is described to be the son of Mahabali. His tale of battling Krishna is described in the Bhagavata Purana. Legend A mighty asur ...

temple in the heart of village. It is sometimes called "Sherpur Luhara". Sherpur is nearby village of Luhara. It falls under the

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

Baraut Baraut is a city and municipal board in Bagpat district, Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Name According to Paul Whalley, the name ''Baṛaut'' is derived from ''baṛ'', one of the Hindi-Urdu names for the banyan tree, plus the Sans ...

Geography

It is located at 10 km from

, 60 km from

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, the National Capital via NH-57, and 45 km from the district "

Shamli Shamli is a city and the headquarters of Shamli district, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is an administrative subdivision under Saharanpur division. History According to the mythological story, in Dvapara Yuga Lord Krishna passed throu ...

". Luhara is in the "

Baghpat Baghpat, historically known as Vyaghraprastha, is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Bagpat district, which was established in 1997. It is part of the National Capital Region, surrounding New ...

" district, and is situated 30 km from district headquarters "

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections
Villages in Bagpat district