Raya, Uttar Pradesh
Raya is a town and a nagar panchayat in the Mathura district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Raya | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Raya Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Raya Raya (India) | |
| Coordinates: 27°34′N 77°47′E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Mathura |
| Elevation | 175 m (574 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 21,344 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[1] |
| • Additional | Urdu[1] |
| • Additional | Braj Bhasha[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 281204 |
| Vehicle registration | UP 85 |
| Website | www.nagarpanchayatraya.in |
Geography
Raya is located at 27°34′N 77°47′E.[3] It has an average elevation of 175 m (574 ft).
Demographics
As of 2011 Indian Census, Raya nagar panchayat had a total population of 21,344, of which 11,202 were males and 10,142 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,990. The total number of literates in Raya was 13,551, which constituted 63.5% of the population with male literacy of 69.5% and female literacy of 56.8%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Raya was 73.8%, of which male literacy rate was 80.9% and female literacy rate was 66.0%. The Scheduled Castes population was 1,624. Raya had 3325 households in 2011.[4]
As of the 2001 Census of India, Raya had a population of 17,990. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Raya 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 Raya, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.[5]
References
- "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- "Braj Bhasha". Ethnologue. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Raya
- "Census of India: Raya". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.