Lar, Uttar Pradesh

Lar is a town, a nagar panchayat, and is a block headquarter in Deoria district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It belongs to Salempur tehsil in the district Deoria under Gorakhpur Division.

Geography
Lar is noted by a single, old and historical, bazaar i.e., a business centre, in the town; it lies at a short distance 3.2 KM toward the east of the nearest railway station Lar Road. In addition, the business centre, 5-8 KM toward the east within Lar block, is connected with many villages that exist on the western bank of river Chhoti Gandak or riverbanks partly surrounded by Chhoti Gandak and Ghaghara. It is located 45 KM toward the south of the District headquarters Deoria.

Demographics
India census: Lar had a population of 25,492; Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%; Lar has an average literacy rate of 69%, lower than the national average of 74.04%; male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 55% and; in Lar, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age. The population is divided in 16 wards, has local self-government at the level of Nagar Panchayat and they elect their representatives for their wards every five years.

Language
The people in the town of Lar mostly speak Bhojpuri, Hindi and Urdu; English is increasingly used and understood by the educated younger populations in the area.

Education
Lar has many colleges, several schools, and some madrasa. Notably, these include Swami Devanand Post Graduate College Math Lar Deoria, B.S.P.G college Pindi, O.K.M Inter College, S.Z.M.P high school, S.D Inter college, Ayesha Rashid Girls High school, an old government Junior High School, and DarulUloom Mohammadia Ramnagar.

The above mentioned OKM Inter College, including some houses as landmark buildings in Lar, were built by the family of Abdul Aziz Lari Khan Saheba a century ago.