Bairia

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Bairia

Town in the District of Ballia, United Provinces, situated in 25 46' N. and 84 29' E., 20 miles east of Ballia town, on the road to Chapra in Bengal. Population (1901), 8,635. The town is little more than a conglomeration of mud-built houses, traversed from east to west by one good street. It is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 1,100. There is a considerable export trade in sugar and coarse cotton cloth, which are manufactured here, and the shoes made locally have some reputation in the surround- ing Districts. Bairia contains a dispensary and a town school with 116 pupils.