Pihani | |
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Town | |
 Map of Pihani CD block | |
  Pihani Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Pihani Pihani (India) | |
| Coordinates: 27°37′12″N 80°12′12″E / 27.619866°N 80.203426°E[1] | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Lucknow |
| District | Hardoi |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Pihani Municipal Council |
| • Municipal Chairperson | Shaheen Begum (SP)[2] |
| • Lok Sabha MP | Jai Prakash (BJP) |
| • MLA | Rajni Tiwari (BJP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 141 m (463 ft) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 36,014 |
| • Density | 7,200/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UP-30 |
| Website | pihaninpp.in |
Pihani is a town and nagar palika parishad (municipal board) in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[3] Historically, the city was a centre of sword production, leading to at least one British writer calling it "the Damascus of Oudh".[4] Today, important industries in Pihani include jaggery and woven carpets.[3] As of 2011, the town's population is 36,014, in 5,626 households.[3] Pihani also serves as the headquarters of a community development block in Shahabad tehsil.[3]
- ^ "GeoNames Search". geonames.nga.mil. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014.
- ^ "2023 UP Municipal Election results". ECI Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Hardoi, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). Census 2011 India. pp. 124–45, 578–81, 589. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Nevill, H.R. (1904). Hardoi - A Gazetteer. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 236–9. Retrieved 19 March 2021.