Bairiya
village in Khairahani Municipality
Bairiya is a village in Ward No. 9 of Rajpur Municipality, Rautahat District, in the Narayani Zone of central Nepal. According to the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 2,936 people living in 527 households. Over the years, the population has grown, and most residents follow the Islamic religion. While literacy challenges remain, many people are actively working to improve education, and significant development initiatives are underway.
“Bairiya” enters the record as village in Khairahani Municipality. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Bairiya, village and Khairahani can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Bairiya” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Bairiya, village and Khairahani provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q120845137. Authority coordinates are 27.576, 84.532. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1991.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Bairiya”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Bairiya primary sources, Bairiya archive and Bairiya research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Bairiya”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Bairiya” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.