Buria
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Buria is a small town and municipal committee situated on the banks of the Western Yamuna Canal and is approximately 4 km from the city of Jagadhri
Jagadhri
Jagadhri is a city and a municipal council in Yamunanagar district in the Indian state of Haryana. This town is a part of twin towns, constituting Jagadhri and Yamunanagar; Jagadhri is the older one and the latter a relatively new town...

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The presence of Birbal Dwar (Birbal Gate) in the village makes one believe that the town once was governed by Birbal
Birbal
Raja Birbal was the Grand Vizier of the Mughal court in the administration of the Mughal emperor Akbar. He one of his most trusted members along with being a part of Akbar's inner council of nine advisors, known as the navaratna, a Sanskrit word meaning nine jewels...

, the famous court advisor of Akbar.

The other attractions of this town include The Pataleshwar Mahadev Shiv Mandir, The Sanatan Dharam Hanuman Mandir (both Hindu temples) and a Gurudwara (Sikh temple) in remembrance of the ninth sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur.

The town was part of a princely state before Indian independence and was ruled by Ratan Amol Singh, whose family still reside in the town.

Demographics

India census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Buria had a population of 9829. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Buria has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 65% and female literacy of 50%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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