Reoti
Reoti is a town and a nagar panchayat in Ballia district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Known for its freedom history it obtained freedom in 1942 from the British government before the five years of India's freedom. As of 2011, its population was 26,359, in 3,910 households.
Geography
Reoti is located about 13 km from Bansdih, the tehsil headquarters, and 35 km from Ballia, the district headquarters. The town is located on the east bank of Reoti Dah, a large lake, and the surrounding area is low-lying, swampy, and flood-prone. The Reoti railway station is located about south of the town.History
Reoti was first officially constituted as a municipality on 27 February 1873, under the Bengal Chaukidari Act of 1856. At the turn of the 20th century, the town had a railway station, a twice-weekly market, a postal sub-office, a police station, and four schools. The 1901 census recorded a population of 8,631, including a Muslim minority of 925. The local Muslims mainly belonged to the Julaha weaving community, and Reoti had a sizeable weaving industry at the time, with 75 looms recorded in town 1907. Much of the produced cloth was exported to Bengal. Other local industries included shoemaking and the manufacture of palanquins for the Dadri mela at Ballia. A prominent writer from Reoti during this period was Panch Deo Pande, who was mostly known locally.Reoti's first library was opened in 1959, and a second one opened in 1974. An ayurvedic dispensary was opened in 1960, and an allopathic hospital was opened in 1967. The town first received access to electricity in 1962, and in 1975–76, 40 electric street lamps were first installed. In 1968, the town was put under the Uttar Pradesh Town Areas Act of 1914. From then on, it was administered by a 12-member municipal council that was chosen by local elections every five years.