Dharai
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| name = Dharai
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| settlement_type = Village
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| image_map = Salon block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Dharai (#534) in Salon CD block
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_type = Country India
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Uttar Pradesh
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Raebareli
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 10.803
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| population_total = 7865
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = Hindi
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate = UP-35
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Dharai is a village in Salon block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Rae Bareli, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=427–51 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0927_PART_A_DCHB_RAE%20BARELI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=4 October 2021}} It is located 40 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters. As of 2011, Dharai has a population of 7,865 people, in 1,332 households. It has 4 primary schools as well as a medical dispensary, a mobile health clinic, and a family welfare centre. The village also has a sub post office and a regular market but no weekly haat.
The 1961 census recorded Dharai as comprising 12 hamlets, with a total population of 2,754 people (1,352 male and 1,402 female), in 610 households and 585 physical houses.{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (39 - Raebareli District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=cviii-cix of section "Salon Tahsil" |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1047/1/22852_1961_RAE.pdf |access-date=4 October 2021}} The area of the village was given as 3,633 acres.
The 1981 census recorded Dharai (as "Dharay") as having a population of 3,855 people, in 977 households, and having an area of 1,079.12 hectares.{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Rae Bareli |date=1982 |pages=220–1 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1298/1/50861_1981_RAE.pdf |access-date=4 October 2021}} The main staple foods were given as wheat and rice.