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Baghra

Baghra is a town situated in the Charthawal Assembly constituency of Muzaffarnagar District in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 11.83 kilometres from the district headquarters at Muzaffarnagar, and is 440 kilometres from the state capital Lucknow. Baghra is the headquarters of the Baghra Mandal, the lowest administrative unit in Uttar Pradesh. The town was the centre of a Jat community which rule area principally in the 19th century. It has a population of about 20,122 people living in around 2931 households. Villages near Baghra include Saidpur Khurd (1.2 km), Alipurkhurd (2.5 km), Mandi (2.8 km), Jagaheri (3.2 km), Budinakhurd (3.5 km), Amirnagar (3.7 km) Narottampur (4.0 km) and Dhindhawali.

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Baghra is a town situated in the Charthawal Assembly constituency of Muzaffarnagar District in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 11.83 kilometres from the district headquarters at Muzaffarnagar, and is 440 kilometres from the state capital Lucknow. Baghra is the headquarters of the Baghra Mandal, the lowest administrative unit in Uttar Pradesh. The town was the centre of a Jat community which rule area principally in the 19th century. It has a population of about 20,122 people living in around 2931 households. Villages near Baghra include Saidpur Khurd (1.2 km), Alipurkhurd (2.5 km), Mandi (2.8 km), Jagaheri (3.2 km), Budinakhurd (3.5 km), Amirnagar (3.7 km) Narottampur (4.0 km) and Dhindhawali.

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  1. population: 20,122 people — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the population is "20,122 people". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1284135364

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