Khabar Lahariya
| Type | Rural Weekly Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Editor-in-chief | Meera Jatav |
| Founded | 30 May 2002 in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Headquarters | Karwi, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh |
| Website | khabarlahariya |
Khabar Lahariya is an Indian newspaper, published in certain rural dialects of Hindi, including Bundeli Bajjika dialect and Avadhi. The newspaper was started by Nirantar, a New Delhi-based non-government organisation which focuses on gender and education. Initially seen as a women-only publication, it now covers local political news, local crime reports, social issues and entertainment, all reported from a feminist perspective. As of September 2012, its total print-run, all editions included, is around 6000 copies; the management claims an estimated readership of 80,000.
Started in 2002, today Khabar Lahariya is an eight-page weekly local newspaper. The first issue of the paper was published in May 2002 from the town of Karwi in Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh, in the local Bundeli dialect of Hindi. In 2012, the newspaper launched editions from Mahoba, Lucknow and Varanasi districts of Uttar Pradesh in Bundeli, Awadhi and Bhojpuri dialects respectively. The newspaper also has an edition published from the Sitamarhi district of Bihar in Bajjikka dialect, and from Banda, Uttar Pradesh, in the Bundeli dialect. As of September 2012, its total print-run, all editions included, is around 6000 copies sold in about 600 villages in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar with an estimated readership of 20,000.
The website of Khabar Lahariya, Khabarlahariya.org was launched on 13 February 2013 in Mumbai. The website, which bears a striking resemblance to the printed newspaper, curates and republishes the best articles of the newspaper. It is also the only website where content is available in the local dialects in which the newspaper is brought out.
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