Lar is a town, a nagar panchayat, and is a block headquarter in Deoria district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Lar is noted by a single, old and historical, bazaar i.e., a business centre, in the town; it lies at a short distance 3.2 KM toward the east of the nearest railway station Lar Road.

[3] In addition, the business centre, 5-8 KM toward the east within Lar block, is connected with many villages that exist on the western bank of river Chhoti Gandak or riverbanks partly surrounded by Chhoti Gandak and Ghaghara.

[6] The people in the town of Lar mostly speak Bhojpuri, Hindi and Urdu; English is increasingly used and understood by the educated younger populations in the area.

[9][10] The above mentioned OKM Inter College,[8] including some houses as landmark buildings in Lar, were built by the family of Abdul Aziz Lari Khan Saheb [11] a century ago.