Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh is a state located in the central region of India. It was established on 26-Jan-1950. The capital of the state is Lucknow. The official language is Hindi. An additional official language is Urdu. Major rivers of Uttar Pradesh include Ganga, Yamuna, Gomti, Ghaghra, Chambal, Betwa, Son, Ken.
As per Census 2011, Uttar Pradesh has a total geographical area of 240,928 square kilometres, including 233,366 square kilometres of rural area and 7,562 square kilometres of urban area.
The state has a bicameral legislature with 80 Lok Sabha seats, 31 Rajya Sabha seats, 403 Vidhan Sabha seats. Judicial matters are handled by the Allahabad High Court. Uttar Pradesh shares borders with Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, and has an international border with Nepal.
List of Districts in Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh is divided into 75 districts for administrative purposes. The following table provides the complete list of districts in Uttar Pradesh along with their headquarters and the number of tehsils in each.
| Sl. No. | District | Headquarters | Tehsils |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agra | Agra | 6 |
| 2 | Aligarh | Aligarh | 5 |
| 3 | Ambedkar Nagar | Akbarpur | 5 |
| 4 | Amethi | Gauriganj | 4 |
| 5 | Amroha | Amroha | 4 |
| 6 | Auraiya | Auraiya | 3 |
| 7 | Ayodhya | Ayodhya | 5 |
| 8 | Azamgarh | Azamgarh | 8 |
| 9 | Baghpat | Baghpat | 3 |
| 10 | Bahraich | Bahraich | 6 |
| 11 | Ballia | Ballia | 6 |
| 12 | Balrampur | Balrampur | 3 |
| 13 | Banda | Banda | 5 |
| 14 | Bara Banki | Barabanki | 6 |
| 15 | Bareilly | Bareilly | 6 |
| 16 | Basti | Basti | 4 |
| 17 | Bhadohi | Gyanpur | 3 |
| 18 | Bijnor | Bijnor | 5 |
| 19 | Budaun | Budaun | 5 |
| 20 | Bulandshahr | Bulandshahr | 7 |
| 21 | Chandauli | Chandauli | 5 |
| 22 | Chitrakoot | Karwi | 4 |
| 23 | Deoria | Deoria | 5 |
| 24 | Etah | Etah | 3 |
| 25 | Etawah | Etawah | 6 |
| 26 | Farrukhabad | Fatehgarh | 3 |
| 27 | Fatehpur | Fatehpur | 3 |
| 28 | Firozabad | Firozabad | 5 |
| 29 | Gautam Buddha Nagar | Noida | 3 |
| 30 | Ghaziabad | Ghaziabad | 3 |
| 31 | Ghazipur | Ghazipur | 7 |
| 32 | Gonda | Gonda | 4 |
| 33 | Gorakhpur | Gorakhpur | 7 |
| 34 | Hamirpur | Hamirpur | 4 |
| 35 | Hapur | Hapur | 3 |
| 36 | Hardoi | Hardoi | 5 |
| 37 | Hathras | Hathras | 4 |
| 38 | Jalaun | Orai | 5 |
| 39 | Jaunpur | Jaunpur | 6 |
| 40 | Jhansi | Jhansi | 5 |
| 41 | Kannauj | Kannauj | 3 |
| 42 | Kanpur Dehat | Akbarpur | 6 |
| 43 | Kanpur Nagar | Kanpur | 4 |
| 44 | Kasganj | Kasganj | 3 |
| 45 | Kaushambi | Manjhanpur | 3 |
| 46 | Kheri | Lakhimpur | 7 |
| 47 | Kushinagar | Padrauna | 6 |
| 48 | Lalitpur | Lalitpur | 5 |
| 49 | Lucknow | Lucknow | 5 |
| 50 | Mahoba | Mahoba | 3 |
| 51 | Mahrajganj | Maharajganj | 4 |
| 52 | Mainpuri | Mainpuri | 6 |
| 53 | Mathura | Mathura | 5 |
| 54 | Mau | Mau | 4 |
| 55 | Meerut | Meerut | 3 |
| 56 | Mirzapur | Mirzapur | 4 |
| 57 | Moradabad | Moradabad | 4 |
| 58 | Muzaffarnagar | Muzaffarnagar | 4 |
| 59 | Pilibhit | Pilibhit | 5 |
| 60 | Pratapgarh | Pratapgarh | 5 |
| 61 | Prayagraj | Prayagraj | 8 |
| 62 | Rae Bareli | Raebareli | 6 |
| 63 | Rampur | Rampur | 6 |
| 64 | Saharanpur | Saharanpur | 5 |
| 65 | Sambhal | Sambhal | 3 |
| 66 | Sant Kabir Nagar | Khalilabad | 3 |
| 67 | Shahjahanpur | Shahjahanpur | 5 |
| 68 | Shamli | Shamli | 3 |
| 69 | Shrawasti | Shravasti | 3 |
| 70 | Siddharthnagar | Naugarh | 5 |
| 71 | Sitapur | Sitapur | 7 |
| 72 | Sonbhadra | Robertsganj | 4 |
| 73 | Sultanpur | Sultanpur | 5 |
| 74 | Unnao | Unnao | 6 |
| 75 | Varanasi | Varanasi | 3 |
Population of Uttar Pradesh
According to the 2011 Census, Uttar Pradesh had a total population of 19,98,12,341 people. The state had a sex ratio of 912 females per 1,000 males, a population density of 829 people per km², and an overall literacy rate of 67.7%. The table below provides a rural-urban comparison of these statistics.
| Category | Total | Rural | Urban |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 19,98,12,341 | 15,53,17,278 | 4,44,95,063 |
| Male Population | 10,44,80,510 | 8,09,92,995 | 2,34,87,515 |
| Female Population | 9,53,31,831 | 7,43,24,283 | 2,10,07,548 |
| Households | 3,34,48,035 | 2,56,85,942 | 77,62,093 |