UTTAR PRADESH

OVERVIEW OF UTTAR PRADESHBYNEHA NAYAK

PLACE OF U.P. IN INDIAS MAP

GEOGRAPHICAL STRUCTURE OF U.P.

BRIEF ABOUT U.P.InUttar Pradesh18 Divisions 75 districts,316 Subdistricts or tehsil, 822blocks, 52021 Panchayat and 107452 villages.

DEMOGRAPHYOF U.P.Uttar Pradesh is India`s fourth largest and the most populated state in India. It has a population of about 199,581,477 as per the 2011 census.With an area of 93,933 sq mi (243,290 km2), Uttar Pradesh covers a large part of the highly fertile and densely populated upper Gangetic plain. There is an average population density of 828 persons per km i.e. 2,146 per sq meters. Uttar Pradesh shares an international border with Nepal to the north. Other states along Uttar Pradesh's border include Uttarakhand,

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS AND DISTRICTS

DivisionDistricts1Agra divisionAgraFirozabadMainpuriMathura2Aligarh divisionAligarhEtahMahamaya NagarKanshiram Nagar3Allahabad divisionAllahabadFatehpurKaushambiPratapgarh4Azamgarh divisionAzamgarhBalliaMau5Bareilly divisionBadaunBareillyPilibhitShahjahanpur

6Basti divisionBastiSant Kabir NagarSiddharthnagar7Chitrakoot divisionBandaChitrakootHamirpurMahoba8Devipatan divisionBahraichBalarampurGondaShravasti9Faizabad divisionAmbedkar NagarBarabankiFaizabadSultanpur

10Gorakhpur divisionDeoriaGorakhpurKushinagarMaharajganj11Jhansi divisionJalaunJhansiLalitpur12Kanpur divisionAuraiya EtawaFarrukhabadKannuajKanpur DehatKanpur Nagar

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13Lucknow divisionHardoiLakhimpur KheriLucknowRaebareliSitapurUnnao14Meerut divisionBagpatBulandshahrGautam Buddha NagarGhaziabadMeerutPanchsheel Nagar15Mirzapur divisionMirzapurSant Ravidas NagarSonbhadra

16Moradabad divisionBijnorJyotiba Phule NagarMoradabadRampurBheem Nagar17Saharanpur divisionMuzaffarnagarSaharanpurPrabuddha Nagar18Varanasi divisionChandauliGhazipurJaunpurVaranasi

TRANSPORTATIONAir:The state has four major airports and 23 airstrips. Cities are nationally well connected. Amausi International in lucknow is the States main Airport. Other domestic airports are Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Agra, Allahabad and Varanasi.Railways:

Almost all major (as well as smaller) cities of the state are linked by rail. The state has largest railway network in the country and the sixth-largest railway density. The major railway stations are Lucknow NR, Kanpur Central, Varanasi JN, Agra Cant and Mathura JN.

Roads:The state has the largest road network in the country after Maharashtra.Kanpur,Lucknow, Bareilly, Allahabad, Varanasi, Jhansi, Gorakhpur, Agra and Ghazipur are connected to National Highways. The National Golden Quadrilateral of India is passes through Agra, Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi. The state governments road- transport company Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) serves nationalised routes in the state for intrastate and interstate transport.

Waterways:A stretch of the Ganges from Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) to Haldia (West Bengal) has been declared as National Waterway(NW)-I; 600 km of NW-I flows through Uttar Pradesh

Rivers and lakes

Uttar Pradesh has more than 31 large and small rivers, major ones being the Ganges, Yamuna, Sarayu and Ghaghara.

CLIMATE

The climate of Uttar Pradesh is predominantly subtropical; however, weather conditions change significantly with location and season: Temperature:Depending on the elevation, the average temperatures vary from between 12.517.5 C (5564 F) in January to 27.532.5 C (8291 F) in May and June. The highest temperature recorded in the state was 49.9 C (121.8 F) at Gonda on 8 May1958.Rainfall:Rainfall in the state ranges from between 1,0002,000 mm (3979 in) in the east to6001,000 mm (2439 in) in the west. About 90 percent of the rainfall occurs during the southwest monsoon, lasting from approximately June to September.

UTTAR PRADESHS DENSITY

According to geographical data published by the government of India:total land area of the state is 240,928 sq. km, and the exact density of Uttar Pradesh is 830 people per square kilometer. Compared to national average it is quite high and it has also increased since 2001 density data which was 690 people per square kilometer.

Uttar Pradesh Population 2011

DescriptionRuralUrbanPopulation (%)77.73 %22.27 %Total Population155,317,27844,495,063Male Population80,992,99523,487,515Female Population74,324,28321,007,548Population Growth17.97 %28.82 %Sex Ratio918894Child Sex Ratio (0-6)906885Child Population (0-6)25,040,5835,750,748Child Percentage (0-6)16.12 %12.92 %Literates85,284,68029,112,875Average Literacy65.46 %75.14 %Male Literacy76.33 %80.45 %

Female Literacy48.48 %60.96 %Topic2011 Census2001 CensusTotal Population199,812,341 / 19.98 Crores166,197,921 / 16.62 CroresMale Population104,480,51287,565,370Female Population95,331,83178,632,552Population Growth Rate20.24%25.81%Sex Ratio912898Child Sex Ratio902942Density Per Sq. Km.829690Child Population30,791,33131,624,628Total Area in KM240,928240,928Literacy Rate67.68 %56.27 %

LARGEST CITY OF U.P. & LANGUAGES OF U.P.In terms of cities, the largest city of Uttar Pradesh is Kanpur, but the capital city is Lucknow, which is quite strange compared to other states, because other states have largest city of the state as their capital.There are several regional languages spoken in the state, but three major ones are Hindi, Urdu and English

Major CITIESAYODHAYAKURUSHETRAMATHURAAGRAJHANSILUCKNOWBRINDAVANALLAHABADVARANASIKANPUR

Babri masjid demolition

Kurukshetra in ancient times was situated between the two sacred rivers, Saraswati on the North and Drishadvati on the South.

Mathura

AGRA

Jhansi

LUCKNOW

LAMA TINEIRE COLLEGE

ALLHABAD

POLITICAL ANALYSIS

80 Seats to the lok sabha404 seats to the vidhan sabha8 out of 14 prime ministers have been voted to power form this state

Educational InstitutionsIIT BHUIIT KanpurIIM LucknowHBTI KanpurAligarh Muslim University(founded by sir syed ahmed khan in 1875)

SOME PROJECTS RUNNING IN U.P.Jan Dhan Yojana.Namami Gange.Indira Awas Yojana.Kausal Vikas Yojana etc.

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