Raebareli district
| Raebareli district रायबरेली ज़िला Uttar Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | [[{{{State}}}]] |
| Administrative division | Lucknow |
| Headquarters | Raebareli |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Raebareli |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,609 km2 (1,780 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 34,04,004 |
| • Density | 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 70 percent |
| • Sex ratio | 941 |
| Major highways | NH 24B, NH 231 |
| Website | Official website |
Raebareli District (Hindi: रायबरेली ज़िला, Urdu: رائے بریلی ضلع) is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The town of Raebareli is the district headquarters. The district is part of Lucknow Division.
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Geography [edit]
The district had an area of 1748 sq/m. The general aspect of the district is slightly undulating. The principal rivers of the district are the Ganges and the Sai: the former skirts it for 54 miles and is everywhere navigable for boats of 40 tons; the latter traverses it from N.W. to S.E. The principal crops are rice, pulse, wheat, barley, millet and poppy. Rae Bareli town is connected with Lucknow by a branch of the Oudh & Rohilkhand railway, which in 1898 was extended to Benares.
Economy [edit]
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Raebareli one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[1] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[1]
Demographics [edit]
In 1901 the population was 1,033,760. According to the 2011 census Raebareli district has a population of 3,404,004,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Panama[3] or the US state of Connecticut.[4] This gives it a ranking of 97th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 739 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,910 /sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.51%.[2] Rae Bareli has a sex ratio of 941 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 69.04%.[2]
Languages [edit]
Languages spoken in the district include Awadhi, a vernacular in the Hindi continuum spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the Awadh region.[5]
References [edit]
- ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme". National Institute of Rural Development. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Panama 3,460,462 July 2011 est."
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "Connecticut 3,574,097"
- ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Awadhi: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th edition ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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Coordinates: 26°13′48″N 81°14′24″E / 26.23000°N 81.24000°E
