Raebareli district
| Raebareli district रायबरेली ज़िला رائے بریلی ضلع |
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 Location of Raebareli district in Uttar Pradesh |
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| State | Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Administrative division | Lucknow |
| Headquarters | Raebareli |
| Area | 4,609 km2 (1,780 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,872,330 (2001) |
| Lok Sabha Constituencies | Raebareli |
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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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[edit] History
[edit] Raebareli District in 1911
The district had an area of 1748 sq/m. The general aspect of the district is slightly undulating, and the country is beautifully wooded. The soil is remarkably fertile, and the cultivation of a high class. 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. In 1901 the population was 1,033,760, showing a slight decrease during the decade. 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.
[edit] Economy
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]
[edit] Demographics
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]
[edit] Languages
Languages spoken in the district include Awadhi, a vernacular in the Hindi-Urdu continuum spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the Awadh region.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme". National Institute of Rural Development. http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Panama 3,460,462 July 2011 est."
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. 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. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=awa. 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.
[edit] External links
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