Raebareli district
| Raebareli district | |
|---|---|
| District of Uttar Pradesh | |
Location of Raebareli district in Uttar Pradesh | |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Lucknow |
| Headquarters | Raebareli |
| Tehsils | Raebareli |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Raebareli |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,609 km2 (1,780 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,404,004 |
| • Density | 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 70% |
| • Sex ratio | 941 |
| Major highways | NH30, NH31, NH330A, NH128, NH335 |
| Website | Official website |
Raebareli district (also spelled Rae Bareli) is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Raebareli is the district headquarters. The district is part of Lucknow Division.
Geography[edit]
The district had an area of 4,609 km2. The principal rivers of the district are the Ganges and the Sai: the former skirts it for 54 miles near Dalmau 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 and 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]
Raebareli has also been nominated by the state government for receiving aid through central government's Smart Cities in India Programme.[citation needed]
Powerplant at Unchahar (National Thermal Power Limited, NTPC)[2]
Demographics[edit]
According to the 2011 census Raebareli district has a population of 3,404,004,[citation needed] 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). The district has a population density of 739 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,910/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.51%. Rae Bareli has a sex ratio of 941 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 69.04%.
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 (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Explosion at Indian Coal Power Plant Kills 29, Injures 85"". Bloomberg.com. 2 November 2017.
- ^ 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 ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
External links[edit]
Coordinates: 26°13′48″N 81°14′24″E / 26.23000°N 81.24000°E