The Pratapgarh district is one of the

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, and Pratapgarh city is the district headquarters. Pratapgarh district is a part of Allahabad division. The total area of Pratapgarh district is 3730 Sq. Km.

Wildlife

The district has Ganga Dolphins in its river.

History

The City pratapgarh is named by famous King of Somvanshi Dynasty, Raja pratap bahadur singh a rajput ruler who made a castle named pratapgarh After time around the areas of the castle was also known by, pratapgarh; In 1928, the arrival of

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in India led to widespread agitations against the British government. Many of the Talukdars took the lead in the movement and openly displayed their opposition against the

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. On July 10, the Congress politician

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and Mohanlal Saxena, visited the Pratapgarh district to address a public meeting at Hadi Hall (in

Bela Pratapgarh Bela Pratapgarh is a town and a municipal board in Pratapgarh district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the me ...

), they were welcomed by Brajesh Singh. The district was also visited by Mahatma Gandhi on November 14, 1929, who addressed a crowd of 5000 and was awarded a purse of Rs 5,570 by then-Raja Awadhesh Singh of

Kalakankar Kalakankar is a village in Pratapgarh district of Indian state Uttar Pradesh. Kalakankar was a zamindari A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a p ...

Economy

In 2006 the

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named Pratapgarh one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh had a

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of 3,209,141, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 109th in India (out of a total of 640). The district had a population density of . Its

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over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.2%. Pratapgarh had a

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of 994

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for every 1000 males, and a

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of 73.1%. Scheduled Castes made up 22.10% of the population. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 90.74% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 6.02% Awadhi language, Awadhi and 3.13% Urdu as their first language.

Administration

There are 17 blocks in Pratapgarh district.

Education

Notable persons

*Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay, freedom fighter, later became only member of Constituent Assembly from Pratapgarh and twice elected Member of Parliament from Pratapgarh. *Swami Karpatri Maharaj, spiritual leader and founder of Ramrajya party *Rajesh Kumar Mishra (born 30 June 1967), Rajesh Kumar Mishra, leader and politician at Kisaan Morcha, BJP *Bajrang Bahadur Singh, founder vice chancellor of Pant Nagar University and later the first Governor of Himachal Pradesh state of India *Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj (1922 - 2013), Spiritual leader, Hindu spiritual leader and saint from Mangarh, Pratapgarh *Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician), Dinesh Singh (1925-1995), Deputy Minister in the ministry of external affairs and served as a member of parliament *Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907-2003) poet and professor of Allahabad University, best known for his early work ''Madhushala''; father of Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan *Raghuraj Pratap Singh (born 1969) known as Raja Bhaiya, politician, independent member of legislative assembly and MLA of Pratapgarh district Uttar Pradesh *Anupam Shyam, Anupam Shyam Ojha (1957–2021), film and television actor, who usually played villainous role on international films set in India *Babulal Gaur (born 1930) BJP Leader and Ex. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh also hails from Pratapgarh. *Shweta Tiwari (born 1980), Bollywood and Bhojpuri film actress and winner of the fourth season of the reality show ''Bigg Boss'' *Rajkumari Ratna Singh (born 1959), politician from Indian National Congress Party, member of parliament. *Pramod Tiwari (born 1956), senior leader of Congress Party and EX MLA from (Rampur Khas), and current MP of Rajya Sabh Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh. *Lal Pratap Singh freedom fighter. *Ajit Pratap Singh *Sumitranandan Pant (born 20 May 1900) was an Indian poet.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, Districts of Uttar Pradesh 1858 establishments in India