Sant Kabir Nagar district is one of the 75

districts of Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, has 75 districts and 1 temporary district. These districts, most of which have populations above 12 lakhs, are grouped into 18 divisions for administrative convenience. The Maha Kumbh area of Pray ...

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in northern

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. Khalilabad is the district headquarters. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of

Basti division Basti division is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Basti city is the administrative headquarters of the division. Basti division consists of the following 3 dist ...

. The total area of Sant Kabir Nagar district is .

Economy

In 2007 the

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named Sant Kabir Nagar one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of

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). 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 Sant Kabir Nagar district has a

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of 1,715,183, 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 283rd in India (out of a total of

). The district has a population density of . Its

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over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.71%. Sant Kabir Nagar has a

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of 969

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for every 1000 males and a

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of 69.01%. 7.49% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 21.52% and 0.09% of the population respectively.

Language

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 53.67% of the population in the district spoke

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, 36.42%

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and 9.49%

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as their first language.

is the native language of the district. The Bhojpuri variant of

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is the indigenous script of Bhojpuri language.

Notable residents

* Sant Kabir Das, poet * Bhalchandra Yadava, politician * Ram Prasad Chaudhary, politician * Kavindra Chaudhary, politician * Ankur Raj Tiwari, politician *

Sucheta Kripalani Sucheta Kripalani (''née'' Majumdar) (; 25 June 1908 – 1 December 1974) was an Indian politician and independence activist. She was India's first female Chief Minister, serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967. ...

, First Woman Chief Minister of India, MLA from Mehndawal(1962–1967) *

Akhilesh Pati Tripathi Akhilesh Pati Tripathi (born 20 January 1984) was an Indian politician and member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi (M.L.A.). He was a member of Aam Aadmi Party and represented Model Town Assembly constituency, Model Town (Assembly con ...

Politician in Delhi * Nagendra Nath Tripathi Politician

References

External links

Sant Kabir Nagar district website

Sant Kabir Nagar District Court Website

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