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Status & Trends

Status & Trends

 

Uttar Pradesh

Capital

Lucknow

Date of formation

26. Jan. 1950

Tourist attractions

Taj Mahal, Sangam, Varanasi

Festivals

Karva Chauth, Annakoot, Shitala Ashtami, Eid

Major dance and music forms

Kathak, Lucknow and Benares Gharanas of music

Arts and crafts

Chikankari or shadow-work embroidery; Baranasi brocades which includes the zari, amru and abrawan; Sanjhi or the art of cutting paper stencils.

Languages

Hindi, Urdu

Size

240,928 sq. km

Population (Census 2011)

199,812,341

Rivers

Ganga, Yamuna, Gomti, Ghaghra, Ramganga, Betwa

Male

10,44,80,510

Female

9,53,31,831

Decennial Growth Rate

20.23%

Female literacy

51.36 %

Districts

75

Towns

915

Nagar Nigams

13

Members of Vidhan Sabha

404

Forests and wildlife sanctuaries

Dudhwa NP

State animal

Swamp Deer

State bird

Sarus crane

State flower

Brahm kamal

State tree

Ashok

Major crops

Wheat, rice, pulses, Sugar Cane

Main Folk Dances

Pandav, Karma, Charkula, Paidanda, Tharu, Dhobiya, Rai and Shera

Tourist & Historical Places

Sarnath(Varanasi), Piprahwa, Kaushambi, Shravasti, Kushinagar, Agra, Lucknow, Chitrakut, Jhansi and Merrut.

 Source: http://planning.up.nic.in
 

1. Trends in the Growth of Total and Urban Population in U.P.
 

(Population in lakhs) 

Year

Total

Urban

Decadal Growth

Total Urban 

Urban to Total (%)

1961

737.5

94.8

16.67

9.98

12.85

1971

883.4

123.9

19.78

30.7

14.03

1981

1052.5*

190.1

(.)

(.)

18.06

1991

1320.6*

259.7

25.47

36.61

19.67

2001

1661.8

345.1

25.84

32.88

20.78

2011

1998.1

444.9

20.23

28.82

22.27

 
Source: India Census Report & SIFPSA (U.P.)


*           :           Excluding Uttaranchal
(.)         :           Percentages not calculated as 1971 & 81 figures are not   comparable.


Population Projections for U.P.

(In millions)

Year

Low Growth Rate Assumption                                       

High Growth Rate Assumption

Total

Rural 

Urban

Total 

Rural   

Urban

2011

206.1    

163.3

42.8

206.8     

163.8      

43.0

2021

256.7     

203.4       

53.3

258.9       

205.1     

53.8

2026

283.4  

224.5        

58.9

289.7     

229.5 

60.2

 
Source: India Census Report & SIFPSA (U.P)



RANKING OF DISTRICTS BY POPULATION DENSITY
 

RANKING OF DISTRICTS BY POPULATION DENSITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District

Density 2011

Density 2001

Density 1991

Rank in 2011

Rank in 2001

Rank in 1991

Uttar Pradesh

828

689

548

 

 

 

GHAZIABAD

3971

1682

1141

1

2

2

VARANASI

2395

1995

1589

2

1

1

LUCKNOW

1816

1456

1093

3

3

4

SANT RAVIDAS NAGAR BHADOHI

1555

1409

1123

4

4

3

KANPUR NAGAR

1452

1366

1074

5

5

5

MEERUT

1346

1190

959

6

6

6

GORAKHPUR

1337

1140

923

7

7

7

MAU

1288

1080

844

8

8

9

GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR

1286

939

692

9

15

21

MORADABAD

1283

1028

813

10

11

11

KUSHINAGAR

1227

994

775

11

12

14

DEORIA

1221

1077

861

12

9

8

AZAMGARH

1138

938

743

13

16

16

JAUNPUR

1113

969

796

14

14

13

AGRA

1093

897

683

15

20

24

BALLIA

1087

923

759

16

17

15

ALLAHABAD

1086

911

719

17

18

18

BAREILLY

1080

873

688

18

22

22

GHAZIPUR

1072

903

716

19

19

19

FAIZABAD

1056

755

610

20

31

31

SANT KABIR NAGAR

1042

988

799

21

13

12

FIROZABAD

1038

866

649

22

23

26

MUZAFFARNAGAR

1034

884

709

23

21

20

AMBEDAKER NAGAR

1020

854

687

24

24

23

ALIGARH

1007

798

654

25

27

25

RAMPUR

987

812

635

26

26

29

BAGHPAT

986

838

742

27

25

17

SAHARANPUR

940

772

626

28

29

30

BASTI

917

682

556

29

41

39

MAHARAJGANJ

909

734

568

30

33

36

KAUSHAMBI

899

705

557

31

36

38

SIDDHARTHNAGAR

884

741

584

32

32

33

FARRUKHABAD

864

692

563

33

39

37

PRATAPGARH

863

734

595

34

34

32

GONDA

858

625

498

35

47

46

SULTANPUR

856

719

579

36

35

35

HATHRAS

850

761

644

37

30

27

JYOTIBA PHULENAGAR

818

646

498

38

42

47

BIJNOR

807

686

540

39

40

41

KANNAUJ

792

695

581

40

38

34

SITAPUR

781

630

497

41

44

48

BULANDSHAHR

776

786

643

42

28

28

CHANDAULI

768

642

499

43

43

45

MATHURA

763

621

489

44

48

49

BARA BANKI

741

699

553

45

37

40

RAE BARELI

739

626

506

46

46

42

Kansi Ram Nagar

735

-

-

47

-

-

ETAH

730

627

505

48

45

43

BUDAUN

712

594

474

49

49

53

SHAHJAHANPUR

685

557

434

50

56

57

ETAWAH

684

586

482

51

51

51

AURAIYA

684

575

501

52

54

44

HARDOI

684

568

459

53

55

55

UNNAO

682

592

483

54

50

50

SHRAWASTI

681

1044

820

55

10

10

MAINPURI

677

580

477

56

52

52

BAHRAICH

666

415

320

57

62

61

BALRAMPUR

642

576

468

58

53

54

FATEHPUR

634

555

457

59

57

56

KANPUR DEHAT

595

504

414

60

58

58

MIRZAPUR

567

468

366

61

60

60

PILIBHIT

551

470

367

62

59

59

KHERI

524

417

315

63

61

62

BANDA

408

340

287

64

64

63

JHANSI

398

348

282

65

63

64

JALAUN

370

319

267

66

65

65

CHITRAKOOT

308

250

186

67

66

68

MAHOBA

279

249

204

68

67

67

HAMIRPUR

275

241

205

69

68

66

SONBHADRA

270

216

158

70

69

69

LALITPUR

242

194

149

71

70

70

Source: http://planning.up.nic.in

  
SEX RATIO SINCE 1901 FOR STATE AND DISTRICTS

State/District

1901

1911

1921

1931

1941

1951

1961

1971

1981

1991

2001

UTTAR PRADESH

938

916

908

903

907

908

907

876

882

876

898

SAHARANPUR

863

823

817

819

800

828

838

829

839

851

868

MUZAFFARNAGAR

869

817

829

828

825

826

841

831

843

860

872

BIJNOR

918

887

900

883

890

886

877

853

863

871

896

MORADABAD

882

861

869

860

862

859

858

834

840

849

885

RAMPUR

897

876

866

855

845

863

871

836

843

858

882

JYOTIBA PHULENAGAR

906

885

893

884

886

883

881

845

849

860

885

MEERUT

874

844

847

835

845

826

839

830

841

858

871

BAGHPAT

884

855

858

845

855

836

847

836

852

838

848

GHAZIABAD

877

852

854

841

853

854

847

830

840

840

860

GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR

893

882

882

868

889

874

871

848

909

817

842

BULANDSHAHR

901

899

897

884

911

883

882

855

865

858

881

ALIGARH

894

854

848

845

845

860

862

837

844

845

861

HATHRAS

882

840

835

837

838

851

854

824

825

830

856

MATHURA

864

814

814

833

834

846

837

822

811

816

841

AGRA

864

833

818

830

848

847

842

829

828

832

852

FIROZABAD

848

823

817

822

843

848

849

833

825

832

851

ETAH

851

838

847

845

847

870

865

833

827

824

847

MAINPURI

837

817

816

817

840

865

858

831

833

834

855

BUDAUN

854

824

848

848

855

844

837

812

809

810

841

BAREILLY

862

843

861

849

846

844

834

817

830

839

872

PILIBHIT

884

861

884

864

861

858

842

827

846

853

876

SHAHJAHANPUR

862

841

852

836

822

826

826

797

813

816

838

KHERI

891

875

883

872

869

850

853

824

846

842

875

SITAPUR

897

879

873

877

877

860

859

829

846

833

862

HARDOI

876

839

850

853

861

864

857

825

827

818

843

UNNAO

957

903

889

890

896

902

892

889

889

873

898

LUCKNOW

912

856

845

819

819

842

839

841

847

866

891

RAE BARELI

1026

991

972

972

974

954

965

944

941

931

949

FARRUKHABAD

853

826

831

831

873

842

832

810

817

832

860

KANNAUJ

843

817

822

822

863

833

846

826

854

835

868

ETAWAH

847

829

819

772

838

845

843

828

834

834

856

AURAIYA

837

819

809

849

828

835

853

824

827

828

856

KANPUR DEHAT

860

825

795

803

770

855

865

833

844

836

856

KANPUR NAGAR

871

836

806

813

781

770

788

803

825

832

869

JALAUN

937

931

901

908

904

908

886

857

837

829

847

JHANSI

956

946

924

932

935

916

890

879

869

864

870

LALITPUR

956

946

924

932

935

931

905

855

858

863

884

HAMIRPUR

985

975

956

950

950

935

923

879

853

839

852

MAHOBA

1011

999

979

965

973

947

925

877

861

845

866

BANDA

992

984

957

941

942

931

911

870

859

832

860

CHITRAKOOT

971

962

936

920

921

910

895

872

876

862

872

FATEHPUR

965

933

910

906

941

915

915

901

896

882

892

PRATAPGARH

1045

1057

1048

1049

965

1039

1062

1016

1006

987

983

KAUSHAMBI

1013

983

957

956

965

958

948

932

898

883

894

ALLAHABAD

997

968

942

941

950

943

924

889

888

873

882

BARA BANKI

946

915

912

911

901

889

885

845

780

854

886

FAIZABAD

975

990

979

968

983

961

980

914

912

898

940

AMBEDAKER NAGAR

987

1014

1000

984

996

973

980

932

962

943

977

SULTANPUR

1025

1030

1028

1023

1044

998

1017

970

971

933

980

BAHRAICH

925

917

915

911

904

900

892

842

840

845

865

SHRAWASTI

943

935

933

929

921

918

907

840

885

833

859

BALRAMPUR

964

965

956

954

944

931

917

867

883

868

896

GONDA

965

966

957

954

945

936

942

881

908

877

899

SIDDHARTHNAGAR

974

976

955

947

943

965

950

908

924

912

946

BASTI

966

969

948

940

935

946

936

887

917

908

916

SANT KABIR NAGAR

984

986

965

957

953

964

967

918

951

928

978

MAHARAJGANJ

1011

995

974

955

981

964

963

916

919

909

933

GORAKHPUR

1011

995

974

955

981

996

985

925

952

924

959

KUSHINAGAR

983

967

938

917

940

975

969

931

955

940

961

DEORIA

1039

1023

993

971

995

1031

1036

986

1022

995

1003

AZAMGARH

1021

992

970

970

989

1024

1040

1006

1032

1007

1026

MAU

1026

991

968

967

988

1001

1012

976

996

974

984

BALLIA

1085

996

949

947

986

1041

1037

975

984

946

952

JAUNPUR

1039

1008

1011

1017

1033

1024

1061

1011

1009

994

1021

GHAZIPUR

1053

996

958

951

972

1000

1020

977

988

957

974

CHANDAULI

1018

1011

982

974

972

971

954

916

918

907

922

VARANASI

968

961

934

925

924

923

915

886

890

890

908

SANT RAVIDAS
NAGAR BHADOHI

1069

1062

1033

1024

1023

1022

1042

965

921

896

918

MIRZAPUR

1045

1023

1003

999

1002

984

961

913

897

883

897

SONBHADRA

1045

1023

1003

999

1002

967

900

887

874

862

896

 

Source: http://planning.up.nic.in
 

 

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, PERCENTAGE DECADAL GROWTH, SEX RATIO AND POPULATION DENSITY
 

State/District

Persons

Males

Females

GR_
1981-91

GR_
1991-01

SR
_1991

SR
_2001

Density
_1991

Density
_2001

Uttar Pradesh

66,052,859

87,466,301

78,586,558

25.55

25.80

876

898

548

689

SAHARANPUR

2,848,152

1,525,096

1,323,056

26.76

23.35

851

868

626

772

MUZAFFA
RNAGAR

3,541,952

1,891,937

1,650,015

26.42

24.61

860

872

709

884

BIJNOR

3,130,586

1,651,275

1,479,311

27.76

27.16

871

896

540

686

MORADABAD

3,749,630

1,988,801

1,760,829

31.89

26.45

849

885

813

1028

RAMPUR

1,922,450

1,021,501

900,949

27.45

27.98

858

882

635

812

JYOTIBA
PHULENAGAR

1,499,193

795,439

703,754

28.25

29.72

860

885

498

646

MEERUT

3,001,636

1,604,103

1,397,533

24.91

24.16

858

871

959

1190

BAGHPAT

1,164,388

630,244

534,144

22.39

13.00

838

848

742

838

GHAZIABAD

3,289,540

1,768,215

1,521,325

40.90

47.47

840

860

1141

1682

GAUTAM 
BUDDHA
NAGAR

1,191,263

646,554

544,709

37.64

35.70

817

842

692

939

BULAND
SHAHR

2,923,290

1,553,711

1,369,579

16.10

22.22

858

881

643

786

ALIGARH

2,990,388

1,607,222

1,383,166

29.95

22.08

845

861

654

798

HATHRAS

1,333,372

718,288

615,084

26.90

18.32

830

856

644

761

MATHURA

2,069,578

1,123,984

945,594

22.69

26.95

816

841

489

621

AGRA

3,611,301

1,949,775

1,661,526

21.90

31.27

832

852

683

897

FIROZABAD

2,045,737

1,105,203

940,534

21.65

33.44

832

851

649

866

ETAH

2,788,270

1,509,491

1,278,779

20.78

24.20

824

847

505

627

MAINPURI

1,592,875

858,531

734,344

24.11

21.50

834

855

477

580

BUDAUN

3,069,245

1,667,499

1,401,746

24.16

25.36

810

841

474

594

BAREILLY

3,598,701

1,922,833

1,675,868

24.71

26.96

839

872

688

873

PILIBHIT

1,643,788

876,006

767,782

27.25

28.11

853

876

367

470

SHAHJA-
HANPUR

2,549,458

1,387,424

1,162,034

20.62

28.28

816

838

434

557

KHERI

3,200,137

1,706,830

1,493,307

23.89

32.28

842

875

315

417

SITAPUR

3,616,510

1,941,933

1,674,577

22.24

26.58

833

862

497

630

HARDOI

3,397,414

1,843,395

1,554,019

20.75

23.67

818

843

459

568

UNNAO

2,700,426

1,422,965

1,277,461

20.73

22.72

873

898

483

592

LUCKNOW

3,681,416

1,946,973

1,734,443

37.14

33.25

866

891

1093

1456

RAE BARELI

2,872,204

1,473,690

1,398,514

23.57

23.66

931

949

506

626

FARRU-KHABAD

1,577,237

848,088

729,149

24.46

22.80

832

860

563

692

KANNAUJ

1,385,227

741,380

643,847

24.94

19.58

835

868

581

695

ETAWAH

1,340,031

721,913

618,118

17.24

21.59

834

856

482

586

AURAIYA

1,179,496

635,527

543,969

27.23

14.70

828

856

501

575

KANPUR DEHAT

1,584,037

853,566

730,471

19.89

21.55

836

856

414

504

KANPUR NAGAR

4,137,489

2,213,955

1,923,534

22.54

27.17

832

869

1074

1366

JALAUN

1,455,859

788,264

667,595

23.64

19.39

829

847

267

319

JHANSI

1,746,715

934,118

812,597

24.66

23.23

864

870

282

348

LALITPUR

977,447

518,928

458,519

30.18

29.98

863

884

149

194

HAMIRPUR

1,042,374

562,911

479,463

21.90

17.85

839

852

205

241

MAHOBA

708,831

379,795

329,036

24.20

21.80

845

866

204

249

BANDA

1,500,253

806,543

693,710

23.69

18.49

832

860

287

340

CHITRAKOOT

800,592

427,705

372,887

16.78

34.33

862

872

186

250

FATEHPUR

2,305,847

1,218,892

1,086,955

20.79

21.40

882

892

457

555

PRATAPGARH

2,727,156

1,375,610

1,351,546

22.75

23.36

987

983

595

734

KAUSHAMBI

1,294,937

683,673

611,264

25.34

26.73

883

894

557

705

ALLAHABAD

4,941,510

2,625,872

2,315,638

30.78

26.72

873

882

719

911

BARA BANKI

2,673,394

1,417,213

1,256,181

26.59

26.40

854

886

553

699

FAIZABAD

2,087,914

1,076,000

1,011,914

23.77

23.87

898

940

610

755

AMBEDAKER NAGAR

2,025,373

1,024,712

1,000,661

25.45

24.31

943

977

687

854

SULTANPUR

3,190,926

1,611,936

1,578,990

25.32

24.20

933

980

579

719

BAHRAICH

2,384,239

1,278,253

1,105,986

25.19

29.55

845

865

320

415

SHRAWASTI

1,175,428

632,452

542,976

23.75

27.30

833

859

820

1044

BALRAMPUR

1,684,567

888,559

796,008

25.52

23.08

868

896

468

576

GONDA

2,765,754

1,456,460

1,309,294

26.62

25.46

877

899

498

625

SIDDHAR
THNAGAR

2,038,598

1,047,573

991,025

23.63

26.78

912

946

584

741

BASTI

2,068,922

1,079,971

988,951

23.41

22.69

908

916

556

682

SANT KABIR NAGAR

1,424,500

720,028

704,472

26.46

23.64

928

978

799

988

MAHARAJGANJ

2,167,041

1,120,800

1,046,241

25.56

29.27

909

933

568

734

GORAKHPUR

3,784,720

1,931,762

1,852,958

24.60

23.44

924

959

923

1140

KUSHINAGAR

2,891,933

1,474,884

1,417,049

29.01

28.17

940

961

775

994

DEORIA

2,730,376

1,363,250

1,367,126

24.95

25.03

995

1003

861

1077

AZAMGARH

3,950,808

1,949,827

2,000,981

25.46

26.28

1007

1026

743

938

MAU

1,849,294

932,142

917,152

28.37

27.91

974

984

844

1080

BALLIA

2,752,412

1,409,866

1,342,546

22.27

21.67

946

952

759

923

JAUNPUR

3,911,305

1,935,576

1,975,729

26.92

21.67

994

1021

796

969

GHAZIPUR

3,049,337

1,544,496

1,504,841

24.27

26.18

957

974

716

903

CHANDAULI

1,639,777

853,016

786,761

27.33

28.63

907

922

499

642

VARANASI

3,147,927

1,650,138

1,497,789

30.65

25.51

890

908

1589

1995

SANT 
RAVIDAS 
NAGAR BHADOHI

1,352,056

704,800

647,256

38.16

25.47

896

918

1123

1409

MIRZAPUR

2,114,852

1,115,112

999,740

31.40

27.62

883

897

366

468

SONBHADRA

1,463,468

771,817

691,651

38.18

36.13

862

896

158

216


Source: http://planning.up.nic.in