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.

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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
Year	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

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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

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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

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