Ballia (District)

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Ballia
District बलिया जिला
District map
State Uttar Pradesh
Division : Azamgarh
Administrative headquarters : Ballia
Area : 2981 km²
Residents : 3,239,774 (2011)
Population density : 1,087 inhabitants / km²
Website : ballia.nic.in

The Ballia district ( Hindi : बलिया जिला ) is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . The administrative center is the eponymous city of Ballia .

geography

Ballia is the easternmost district of Uttar Pradesh and lies in the Azamgarh Division on the border with the neighboring state of Bihar . The district protrudes into the Bihar area in a wedge shape. The district area has an area of ​​2981 km² and belongs to the flat and intensively agriculturally used Ganges plain . Its borders are formed by the Ganges in the south and its tributary Ghaghara in the north, the confluence of which marks the easternmost point of the district. In addition to these two large rivers , the Chhoti Sarju , a smaller tributary of the Ganges, flows through the district. To the north of Ballia lies the Suraha Tal lake , which is connected to the Ganges by the Kaithar Nadi river . During the rainy season the water of the Ganges flows into the lake, in the dry season the direction of flow is reversed.

Neighboring districts are Ghazipur in the southwest, Mau in the west, Deoria in the north (all Uttar Pradesh) as well as in Bihar Siwan and Saran in the northeast, Bhojpur in the southeast and Buxar in the south.

Administrative division

The Ballia District is divided into the six Tehsils Rasra, Bansdih, Ballia, Bairia, Sikanderpur and Belthra Road.

history

Ballia was established as a district of the United Provinces in 1879 during the British colonial era . The area had previously been part of Ghazipur District . After Indian independence in 1947, the United Provinces became the state of Uttar Pradesh.

population

According to the 2011 Indian census, the Ballia district has 3,239,774 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by 17 percent and thus a little more slowly than the Uttar Pradesh mean (20 percent). The population density of 1088 inhabitants per km² is above the already high average of the state (829 inhabitants per km²). The district has a very rural character: only nine percent of the population live in cities. At 71 percent, the literacy rate is above the Uttar Pradesh mean (68 percent), but slightly below the overall Indian average (73 percent).

According to the 2001 census, Hindus make up the vast majority of the district's residents with 93 percent. There is also a Muslim minority of just under seven percent.

Cities

city Population
(2001)
Ballia 102.226
Bansdih 20,232
Belthara Road 17.185
Chitbara Gaon 20,211
Maniyar 18,750
Rasra 29,263
Reoti 22,103
Sahatwar 18,972
Sikanderpur 21,790

literature

  • The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 6: Argaon to Bardwān. New edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 250-257 , keyword: Balliā District .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Abstract - Uttar Pradesh (PDF; 1.7 MB).
  2. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Census GIS India: Religions. )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.censusindiamaps.net
  3. ↑ Census of India 2001: Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities / Towns (in alphabetic order) ( Memento from June 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive )