Bulandshahr (District)

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Bulandshahr District
District map
State Uttar Pradesh
Division : Meerut
Administrative headquarters : Bulandshahr
Area : 4,512 km²
Residents : 3,499,171 (2011)
Population density : 776 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.bulandshahar.nic.in/

Bulandshahr is a district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh .

The area is 4,512 km². The administrative seat is the city of Bulandshahr . The district belongs to the wider metropolitan area of Delhi .

population

The population is 3,499,171 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 20.12%. Bulandshahr has a gender ratio of 889 women per 1000 men. It had a literacy rate of 68.88% in 2011, an increase of almost nine percentage points compared to 2001. Just under 77% of the population are Hindus and around 22% are Muslims .

The urbanization rate of the district is approximately 24.8%. The largest cities were Bulandshahr with 222,519 inhabitants and Khurja with 111,062 inhabitants.

economy

Bulandshahar District is an important agricultural district for growing grain . Here u. a. Wheat , potatoes , corn , sugar are grown in large quantities.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
  2. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
  3. ^ Bulandshahr Agriculture, District Level Information of Bulandshahr | Uttar Pradesh .
  4. ^ Agricultural Efficiency in Uttar Pradesh .