Chandauli (District)

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Chandauli
District चंदौली जिला
District map
State Uttar Pradesh
Division : Varanasi
Administrative headquarters : Chandauli
Area : 2541 km²
Residents : 1,952,756 (2011)
Population density : 768 inhabitants / km²
Website : chandauli.nic.in

The district of Chandauli ( Hindi : चंदौली जिला ) is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . The administrative center is the eponymous city of Chandauli , the largest city is Mughalsarai .

geography

The Chandauli district is located in eastern Uttar Pradesh on the border with the neighboring state of Bihar and belongs to the Varanasi division . Neighboring districts are Sonbhadra in the south, Mirzapur and Varanasi in the west, Ghazipur in the north (all Uttar Pradesh) and Kaimur (Bihar) in the east.

The area of ​​the district of Chandauli is 2541 km². The Ganges , India's largest river and sacred river for the Hindus, forms the northern border of the district. The northern part of the district area belongs to the flat and intensively agriculturally used Ganges plain , to the south the terrain rises to the Vindhya plateau and presents itself as a wooded hill country.

Administrative division

The Chandauli district is divided into the three Tehsils Chandauli, Sakaldeeha and Chakiya.

history

The area of ​​today's Chandauli district came under British rule at the end of the 18th century . During the British colonial period , the northern half of today's district area was part of the Benares district (Varanasi), the southern part belonged to the lands of the Maharajas of Benares and was initially part of the Mirzapur district . In 1911 the Maharaja's possessions were given the status of the Princely State of Benares . This consisted of two exclaves to the west and south-east of the city of Varanasi, the eastern part of which was in the area of ​​today's Chandauli district. After Indian independence, the princely state of Benares was incorporated into the Varanasi district. In 1997, Chandauli broke away as an independent district from the Varanasi district.

population

According to the 2011 Indian census, the Chandauli district has 1,952,756 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by 19 percent, which is a little slower than the Uttar Pradesh mean (20.1 percent). The population density of 768 inhabitants per km² is slightly below the state average (829 inhabitants per km²). The district is very rural: only twelve percent of the population live in cities (the mean value in Uttar Pradesh is 22 percent). 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 a large majority of 90 percent of the residents of the district . There is also a Muslim minority of ten percent.

Cities

city Population
(2001)
Chakia 13,667
Chandauli 20,071
Dulhipur 7,744
Mughalsarai 88,386
Mughalsarai Rly. Settlement 27,860
Saiyad Raja 15,695

Web links

Commons : Chandauli District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Abstract - Uttar Pradesh (PDF; 1.7 MB).
  2. ^ Census of India 2001: Basic Data Sheet. District Chandauli (66), Uttar Pradesh (09). (PDF; 54 kB)
  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 )