Firozabad (District)

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Firozabad District
District map
State Uttar Pradesh
Division : Agra
Administrative headquarters : Firozabad
Area : 2407 km²
Residents : 2,498,156 (2011)
Population density : 1,038 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.firozabad.nic.in/

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

The area is 2407 km². The administrative seat is the city of Firozabad .

history

Firozabad District was established on February 2, 1989 by order of the government of Uttar Pradesh.

population

The population is 2,498,156 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 21.69%. Firozabad has a gender ratio of 875 women per 1000 men. The district has a literacy rate of 71.92% in 2011, an increase of more than six percentage points compared to 2001. Almost 86% of the population are Hindus , approx. 13% are Muslims and approx. 0.8% are Jainas .

The urbanization rate of the district is approximately 33.4%. The largest cities were Firozabad with 604,214 inhabitants and Shikohabad with 107,404 inhabitants.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
  2. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .