Ghazipur (District)

Ghazipur District ; ग़ाज़ीपुर जिला
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division :	Varanasi
Administrative headquarters :	Ghazipur
Area :	3,377 km²
Residents :	3,620,268 (2011)
Population density :	1,072 inhabitants / km²
Website :	ghazipur.nic.in

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

geography

The Ghazipur district is located in the east of Uttar Pradesh on the border with the neighboring state of Bihar . The district has an area of 3,377 square kilometers and is traversed by the Ganges , India's largest river. Neighboring districts are Chandauli in the south, Varanasi in the southwest, Jaunpur in the west, Azamgarh in the northwest, Mau in the north, Ballia in the northeast (all Uttar Pradesh) as well as in Bihar Buxar in the southeast and Kaimur in the south.

The district area belongs to the flat and intensively agriculturally used Ganges plain and is mostly north of the Ganges and a smaller part south. The left tributary Gomti forms the border to the Varanasi district and flows into the Ganges at Saidpur. In the east of the district lies the mouth of the right tributary Karmanasa , which marks the border with Bihar, in the Ganges.

Administrative division

The Ghazipur District is part of the Varanasi Division . It is divided into the five tehsils Ghazipur, Saidpur, Muhammadabad, Zamania and Jakhnia.

history

Ghazipur district was established by the British after they brought the area under their rule in 1775. During the British rule, the district was part of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces ( Northwestern Provinces from 1836 ), which became part of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1902 . After Indian independence in 1947, the United Provinces became the state of Uttar Pradesh.

population

According to the 2011 Indian census, the Ghazipur district has 3,620,268 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by 19 percent and at about the same rate as the Uttar Pradesh mean (20 percent). The population density of 1,072 inhabitants per square kilometer is above the already high average of the state (829 inhabitants per square kilometer). The district is very rural: Less than eight percent of the population live in cities (the mean value in Uttar Pradesh is 22 percent). At 72 percent, the literacy rate is above the Uttar Pradesh mean (68 percent) and almost corresponds to the overall Indian average (73 percent).

According to the 2001 census , Hindus make up the vast majority of the district's residents with almost 90 percent. There is also a Muslim minority of 10 percent.