Sant Ravidas Nagar

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Sant Ravidas Nagar
District संत रविदास नगर जिला
District map
State Uttar Pradesh
Division : Mirzapur
Administrative headquarters : Gyanpur
Area : 1015 km²
Residents : 1,578,213 (2011)
Population density : 1555 inhabitants / km²
Website : srdnagar.nic.in

The district of Sant Ravidas Nagar ( Hindi : संत रविदास नगर ; also: Sant Ravidas Nagar Bhadohi ) is a district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . The administrative center is the city of Gyanpur , the largest city is Bhadohi . The district is named after the poet saint Ravidas , who was probably born near Varanasi (Benares) in the 15th century .

geography

The district of Sant Ravidas Nagar is located in the Ganges plain in the east of Uttar Pradesh between the cities of Varanasi and Prayagraj on the northern bank of the Ganges , the largest Indian river and sacred river of the Hindus. Neighboring districts are Varanasi in the east, Mirzapur in the south, Prayagraj in the west and Jaunpur in the north. With an area of ​​1015 km², Sant Ravidas Nagar is the smallest district of Uttar Pradesh. It is divided into the three Tehsils Aurai, Bhadohi and Gyanpur and belongs to the Mirzapur division .

history

The area of ​​the district of Sant Ravidas Nagar belonged in the 18th century to the possessions of the Maharajas of Benares. After the latter ceded his sovereignty to the British , the area was incorporated as part of the Mirzapur district in British India , but remained as a family property of the Maharajas. In 1911 the British gave the Maharaja's lands the status of the princely state of Benares . This consisted of two exclaves west and south-east of the city of Varanasi, the western of which is congruent with the current district area. After Indian independence, the princely state of Benares was incorporated into the Varanasi district. In 1996, Sant Ravidas Nagar broke away as an independent district from the Varanasi district.

population

Muslims in a Mawlid an Nabi procession in Bhadohi

According to the 2011 census, the Sant Ravidas Nagar district has 1,578,213 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011 the population grew by 15 percent. The district is rural: Less than 15 percent of the population live in cities (the mean for the state is 22 percent). Sant Ravidas Nagar is very densely populated: the population density of 1555 inhabitants per km² is almost twice as high as the already high average of Uttar Pradesh (829 inhabitants per square kilometer). At 69 percent, the literacy rate is close to the state average (68 percent).

According to the 2001 census , Hindus make up the vast majority of the district's residents, at 88 percent. There is also a Muslim minority of 12 percent. The Muslims concentrate on the cities: Among the urban population, they make up almost half of the population.

Cities

city Population
(2001)
Bhadohi 74,439
Ghosia Bazaar 15,778
Gopiganj 17,938
Gyanpur 12,056
Khamaria 23,521
Nai Bazar 11,887
Suriyawan 17,014

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. )@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 )

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