Shahjahanpur (District)

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Shahjahanpur District
District map
State Uttar Pradesh
Administrative headquarters : Shahjahanpur
Area : 4,388 km²
Residents : 3,006,538 (2011)
Population density : 685 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.shahjahanpur.nic.in/

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

The area is 4388 km². The administrative seat is the city of Shahjahanpur .

history

Shahjahanpur was founded by Diler Khan and Bahadur Khan , sons of Dariya Khan , a soldier in the army of Grand Mughal Jahangir . Both Diler Khan and Bahadur Khan were dignitaries in Shah Jahan's regime . Delighted with the services of Diler Khan, Shah Jahan gave him 14 villages with permission to build a fortress.

population

The population is 3,006,538 (2011). The population growth rate from 2001 to 2011 was 18.0%. Shahjahanpur has a gender ratio of 889 women per 1000 men. The district has a literacy rate of 59.54% in 2011, an increase of almost ten percentage points compared to 2001. Almost 80% of the population are Hindus , around 18% are Muslims and around 2% are Sikhs .

The urbanization rate of the district is approximately 19.8%. The largest city was Shahjahanpur with 329,736 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 .