Sant Kabir Nagar district

Coordinates: 26°46′48″N 83°03′36″E / 26.78000°N 83.06000°E / 26.78000; 83.06000
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Sant Kabir Nagar district
Sant Kabir Nagar
Hindi[1]
 • Additional officialUrdu[1]
 • RegionalBhojpuri
Demographics
 • Literacy66.72 per cent
 • Sex ratio969
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationUP-58
Major highwaysNational Highway 28 (India)
Websitesknagar.nic.in

Sant Kabir Nagar district is one of the 75

state in northern India. Khalilabad is the district headquarters. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of Basti division. The total area of Sant Kabir Nagar district is 1,646 km2 (636 sq mi).[2]

Economy

In 2007 the

640).[3] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[3]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901486,935—    
1911482,786−0.09%
1921507,791+0.51%
1931548,093+0.77%
1941576,478+0.51%
1951629,746+0.89%
1961652,787+0.36%
1971752,737+1.43%
1981911,052+1.93%
19911,152,116+2.38%
20011,420,226+2.11%
20111,715,183+1.90%
source:[4]
Religions in Sant Kabir Nagar district (2011)[5]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 75.83%
Islam
 
 23.58%
Other or not stated
 
 0.59%

According to the

640).[6]
The district has a population density of 1,041 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,700/sq mi).[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.71%.[6] Sant Kabir Nagar has a sex ratio of 969 females for every 1000 males[6] and a literacy rate of 69.01%. 7.49% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 21.52% and 0.09% of the population respectively.[6]

Language

Languages in Sant Kabir Nagar district (2011)[9]

  Bhojpuri (53.67%)
  Hindi (36.42%)
  Urdu (9.49%)
  Others (0.43%)

At the time of the

2011 Census of India, 53.67% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 36.42% Hindi and 9.49% Urdu as their first language.[9]

Bhojpuri is the native language of the district.[10] The Bhojpuri variant of Kaithi is the indigenous script of Bhojpuri language.[11]

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. ^ "District Sant Kabir Nagar, Government of Uttar Pradesh | City of Sant Kabir Das | India". Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  5. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "District Census Handbook: Sant Kabir Nagar" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  7. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Gambia, The 1,797,860 July 2011 est.
  8. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Nebraska 1,826,341
  9. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  10. ^ Grierson, George Abraham (1881). A handbook to the Kayathi character. The Library of Congress. Calcutta, Thacker, Spink, and co.
  11. ^ "Bhojpuri". Ethnologue. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

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