Uttar Pradesh उत्तर प्रदेश (in Hindi) اتر پردیش (in Urdu) U.P. | |
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Location o Uttar Pradesh in Indie | |
Cairt o Uttar Pradesh | |
Coordinates (Lucknow): 26°51′N 80°55′E / 26.85°N 80.91°E | |
Kintra | Indie |
Region | Awadh, Baghelkhand, Braj, Bundelkhand, Purvanchal, RohilKhand, Indo-Gangetic Plain |
Established | Modren: 1805 (as Cedit an Conquered Provinces) ) |
History | Summary
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Caipital | Lucknow |
Lairgest ceety | Kanpur |
Lairgest Metropolitan Region | Kanpur Metropolitan Region |
Destricts | 75 total |
Govrenment | |
• Bodi | Govrenment o Indie, Govrenment o Uttar Pradesh |
• Govrenor | Banwari Lal Joshi |
• Chief Meenister | Kumari Mayawati (BSP) |
• Legislature | Bicameral (404 + 108 seats) |
• Parliamentary constituency | 80 |
• Heich Coort | Allahabad Heich Coort |
Area | |
• Total | 243286 km2 (93,933 sq mi) |
Area rank | 5t |
Population | |
• Total | 200,000,000 |
• Rank | 1st |
• Density | 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Uttarpradeshi, UPite, UPian, North Indie, Uttar Bhartiya |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
UN/LOCODE | INUP |
Vehicle registration | UP XX XXXX |
HDI | 0.490 (medium) |
HDI rank | 32th (2005) |
Literacy | 69.72% (29t) 79.24% (male) 59.26% (female) |
Offeecial leid | Hindi, Urdu |
Website | upgov.nic.in |
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش, pronounced [ˈʊt̪t̪ər prəˈd̪eːʃ] ( listen), "Northren Province"), (umwhile Unitit Provinces; Hindi: यूनाईटेड प्रोविन्सेस, Urdu: یونائیٹڈ پروونس) is a state locatit in the northren pairt o Indie. Wi a population o ower 200 million fowk,[2] it is Indie's maist populous state, as well as the warld's maist populous sub-naitional entity. Gin it wis a naition in its awn richt, Uttar Pradesh wad be the warld's fift muckle maist kintra aheid o Brazil, a kintra thirty-five times lairger in territorial aurie than Uttar Pradesh.[3][4]
Main airticles: Diveesions o Uttar Pradesh an Destricts o Uttar Pradesh |
The state o Uttar Pradesh consists o seiventy five destricts, whilk are groupit intae aichteen diveesions:- Agra diveesion, Aligarh diveesion, Allahabad diveesion, Azamgarh diveesion, Bareilly diveesion, Basti diveesion, Chitrakoot diveesion, Devipatan diveesion, Faizabad diveesion, Gorakhpur diveesion, Jhansi diveesion, Kanpur diveesion, Lucknow diveesion, Meerut diveesion, Mirzapur diveesion, Moradabad diveesion, Saharanpur diveesion an Varanasi diveesion.
Follaein are Municipal Corporations (Nagar Nigam) in UP:
Figures based on the census 2011 ([1])