districts of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, has 75 districts. These districts, most of which have populations above 10 lakhs, and are grouped into 18 divisions for administrative convenience.
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Bahraich
Bahraich is a city and a municipal board in Bahraich district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Located on the Saryu River, a tributary of the Ghaghara river, Bahraich is north-east of Lucknow, the state capital. The districts of Bar ...
town is the district headquarters. Bahraich District is a part of
Devipatan Division
Devipatan division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Currently (2005), the division consists of districts of:
* Gonda,
* Bahraich,
* Shravasti, and
* Balarampur.
*
Gonda is headquarters of this div ...
.
History
According to some other historians in the middle age this place was the capital of “Bhar” dynasty. Therefore, it was called as “Bharaich”. Which later come to be known as “Bahraich”.
Famous Chinese visitors Hwaintsang and Feighyaan visited this place. The famous Arab visitor Ibne-ba-tuta visited Bahraich and wrote that Bahraich is a beautiful city situated at the bank of
holy river
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Saryu.
According to Puraans King Luv, the son of God Ram and King Prasenjit ruled Bahraich. Also during the period of exile Pandavas and along with mother Kunti visited this place.
The guru of Maharaja Janak, Rishi Ashtwakra used to live here. Rishi Valmiki and Rishi Balark also used to live here .
Bahraich district is a part of
Devipatan division
Devipatan division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Currently (2005), the division consists of districts of:
* Gonda,
* Bahraich,
* Shravasti, and
* Balarampur.
*
Gonda is headquarters of this div ...
consist of districts Bahraich, Gonda, Shravasti, Balrampur. You can find more than 50 famous Hindu Temple in bahraich district.
Geography
Bahraich borders
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
districts
Bardiya
Bardiya or Smerdis ( peo, 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 ; grc, Σμέρδις ; possibly died 522 BC), also named as Tanyoxarces ( grc, Τανυοξάρκης ) by Ctesias, was a son of Cyrus the Great and the younger brother of Cambyses II, both ...
to the northwest and Banke to the northeast. The rest of Bahraich is surrounded by following districts in Uttar Pradesh: Lakhimpur and
Sitapur
Sitapur is a city and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 90 kilometres north of state capital, Lucknow. The traditional origin for the name is said to be by the King Vikramāditya from Lord ...
on the west, Barabanki to the southwest, Gonda to the southeast, and
Shravasti
Shravasti ( sa, श्रावस्ती, translit=Śrāvastī; pi, 𑀲𑀸𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻, translit=Sāvatthī) is a city and district headquarter of Shravasti district in Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It was the capital of the an ...
to the east.
District Jail
District Jail Bahraich situated besid Indira Stadium on Jail Road, also known as Police Line Road. This jail is operated since year 1848.
Economy
In 2006 the
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
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According to the 2011 census Bahraich district has a
population
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of 3,487,731, This gives it a ranking of 89th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its
population growth rate
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over the decade 2001–2011 was 46.08%. Bahraich has a
sex ratio
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of 891
females
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A female has larger gametes than a male. Females a ...
for every 1000 males, and a
literacy rate
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2011 Census of India
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, 89.36% of the population in the district spoke
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
Awadhi
Awadhi (; ), also known as Audhi (), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern India and Nepal. It is primarily spoken in the Awadh region of present-day Uttar Pradesh, India. The name ''Awadh'' is connected to Ayodhya, the ancient city, w ...
and 1.49%
Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries , Oxford U ...
as their first language.
Tehsil
Bahraich district comprises 6 tehsils or sub-divisions, each headed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM):
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Bahraich
Bahraich is a city and a municipal board in Bahraich district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Located on the Saryu River, a tributary of the Ghaghara river, Bahraich is north-east of Lucknow, the state capital. The districts of Bar ...
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Nanpara
Nanpara is a town & municipal board in Bahraich district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a region along the Nepal Border and includes tracts of dense forests. It is a city surrounded by many villages.
Geography
Nanpara is located a ...