Sant Kabir Nagar district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh

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in northern

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. Khalilabad is the district headquarters. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of Basti division. The total area of Sant Kabir Nagar district is .

Economy

In 2007 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sant Kabir Nagar one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of

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

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Sant Kabir Nagar district has a

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of 1,715,183, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 283rd in India (out of a total of

). The district has a population density of . Its

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over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.71%. Sant Kabir Nagar has a

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of 969

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for every 1000 males and a

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of 69.01%. Scheduled Castes made up 21.52% of the population.

Language

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 53.67% of the population in the district spoke

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
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, 36.42%

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and 9.49%

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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as their first language.

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
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is the native language of the district. The Bhojpuri variant of

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is the indigenous script of Bhojpuri language.

Notable residents

* Sant Kabir Das, poet * Bhalchandra Yadava, politician *

Ankur Raj Tiwari Ankur Raj Tiwari is an Indian politician and a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Khalilabad (Assembly constituency) in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. Early life and political career Ankur Raj Tiwari wa ...

, politician * Sucheta Kripalani, First Woman Chief Minister Of India, MLA from Mehndawal(1962-1967) *

Akhilesh Pati Tripathi Akhilesh Pati Tripathi is an Indian politician belonging to Aam Aadmi Party. He is an M.L.A. from Model Town constituency in Delhi, since 2013. Personal life Akhilesh Pati Tripathi was born on 20 January 1984 in Mehdawal, Sant Kabir Nagar dis ...

Politician in Delhi

References

External links

Sant Kabir Nagar district website

Sant Kabir Nagar District Court Website

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