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Raebareli district
रायबरेली ज़िला
رائے بریلی ضلع
—  District of Uttar Pradesh  —
Uttar Pradesh district location map Rae Bareli
Location of Raebareli district in Uttar Pradesh
Country India
State Uttar Pradesh
Administrative division Lucknow
Established
Headquarters Raebareli
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituencies Raebareli
Area
 • Total 4,609 km2 (1,780 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 • Total 2,872,330
 • Density 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Website Official website

Raebareli District (Hindi: रायबरेली ज़िला, Urdu: رائے بریلی ضلع) is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The town of Raebareli is the district headquarters. The district is part of Lucknow Division.

History[]

Raebareli District in 1911[]

The district had an area of 1748 sq/m. The general aspect of the district is slightly undulating, and the country is beautifully wooded. The soil is remarkably fertile, and the cultivation of a high class. The principal rivers of the district are the Ganges and the Sai: the former skirts it for 54 miles and is everywhere navigable for boats of 40 tons; the latter traverses it from N.W. to S.E. In 1901 the population was 1,033,760, showing a slight decrease during the decade. The principal crops are rice, pulse, wheat, barley, millet and poppy. Rae Bareli town is connected with Lucknow by a branch of the Oudh & Rohilkhand railway, which in 1898 was extended to Benares.

Economy[]

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Raebareli one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[1] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[1]

Demographics[]

According to the 2011 census Raebareli district has a population of 3,404,004,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Panama[3] or the US state of Connecticut.[4] This gives it a ranking of 97th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 739 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,910 /sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.51 %.[2] Rae Bareli has a sex ratio of 941 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 69.04 %.[2]

Languages[]

Languages spoken in the district include Awadhi, a vernacular in the Hindi-Urdu continuum spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the Awadh region.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme". National Institute of Rural Development. http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf. Retrieved September 27, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 
  3. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Panama 3,460,462 July 2011 est." 
  4. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "Connecticut 3,574,097" 
  5. ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed (2009). "Awadhi: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th edition ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=awa. Retrieved 2011-09-28. 

External links[]

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