Maharajganj district
The district Maharajganj (Hindi: महाराजगंज जिला, also Mahrajganj ) is a district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Administrative center is the eponymous town of Maharajganj.
Geography
The district Maharajganj is located in northeastern Uttar Pradesh on the border with Nepal and belongs to Gorakhpur Division. Neighboring districts are Kushinagar in the east, Gorakhpur in the south and Siddharthnagar in the West. In the north of the state border with Nepal. When you place an Sunauli border crossing into Nepal.
The district has an area of 2,952 square kilometers and is part of the flat Gangetic plain. In the northeast of the district Maharajganj from the Gandak, is a tributary of the Ganges is affected. While most of the Gangetic plain is intensively used agricultural areas, forest areas have near the Nepalese border still preserved. Overall, the district is forested area about one-tenth.
The district Maharajganj is divided into four Tehsils Sadar, Nautanwa, Nichlaul and Pherada.
History
As an independent district consists Maharajganj since 1989. Previously, the area to the district Gorakhpur had heard.
Population
According to the 2011 census, the district Maharajganj has 2,684,703 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011 the population grew by 23 percent. The population density is 909 inhabitants per square kilometer, slightly above the average Uttar Pradesh ( 829 inhabitants per square kilometer). The district Maharajganj is very rural: only five percent of the population lives in cities. The urbanization rate is among the lowest in the state. The literacy rate is below average: only 63 percent of the residents of the district can read and write (the average Uttar Pradesh is 68 per cent).
The population of the district according to the 2001 census Hindus represent 83 per cent majority. There is also a Muslim minority of 17 percent.