Raebareli district

The district Raebareli (Hindi: रायबरेली जिला, also Rae Bareli ) is a district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Administrative center is the eponymous town Raebareli.

Geography

The district Raebareli lies in the region of Awadh ( Oudh ) in Central Uttar Pradesh and belongs to Lucknow Division. Neighboring districts are Barabanki in the north, Amethi in the east, in the southeast Pratapgarh, Fatehpur in the south, the west and Lucknow Unnao in the north- west.

Before the spin-off of the district Amethi in 2010, the district Raebareli had an area of ​​4,609 square kilometers. The area belongs to the flat and intensively farmed Gangetic Plain. In the south of the Ganges, India 's biggest power, the boundary of the district is formed. In addition, the district of Sai, a tributary of the River Gomti, drained.

The district Raebareli is divided into five Tehsils Maharajganj, Raebareli, Lalganj, Dalmau, Unchahar and divided. The two Tehsils salon and Tilo 2010 came to the district of Amethi.

History

The district Raebareli was created by the British after they had as a result of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 the princely state of Oudh, to which the region had heard before, annexed. 1902 Oudh was, from which it was a part of the United Provinces after the Indian independence in 1947 the state of Uttar Pradesh. In 2010 the new district of Amethi (originally under the name of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar ) formed from parts of the district Raebareli and Sultanpur.

Population

According to the 2011 census, the district Raebareli after the old territorial status has 3,405,559 inhabitants ( all subsequent figures refer to the former district area, including the district today to Amethi related areas). Between 2001 and 2011 the population grew by 19 percent. The population density is 739 inhabitants per square kilometer somewhat below the average Uttar Pradesh ( 829 inhabitants per square kilometer). Here, the district is very rural: only nine percent of the population live in urban areas ( the average value of the state is 22 percent). The literacy rate is 67 percent close to the average Uttar Pradesh (68 percent).

The population of the district according to the 2001 census Hindus represent 88 per cent majority. There is also a Muslim minority of 12 percent.

Cities

The list also includes those cities with one belonging to the district of Amethi since 2010: