Sant Kabir Nagar district
Sant Kabir Nagar (Hindi: संत कबीर नगर ) is a district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Administrative center is the city Khalilabad. The district is named after the poet saint Kabir (1440-1518), who is buried in the town in the district of Sant Kabir Nagar Maghar.
Geography
The district Sant Kabir Nagar is located in northeastern Uttar Pradesh and belongs to Basti Division. Neighboring districts are Basti in the West, Siddharthnagar in the north, Gorakhpur in the east and Ambedkar Nagar in the south.
With an area of 1,646 square kilometers Sant Kabir Nagar is one of the smaller districts in Uttar Pradesh. The district area is part of the Gangetic Plain and is completely flat. In the south the Ghaghara, a large tributary of the Ganges River, the border of the district Sant Kabir Nagar forms. In addition, the Rapti River flows through the district area.
The district Sant Kabir Nagar is divided into three Tehsils Mehdawal, Khalilabad and Dhanghata.
History
As an independent district is Sant Kabir Nagar since 1997. The district was formed parts of the districts of Basti and Siddharthnagar.
Population
According to the 2011 census, the district Sant Kabir Nagar has 1,715,183 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011 the population grew by 21 percent. The population density is 1,042 inhabitants per square kilometer above the already high average Uttar Pradesh ( 829 inhabitants per square kilometer). Here, the district is very rural: only about seven percent of the residents of Sant Kabir Nagar live in cities. The literacy rate is close to the corresponding average for the state (68 percent), 67 percent.
The population of the district Sant Kabir Nagar ask Hindus according to the 2001 census, 76 per cent majority. In addition, there is a greater Muslim minority of 24 percent.