Sonbhadra district
The district Sonbhadra (Hindi: सोनभद्र Sonbhadra [ so ː nd ʱ ʌdrʌ ]; well Sonebhadra ) is a district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Administrative center is the city Robertsganj. Bears his name the district after the river Son
Geography
The district Sonbhadra is located in the extreme southeast Uttar Pradesh on the border with the four neighboring states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. Neighboring districts are in the northwest of Mirzapur, Chandauli in the north ( both Uttar Pradesh ), Kaimur ( Bihar ) in the northeast, Garhwa ( Jharkhand ) in the east, Surguja ( Chhattisgarh ) in the south, and Singrauli ( Madhya Pradesh ) in the west. The district Sonbhadra Mirzapur and is part of the Division is divided into three Tehsils Dudhi, Ghorawal and Robertsganj.
With an area of 6,905 square kilometers Sonbhadra is the second largest district in terms of area of Uttar Pradesh. While most of Uttar Pradesh is located in the Gangetic Plain, the district Sonbhadra already belongs to the higher Vindhya plateau. The northern part of the district area turns out to be fairly flat plateau dar. South of the Kaimur mountain range runs through the district area. To the south, the Kaimur mountains fall abruptly into the deep valley of the Son River, which flows from west to east through the district. The area south of the Son is hilly and is from Rihand, a tributary of the Son, is removed. Through a barrage of Rihand on the border with Madhya Pradesh Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar reservoir is dammed. With 468 square kilometers, this is the largest reservoir in northern India.
While the northern plateau is used for agriculture, the hilly areas are on both sides of the Son as densely wooded. Overall, more than half of the district area of forests.
History
Sonbhadra is as an independent district since 1989. Previously, the area was part of the district of Mirzapur.
Population
According to the 2011 census, the district Sonbhadra has 1,862,559 inhabitants. Due to the geographical features of the district is far more sparsely populated than the rest of Uttar Pradesh: With 270 inhabitants per square kilometer, the population density is the second lowest in the districts of Uttar Pradesh and is well below the State average of 829 inhabitants per square kilometer. Between 2001 and 2011 the population grew by 24 percent. 17 percent of the residents of the district live in cities. The degree of urbanization is thus lower than the average for the state ( 22 percent). The literacy rate is low at 64 percent, and even lower than the already low average Uttar Pradesh (68 percent).
In the district of Sonbhadra live according to the 2001 census, 130,000 members of the Adivasi people of the Gond. These are in Uttar Pradesh in demographic statistics but not as tribal people ( scheduled tribe ) but as a lower caste ( scheduled caste ) were counted. Unlike other Gond groups, the Gonds have abandoned their own language in Sonbhadra and speak the majority language Hindi.
The population of the district of Sonbhadra make Hindus according to the 2001 census, with 94 percent of the vast majority. There is also a small Muslim minority of about five percent.