Sant Kabir Nagar district

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sant Kabir Nagar district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Sant Kabir Nagar.svg
| map_caption = Location of Sant Kabir Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Khalilabad, India
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Basti division|Basti]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Khalilabad, India]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = [[Khalilabad, India|Khalilabad]], [[Mehdawal]], [[Dhanghata]]
| area_total_km2 = 1646
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,715,183
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 66.72 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 969
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Sant Kabir Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sant Kabir Nagar]],(Khalilabad, Dhanghata, Alapur, Khajni, Mehdawal)
| leader_title2 =
| leader_name2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate = UP-58
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 27 (India)]]
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = http://sknagar.nic.in/
}}
'''Sant Kabir Nagar district''' is one of the 75 [[districts of Uttar Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] in northern [[India]]. [[Khalilabad, India|Khalilabad]] city is the district headquarters. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of [[Basti division]]. The total area of Sant Kabir Nagar district is 1646 Sq. Km.<ref>{{Cite web|title=District Sant Kabir Nagar, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} City of Sant Kabir Das {{!}} India|url=https://sknagar.nic.in/|access-date=2021-03-08|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Economy==
In 2007 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Sant Kabir Nagar one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name="brgf" /> It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name="brgf">{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj|date=8 September 2009|title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme|publisher=National Institute of Rural Development|url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|access-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|archive-date=5 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=4,86,935|13=1911|14=4,82,786|15=1921|16=5,07,791|17=1931|18=5,48,093|19=1941|20=5,76,478|21=1951|22=6,29,746|23=1961|24=6,52,787|25=1971|26=7,52,737|27=1981|28=9,11,052|29=1991|30=11,52,116|31=2001|32=14,20,226|33=2011|34=17,15,183|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}
===Religion===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Sant Kabir Nagar district (2011)<ref name="santkabirnagarcensus">{{cite web |title=Sant Kabir Nagar District : Census 2011 data |url=https://www.censusindia2011.com/uttar-pradesh/sant-kabir-nagar-population.html|publisher=Census India 2011|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Hinduism]]
|value1 = 75.83
|color1 = Orange
|label2 = [[Islam]]
|value2 = 23.58
|color2 = Green
|label3 = [[Buddhism]]
|value3 = 0.26
|color3 = Gold
|label4 = Not Stated
|value4 = 0.2
|color4 = Black
|label5 = [[Christianity]]
|value5 = 0.1
|color5 = Blue
|label6 = [[Sikhism]]
|value6 = 0.03
|color6 = Yellow
|label7 = [[Jainism]]
|value7 = 0.01
|color7 = Brown
}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Sant Kabir Nagar district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,715,183,<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[The Gambia]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Gambia, The 1,797,860 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Nebraska]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau|access-date=2011-09-30| quote =Nebraska 1,826,341
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 283rd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name="districtcensus" />
The district has a population density of {{convert| 1041 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name="districtcensus" /> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.71%.<ref name="districtcensus" /> Sant Kabir Nagar has a [[sex ratio]] of 969 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males<ref name="districtcensus" /> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 69.01%.<ref name="districtcensus" />
===Language===
{{pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages in Sant Kabir Nagar District<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>
|value1 = 53.67
|label1 = [[Bhojpuri]]
|color1 = Yellow
|value2 = 36.42
|label2 = [[Hindi]]
|color2 = Orange
|value3 = 9.49
|label3 = [[Urdu]]
|color3 = Green
|label4 = Others
|value4 = 0.43
|color4 = Grey
}}
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 90.42% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 9.54% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

==Notable person==
* [[Kabir|Sant Kabir Das]], poet
* [[Bhalchandra Yadava]], politician

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://sknagar.nic.in Sant Kabir Nagar district website]
* [https://districts.ecourts.gov.in/SantKabirNagar Sant Kabir Nagar District Court Website]
* [http://indiamapia.com/Sant_Kabir_Nagar.html Sant Kabir Nagar census 2011 data]

{{Geographic location
| Centre = Sant Kabir Nagar district
| North = [[Siddharthnagar district]]
| Northeast =
| East = [[Gorakhpur district]]
| Southeast =
| South = [[Ambedkar Nagar district]]
| Southwest =
| West = [[Basti district]]
| Northwest =
}}

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