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Sultanpur district

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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sultanpur district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Sultanpur.svg
| map_caption = Location of Sultanpur district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Faizabad division|Faizabad]] (officially Ayodhya)
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh|Sultanpur]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = [[Lambhua]], [[Kadipur]], [[Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh|Sultanpur]], Jaisinghpur, Baldirai
| area_total_km2 = 2672.89
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 3797117
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 =
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 =
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Sultanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sultanpur]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 5
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 =
| blank_info_sec1 =
| blank_name_sec2 =
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| website = http://sultanpur.nic.in/
}}

'''Sultanpur district''' is a [[List of Indian Districts|district]] in the Indian [[States of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. This district is a part of [[Faizabad division]] in Uttar Pradesh state. The administrative headquarters of the district is [[Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh|Sultanpur]]. The total area of Sultanpur district is 2672.89 Sq. km.<ref>{{Cite web|title=District Sultanpur, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} The Land of Maharaja Kush {{!}} India|url=https://sultanpur.nic.in/|access-date=8 March 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> Recently, its name has been in news to restore it to its historical name, Kushbhawanpur - the land where Kush (Lord Ram's son) lived, by MLA Deomani Dwivedi.

==Administration==
Sultanpur has now five [[tehsils]] of Sultanpur Sadar, [[Kadipur]], [[Lambhua]], Baldirai and Jaisinghpur.<ref name=tehsils>{{cite web|title=Number of blocks situated in Sultanpur|url=http://sultanpur.nic.in/dis11.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010421034903/http://www.sultanpur.nic.in/dis11.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2001|publisher=Administration of Sultanpur|access-date=28 September 2012}}</ref> The [[Amethi]], [[Musafirkhana]], and Gauriganj tehsils are now in Amethi district. District has one municipality, five town areas and twenty two development [[block (country subdivision)|block]]s. Besides Sultanpur city, important towns are [[Amethi]], Chanda, [[Dostpur]], [[Jagdispur|Jagdishpur]], [[Kadipur]], [[Koeripur]], [[Lambhua]], Mushafirkhana and [[Shukul Bazar]]. Sultanpur is divided into seventeen police stations for the maintenance of law and order.<ref name=tehsils/><ref name="Thanas">{{cite web |title=Police Thanas |url=https://sultanpur.nic.in/police/ |publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=10,97,006|13=1911|14=10,61,205|15=1921|16=10,16,338|17=1931|18=10,64,516|19=1941|20=11,15,311|21=1951|22=12,98,249|23=1961|24=14,18,750|25=1971|26=16,49,258|27=1981|28=20,50,140|29=1991|30=25,71,706|31=2001|32=32,14,832|33=2011|34=37,97,117|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}}

===Languages===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
| caption=Sultanpur district: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C16"/>
|label1 = Awadhi |value1 = 23.40 |color1 = Tomato
|label2 = Hindi |value2 = 73.26 |color2 = Yellow
|label3 = Urdu |value3 = 3.08 |color3 = Red
|label4 = Others |value4 = 0.26 |color4 = Black
}}

[[Hindi]] is the official language of the district with [[Urdu]] as additional official language.<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=8 August 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> Languages spoken by the denizens of the district include [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]], a dialect in the [[Hindi language (generic)|Hindi]] [[Dialect continuum|continuum]] spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the [[Awadh]] region.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor=M. Paul Lewis|encyclopedia=Ethnologue: Languages of the World|title=Awadhi: A language of India|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=awa|access-date=28 September 2011|edition=16th|year=2009|publisher=SIL International|location=Dallas, Texas}}</ref> At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 73.26% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]], 23.30% [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] and 3.08% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref name="census2011-C16"/>

The 2011 Indian census used the old district boundaries, where Sultanpur district consisted of Amethi, Gauriganj, Jaisinghpur, Kadipur, Lambhua, Musafirkhana, and Sultanpur sub-districts (tehsils). When [[Amethi district]] was created, Amethi, Gauriganj, and Musafirkhana sub-districts were moved to Amethi district. The effect of this change is shown in the table below as "new boundaries" - it does not take account of Baldirai sub-district, which did not exist at the time of the 2011 census.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

{|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! colspan=6| Sultanpur district: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C16">{{cite report |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh |url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX |publisher = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! rowspan=2 | Mother tongue code
! rowspan=2 | Mother tongue
! colspan=2 | Old boundaries
! colspan=2 | "New boundaries"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! People
! Percentage
! People
! Percentage
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 002007 || [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 597
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
| style="text-align:right;" | 305
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006030 || [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 888,371
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.40%
| style="text-align:right;" | 570,720
| style="text-align:right;" | 25.38%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006102 || [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,889
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.08%
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,707
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.08%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006142 || [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,700
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.07%
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,210
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.05%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006240 || [[Hindi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,781,822
| style="text-align:right;" | 73.26%
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,574,982
| style="text-align:right;" | 70.03%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 015043 || [[Odia language|Odia]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 628
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
| style="text-align:right;" | 334
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 016038 || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 887
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
| style="text-align:right;" | 757
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.03%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 017002 || [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 323
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
| style="text-align:right;" | 322
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 022015 || [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 116,980
| style="text-align:right;" | 3.08%
| style="text-align:right;" | 97,919
| style="text-align:right;" | 4.35%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 028001 || [[Arabic]]/Arbi
| style="text-align:right;" | 391
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.00%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:center;" | –
|| [[Languages of India|Others]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,529
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.04%
| style="text-align:right;" | 771
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.03%
|-valign=top class="sortbottom"
| colspan=2 | Total
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,797,117
| style="text-align:right;" | 100.00%
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,249,036
| style="text-align:right;" | 100.00%
|-
|}

===Religion===
{{bar box
|title= Religions in Sultanpur
district
|titlebar = #Fcd116
|left1 =Religion
|right1 =Percent
|float =right
|bars=
{{bar percent
|[[Hindus]]|orange|82.16}}
{{bar percent
|[[Muslims]]|green|17.13}}
{{bar percent|Others|black|0.71}}
}}

==Colleges==
*[[Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology]]

==Notable people==

*[[Prem Adib]], actor from Sultanpur city
*[[Sripati Mishra]], former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
*[[Ajmal Sultanpuri]], Urdu poet native of Harakhpur village
*[[Majrooh Sultanpuri]], Urdu poet and lyricist in India's [[Bollywood|Hindi language film industry]]
*[[D. P. Tripathi]], politician and former general secretary of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]], from Sultanpur city

==See also==
* [[Faizabad district]]
* [[Jaunpur district]]
* [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh district]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Sultanpur district
|North = [[Faizabad district]]
|Northeast = [[Ambedkar Nagar district]]
|East = [[Azamgarh district]]
|Southeast = [[Jaunpur district]]
|South = [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh district]]
|Southwest = [[Amethi district]]
|West = [[Rae Bareli district]]
|Northwest = [[Bara Banki district]]
}}

{{Sultanpur district}}
{{Districts of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Authority control}}

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{{Uttar Pradesh}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sultanpur District}}
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Gonda district

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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Gonda, Uttar Pradesh}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gonda district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Gonda.svg
| map_caption = Location of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Gonda, Uttar Pradesh
| 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 = [[Devipatan division|Devipatan]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Gonda, Uttar Pradesh|Gonda]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 4
| area_total_km2 = 4003
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 3433919
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Effective literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 58.71%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 921
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Gonda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gonda]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 7
Colonelganj,
Mankapur,
Gonda Sadar,
Gaura,
Mehneun, Tarabganj, Katra Bazar,
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate = UP-43
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = 4 NH27, UPSH 30, UPSH 9, UPSH 1A
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = 22.4 mm
| website = {{url|gonda.nic.in}}
}}
'''Gonda district''' is one of the [[districts of Uttar Pradesh]], India. The city of [[Gonda, Uttar Pradesh|Gonda]] is the district headquarters, and also the administrative centre for the [[Devipatan Division]]. The total area of Gonda district is {{cvt|4003|km2}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=District Gonda, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} GREEN GONDA CLEAN GONDA {{!}} India|url=https://gonda.nic.in/|access-date=8 March 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Mulagandhakuti.jpg|thumb|250px|Mulagandhakuti. The remains of [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]]'s hut in [[Jetavana]] Monastery, [[Sravasti]] in Gonda Division]]

Under the [[Nawabs of Awadh]], Gonda was originally part of the [[nizamat]] of [[Gorakhpur]], but after Gorakhpur was ceded to the British in 1801, Gonda was united with [[Bahraich district]].<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Gonda: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XLIV Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1905 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=115–6, 149–50, 156–7 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48072 |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref> It was created as a separate district by the British when they annexed Awadh in 1856.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> In 1875, parts of Gonda district between [[Baghaura Tal]] and the [[Arrah river]] were ceded to [[Nepal]] by the British government.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

The territory covered by the present district of Gonda formed part of the ancient [[Kosala Kingdom]]. After the going of [[Rama|lord Rama]], the celebrated sovereign of the Solar line who ruled [[Kosala]], the kingdom was divided into two portions defined by the [[Ghaghara]] river. The northern portion was then ruled by his son, [[Lava (Ramayana)|Lava]] with the city of [[Sravasti]] as his capital.<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_317.gif Gonda District] at ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]], 1908, v. 12, p. 312.''</ref>

More recently, ancient Buddhist remains dating to the early days of Buddhism have been found throughout the region, including at Sravasti.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/hinduism-forum/172928-excavations-sravasti.html|title=Excavations at Sravasti|website=IndiaDivine.org}}</ref>

Gonda played a significant part in the Indian struggle for independence, with many people from the region actively involved: including [[Maharaja Aksh Valmikan]], who escaped to Nepal,<ref>1857:The Oral Tradition, Pankaj Rag, Rupa Publication,2010</ref> freedom fighters like [[Chandra Shekhar Azad]] took shelter in the district, and [[Rajendra Lahiri]] was incarcerated and hanged in the Gonda Jail.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

In more recent times, the district received media attention throughout India due to the protracted court case surrounding the murder of 13 people known as the [[1982 Gonda Encounter]].<ref>http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/3-cops-get-death-5-life-term-for-gonda-fake-encounter.html</ref><ref>http://www.apnnews.com/2013/04/05/3-cops-gets-death-5-get-life-in-gonda-fake-encounter-case/</ref>

== Industry ==
There are several sugar mills, rice mills and many other small industries and handicraft industry. One of the India's six [[Indian Telephone Industries Limited|Indian Telephone Industries]] is situated at [[Mankapur]], and the largest [[sugar mill]] in India is situated at Kundarkhi.<ref>[http://www.bajajhindusthansugar.com/ Official Site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909222750/http://www.bajajhindusthansugar.com/ |date=9 September 2011 }}</ref>

In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Gonda 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}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Gonda District<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-1 Population By Religious Community |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW09C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|79.77}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|19.76}}
{{bar percent|
[[Christians|Christian]]|black|0.14}}
{{bar percent|Others|white|0.42}}
}}

=== Population ===
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=8,73,630|13=1911|14=8,79,226|15=1921|16=9,17,115|17=1931|18=9,80,987|19=1941|20=10,70,397|21=1951|22=11,68,645|23=1961|24=12,79,883|25=1971|26=14,09,722|27=1981|28=17,49,260|29=1991|30=22,04,445|31=2001|32=27,65,586|33=2011|34=34,33,919|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}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Gonda district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 3,433,919,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=200090 | title = Census 2011 - Gonda | access-date = 5 November 2019 | publisher = census.gov.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Panama]]<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 = 1 October 2011 | quote =Panama 3,460,462 July 2011 est.}}</ref> or the US state of [[Connecticut]].<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=30 September 2011| quote = Connecticut 3,574,097}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 95th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The total number of literates in the district is 1,679,99 which constitute 48.9% of the total population. Population in the age range of 0 to 6 years was 572,386. The effective literacy (population 7 years and above) was 58.7%.<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|857|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 24.17%,<ref name=districtcensus/> higher than the average of Uttar Pradesh (20.09%). Gonda has a [[sex ratio]] of 921 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a sex ratio among children 0–6 years old of 926, both higher than the state average (908 and 899 respectively).

The human development index of the Gonda district is very low.<ref>[http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/stateplan/sdr_pdf/uphdr_2003e.pdf Planning commission release]</ref>

=== Languages ===
The official language of the district is [[Hindi]] and additional official language is [[Urdu]]. At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 97.22% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 2.68% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Uttar Pradesh |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=23 September 2019}}</ref>

Languages spoken in the district include [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]], a tongue of the [[Hindi continuum]] spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the [[Awadh]] region;<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Awadhi: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=awa | access-date = 28 September 2011 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref> and [[Hindi]].

== Education ==
The effective [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] (7+) is 58.71%, the state average (69.72%).<ref name=districtcensus/><ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/UP/datasheetpaper2.pdf Provisional Population Totals Paper 2 of 2011 - Uttar Pradesh]</ref> The government of India has created a special scheme for underdeveloped districts through the "Backward Region Grant Fund". Gonda is one of the recipients of this fund.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=19785|title=Press information release|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524035855/http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=19785 |archive-date=24 May 2007|date=11 August 2006|website=pib.nic.in}}</ref>

== Public Health ==
Gonda has 15 hospitals, 27 [[Ayurvedic]] hospitals, 11 [[Homeopathic]] hospitals and 2 [[Unani]] hospitals, in addition to 66 Government Primary Health Centres.
Gonda is one of the districts in the list of top 100 districts in order of Infant Mortality Rate in 2011 census data. It also comes in the top 57 districts with the highest maternal mortality rate<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-common/AHSurvey.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>

Gonda has also been listed as the dirtiest city in India according to the Swachh Sarvekshan 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-s-dirtiest-city-gonda-ranks-bottom-in-swachh-bharat-survey-residents-say-it-s-no-surprise/story-OzuD56RlJBiNZjhGjS3fyN.html|title=India's 'dirtiest city' Gonda ranks bottom in Swachh Bharat survey|date=4 May 2017|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=17 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{official website|http://gonda.nic.in/}}
* [http://www.gondvi.com Alternative Web Site Of the Gonda District]
* [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_317.gif Gonda District] at ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', 1908, v. 12, p. 311-319.

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Gonda district
|North = [[Shrawasti district]]
|Northeast = [[Balrampur district]] [[Siddharthnagar district]]
|East = [[Basti district]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Faizabad district]]
|Southwest = [[Bara Banki district]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Bahraich district]]
}}

{{Gonda district}}
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Tikait Nagar

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'''Tikait Nagar''' is a town and a [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Barabanki district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Tikait Nagar had a population of 8,246. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Tikait Nagar has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 59%, and female literacy is 49%. In Tikait Nagar, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Barabanki district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Barabanki district]]

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Harduaganj

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'''Harduaganj''' is a town and a [[Nagar Panchayat]] in [[Aligarh district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. This town is believed to be founded by [[Balaram|Balram Dauji]] (elder brother of [[Krishna]]). An ancient temple dedicated to Dauji is located in this town. Mythologically, it is believed by the residents of this town that Dauji killed a demon by using "Hal" ([[plough]])and then washed the "Hal" at this site, thereby, giving the name to this place as "Hal-dhuwa-ganj". Later on, the name was got amended as "Harduaganj".

The 500 MW [[Harduaganj Thermal Power Station]] is located here.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Harduaganj-power-plant-lights-up-hopes/articleshow/9402255.cms | title=Harduaganj power plant lights up hopes | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | date=29 July 2011 | accessdate=17 June 2018}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Harduaganj had a total population of 13,690, of which 7,261 were males and 6,429 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 1,837. The total number of literates in Harduaganj was 8,182, which constituted 59.8% of the population with male literacy of 66.4% and female literacy of 52.2%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Harduaganj was 69.0%, of which male literacy rate was 76.5% and female literacy rate was 60.6%. The [[Scheduled Castes]] population was 2,105. Harduaganj had 2384 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Harduaganj |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=141277 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |accessdate=16 November 2019}}</ref>

==Agriculture==
Agricultural land is extremely rich in minerals. The farmers produce wheat, maize, paddy, moong, channa, mustard, potato, vegetables, mangoes, guava, water melons, musk melons etc. The irrigation water is being supplied through a network of channels coming from Upper Ganga Canal.

The town has a wholesale grain market, wholesale vegetable market, wholesale fruit market and a large retail market for the general population

==Medical facilities==
There is a big government hospital named after Lala Matru Mal Aggrawal who donated the land piece for the hospital. Quality medical facilities in the private sector are available.

==Educational Institutions==
The town has many educational institutions, both Government as well as private such as Agrasen Inter College.

==Religious places==
Dauji temple, Bhuteshwar temple, Kali Mata temple and Jageshwar temple are the most famous temples of the town where a large number of devotees pay obesaince everyday. An annual procession of Kali Mata along with a fair is organized in the town in which people from all faiths belonging to the town and the surrounding villages participate. A big ground, known as "Raavan wala Oosra" annually witnesses Dussehra celebrations where the effigy of Raavana is burnt on Vijaydashmi after 10 days of Ram Lila utsav.
The town has Jama Masjid, Takia wali Masjid, Chhoti Masjid and a Shia Masjid where Muslims offer their prayers. One Madarsa is also located at the outskirts of the town where poor children get both religious and modern education. Shia Muslims organize annual Muharram procession through the town where people from all faiths witness the ceremonies and participate in various activities.

==See also==
* [[Nathuram Sharma]]
* [[Harduaganj Thermal Power Station]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://wikimapia.org/country/India/Uttar_Pradesh/Harduaganj/ Harduaganj]
*[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Harduaganj.html]

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Kantilal Bhuria

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kantilal Bhuria
| image = File:The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri Kantilal Bhuria addressing at the inauguration of the National Festival of Tribal Dances, ‘PRAKRITI’, in New Delhi on March 16, 2011.jpg
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| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1950|6|1|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Jhabua]], [[Madhya Bharat]], [[India]]
| residence =[[Jhabua]]
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| office= [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 2015
| term_end = 2019
| predecessor = [[Dileep Singh Bhuria]]
| successor = [[Guman Singh Damor]]
|term_start2 = 1998
|term_end2 = 2014
| constituency2 = [[Ratlam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ratlam]]
| predecessor2 = [[Dileep Singh Bhuria]]
| successor2 =[[Dileep Singh Bhuria]]
|office3 = [[Ministers of State|Minister of State]], [[Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution]]
|term_start3 = 24 May 2004
|term_end3 = 2009
|primeminister3 =[[Manmohan Singh]]
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|successor3 = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
|office4 = [[Union Council of Ministers|Cabinet Minister]], [[Ministry of Tribal Affairs]]
|term_start4 =31 May 2009
|term_end4 = 19 July 2011
|primeminister4 =[[Manmohan Singh]]
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| education = [[M. A.]], [[LLB]]
| alma_mater = Chandrashekhar Azad College, Jhabua
| profession = [[Politician]]
| footnotes =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Kalpana Bhuria
| children = 2 sons Sandeep Bhuria Vikrant Bhuria
| father = Nanu Ram Bhuria |mother= Ladki Bai
| website =
| date = 29 May |
| year = 2018 |
| source =https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/kantilal-bhuria
}}

'''Kantilal Bhuria''' (born 1 June 1950) is an [[Indian politician]] and a member of [[Indian National Congress]] and was till July 2011 the [[Minister of Tribal Affairs (India)|Minister of Tribal Affairs]] of the [[Republic of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/cabinet.php |title=Council of Ministers - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India |work=India.gov.in |publisher=[[Government of India]] |access-date=11 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031092842/http://india.gov.in/govt/cabinet.php |archive-date=31 October 2012 }}</ref> He had been promoted to the rank of cabinet minister in the [[United Progressive Alliance]]-2 government, led by the Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] in 2009. Earlier, he was the [[Minister of State]] in the [[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Ministry of Agriculture]] and Minister of State in the [[Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (India)|Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=58|title=Detailed Profile: Shri Kantilal Bhuria}}</ref> His successor, the new [[Minister of Tribal Affairs (India)|Minister of Tribal Affairs]] is V Kishore Chandra Deo, another Congressman.
[[File:Shri Kantilal Bhuria assumes the charge of the Union Minister for Agriculture and Food in New Delhi on May 25, 2004.jpg|thumb|Kantilal Bhuria assumes the charge of the Union Minister for Agriculture and Food in New Delhi on May 25, 2004|left]]
Bhuria was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] in 1998, 1999 and 2004 from [[Jhabua (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhabua]] constituency in [[Madhya Pradesh]] and in 2009 from [[Ratlam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ratlam]]. He lost 2014 General Election from Ratlam but won the bye-poll in [[2015 Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election|2015]]. He lost in 2019 General Election again, but was elected to Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha later in 2019 when he won a bye-poll in [[Jhabua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140116131841/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=14 Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website]

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Pratap Bhanu Sharma

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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Pratap Bhanu Sharma
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| caption = Pratap Bhanu Sharma 2013
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1947|3|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Vidisha]], [[Central Provinces and Berar]], [[British India]]
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'''Pratap Bhanu Sharma''' (born 6 March 1947) is an [[India]]n politician and a senior leader of the [[Indian National Congress]]. He has been member of the 7th<ref>{{cite web |url = http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok07/alpha/07lss.htm |title=Members of Seventh Lok Sabha |accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref> and 8th<ref>{{cite web |url = http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok08/state/08lsmp.htm |title=Members of Eight Lok Sabha |accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref> [[Lok Sabha]] (Lower House of the [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament]]) from [[Vidisha]], [[Madhya Pradesh]].

[[Mechanical Engineer]], industrialist and educationalist,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://satiengg.org/BOG.htm |title=Samrat Ashok Technological Institute Board of Governors |accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref> he has also undertaken various social activities including implementing rural development program, specially transfer of technology for rural uses and to help weaker sections; assisting unemployed youth and young entrepreneurs for promoting self-employment schemes and industries during his tenure as Member of Parliament.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2891.htm |title=Lok Sabha Member's Bioprofile |accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref>

== Political career ==

Sharma has been President of [[Madhya Pradesh]] [[Indian National Congress]] between 1975–76, District Small Scale Industries Organisation and District [[FICCI|Chamber of Commerce and Industry]]. He has also been Chairman of Madhya Pradesh Lahu-Udyog Engineers Association between 1975–80 and Small Industries Development Society in 1980. He was elected as [[Member of Parliament]] in 1980 and 1984 from [[Vidisha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vidisha Lok Sabha]] constituency. He is currently Vice President of the Madhya Pradesh Indian National Congress/ Youth Congress.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100212023024/http://www.aicc.org.in/ Official website of INC]

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Brij Narayan Chakbast

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{{Infobox person
| name = Brij Narayan Chakbast
| image = Brij Narayan Chakbast.jpg
| birth_date = 19 January 1882
| birth_place = [[Faizabad]], [[North-West Provinces]], [[British India]] (now [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
| death_date = 12 February 1926 (aged 44)
| death_place = [[Raebareli]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]] (now [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
| father = Pandit Udit Narayan Chakbast
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'''Brij Narayan Chakbast''' (19 January 1882 {{endash}} 12 February 1926), also spelled as '''Brij Narain Chakbast''', was a [[British Raj|British Indian]] [[Urdu]] poet.

== Life ==
Chakbast (1882–1926) was an [[Urdu]] poet. He was born on 19 January 1882 in a [[Kashmiri Pandit]] family settled in North [[India]] in the 15th century A.D.. Chakbast was born in [[Faizabad]] (near [[Lucknow]]) in 1882. His father Pandit Udit Narayan Chakbast, was born at Lucknow in, circa 1843, and he was also a poet. Pandit Udit Narayan was deputy collector, the highest post that any Indian could have at that time.<ref>Chakbast By Saraswati Saran, page 13</ref> After the death of his father in 1887, the family moved to Lucknow and they started living in Kashmiri Mohalla of Lucknow. Chakbast was educated in Lucknow, and he became a successful lawyer. Chakbast married in 1905, but lost his wife and first child in 1906. He married again in 1907, and settled down as a practising lawyer at Lucknow. On 12 February 1926, he collapsed at the railway station in [[Rae Bareli]] and died a few hours later at the age of 44.

Chakbast made a thorough study of Urdu poetry. He defended [[Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim]] when it was suggested that he was not the author of the epic ''Gul Bakawali''.
He was actively involved in social and political affairs, and was a strong proponent of the [[Home Rule]] and actively participated in the [[Home Rule Movement]].<ref>Encyclopaedia of Kashmir By Suresh K. Sharma, S. R. Bakshi</ref>

== Education ==

Chakbast's early education was in Faizabad. After his father's death his family moved to Lucknow, and it was here he completed his remaining education. He earned his degree of [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1905, and [[L.L.B.]] in 1907, from [[Canning College]], Lucknow, which was affiliated with [[Allahabad University]] at that time. Later, he became a successful lawyer.

== Works ==

Chakbast was primarily a poet but his prose is also considered at par with his poetry.
Chakbast's premature death was a great loss for Urdu but whatever he left is exemplary and is considered among the gems of Urdu literature. He was strongly influenced by [[Ghalib]], [[Mir Anis]] and [[Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish|Aatish]]. Chakbast was primarily a [[nazm]] poet. He began his poetic career with a nazm in 1894. He wrote nazms, mathnavi, a play, and about 50 ghazals. His Ramayan ka ek Scene is strongly remniscent of [[Marsiya]] of Mir Anis. His verses from his ghazal

:''Zindagi kya hai anasir mein zahur-e tarteeb,''
:''Maut kya hai ini ajza ka pareshan hona''

:''Zarra Zarra hai mere Kashmir ka mehmaan nawaaz,''
:''raah mein pathar ke tukdoon ne diya pani mujhe''

''Subh-e Watan'' is collected works of Chakbast as its title and many of its poems reflect about his intense patriotism, predominantly a central theme of his poetry.

''Khak-e-Hind''

''Gulzar-e-Naseem'' a masnavi,

''Ramayan ka ek scene'' musaddas

''Nala-e-Dard''

''Nala-e-Yaas'', and a play named

''Kamla''

''Kulliyate-Chakbast'' and ''Maqalaat-e-Chakbast'' is the complete collection of Chakbast's works in poetry and prose that was published posthumously on the birth centenary of the poet, compiled by Kalidas Gupta 'Raza' around 1983.



==Legacy==
The 2015 film [[Masaan]] starts with and contains various examples of [[Urdu poetry]] by Chakbast along with the works of [[Basheer Badr]], [[Akbar Allahabadi]], [[Mirza Ghalib]] and [[Dushyant Kumar]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lakhani |first1=Somya |title=Secret Love: How Hindi poetry has become 'cool' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/secret-love-hindi-kavita-youtube-channel-hindi-literature-3024758/ |access-date=17 April 2019 |publisher=The Indian Express |date=11 September 2016}}</ref> Explaining this as a conscious tribute, the film's lyrics writer [[Varun Grover (writer)|Varun Grover]] explained that he wanted to show
Shaalu (portrayed by Shweta Tripathi) as a person whose hobby is to read Hindi poetry and [[Urdu poetry|shaayari]], as this is a common hobby of millennial and generation x youngsters in Northern India, especially when in love, but this aspect is rarely shown in Hindi films.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hindi Kavita - Kuch ban jaate hain - Uday Prakash: Varun Grover in Hindi Studio with Manish Gupta |publisher=Hindi Kavita |date=25 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pal |first1=Sanchari |title=Meet the NRI Who Returned To India To Make Millions Fall in Love with Hindi Poetry |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/68222/manish-gupta-youtube-hindi-poetry/ |website=www.thebetterindia.com |publisher=The Better India |access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Grover |first1=Varun |title=How the magic of Dushyant Kumar's poetry inspired this Bollywood lyricist |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/how-the-magic-of-dushyant-kumars-poetry-inspired-this-bollywood-lyricist/ |access-date=17 April 2019 |publisher=The Indian Express}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Poetry}}

*[[Marsia]]
*[[Musaddas]]
*[[Mir Anis]]

== References ==
<references/>

==External links==
* [https://www.rekhta.org/poets/chakbast-brij-narayan/profile Brij Narayan Chakbast] at [[Rekhta (website)|Rekhta]]

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