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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Banda district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Banda.svg
| map_caption = Location of Banda district in Uttar Pradesh
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| coor_pinpoint = Banda, Uttar Pradesh{{!}}Banda
| 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 = [[Chitrakoot division|Chitrakoot]]
| established_title = Established
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Banda, Uttar Pradesh|Banda]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
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| area_total_km2 = 4413
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,799,410
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 68.11 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 863
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Banda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Banda]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| website = http://www.banda.nic.in/
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'''Banda District''' is a [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[India]], and [[Banda, Uttar Pradesh|Banda]] is the district headquarters. It is a part of [[Chitrakoot Division]].

Located in historical [[Bundelkhand]] region, Banda is famous for its [[Shajar]] stone which is used for making jewellery, and the historically and architecturally significant sites [[Khajuraho]] and [[Kalinjar]]. [[Khajuraho]] is a [[World Heritage Site]] famous for its elaborately carved temples. The fortress of [[Kalinjar]] is famed for its war history and its glorious rock sculptures.

==History==
In 1998, the tehsils of [[Karwi]] and [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh|Mau]], formerly part of Banda District, became the new [[Chitrakoot District]]. Banda was a town and district of British India, in the Allahabad division of the United Provinces. The population in 2011 was 1,799,410. It was formerly, but is no longer, a military cantonment.

===Administrative divisions===

There are four Tahsils namely Banda, Naraini, Baberu, Palani and Atarra comprising eight blocks of Badokhar-khurd, Pailani, Jaspura, Tindwari, Naraini, Mahua, Baberu, Bisanda and Kamasinfrom the present district of Banda.

There are seventeen thanas namely Kotwali City, Kotwali Dehat, Mataundh, Tindwari, Pailani, Chilla, Naraini, Atarra, Girwa, Kalinjar, Badousa, Bisenda, Baberu, Kamasin, Fhateganj, Jaspura and Marka.

===Hills===

The hills of the district consist of the part of the Vindhyan plateau which lies in the extreme southern portion of the tahsils Mau and Karwi (now known as the district Chitrakut). The northern flank of the Vindhyas known as Vindhyachal range, starts near the Yamuna in the extreme east of tahsil Mau. It recedes from the Yamuna in a south-westerly direction-gradually rising in elevation, although nowhere above 450 metre from the mean sea level. It leaves the district near the scared hills of Anusuiya to reappear of Godhrampur in the south-eastern part of Naraini tahsil. From this point westward to Kalinjar the hills from the border of the district.

==Geography==
The district largely consists of irregular uplands with outcrops of rocks intermingling with lowlands, which are frequently under water during the rainy season. The [[Baghein River]] traverses the district from south-west to north-east. Other important rivers are the [[Ken River]] in the east and the [[Yamuna]] to the north. The dominant communities of this area are of Kshatriyas, Patels, Chandrauls, Chandelas, Bundelas etc.

===Location and boundaries===

The district is located in the Chitrakutdham Division of Uttar Pradesh with its headquarter at Banda and lies between Lat. 24º 53' and 25º 55' N and Long. 80º 07' and 81º 34' E. It is bounded in the north by district of Fatehpur in the east by the district of Chitrakut in the west by the district of Hamirpur and Mahoba and in the south by Satna, Panna, and Chhatarapur the districts of adjoining [[Madhya Pradesh]] .

==Agriculture==

There are two main crops : Kharif and Rabi; the one between July and October and the other between November and March. The old records in the imperial gazetteer or the district gazetteer mentions cotton as one of the major crops here. But that has vanished now. The main crops grown presently are as follows:

'''Kharif ''' : Paddy, jowar, bajra, til, moong, urd, arhar and sanai are the main crops taken these days. Paddy is normally taken as mono crop while others are mixed sown. 100 years ago cotton was taken as a mixed crop along with other crops in Kharif. Presently Government is pushing [[soybean]] replacing all other Kharif crops. This tendency ultimately will starve this district.

'''Rabi''' : Wheat, barley along with gram, linseed, mustard, masoor and peas are the major crops. There is a tendency for mixed cropping and regional variation in choices of the crops depending upon the geographical situation and the availability of irrigation.

'''Zaid''' : the third crops are usually taken in the river beds; that includes Kakri. Tarbooj (water melon), Kharbooja and some vegetables.

==Economy==
The economy is predominantly agricultural, with the main crops being paddy [[rice]], [[wheat]] and vegetables.

In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Banda 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|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>

==Divisions==
The district is divided into five [[tehsil]]s, [[Banda, Uttar Pradesh|Banda]], [[Naraini]], [[Baberu]], [[Atarra]] and [[Pailani]].

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=4,06,944|13=1911|14=4,24,056|15=1921|16=3,96,194|17=1931|18=4,21,181|19=1941|20=4,86,491|21=1951|22=5,19,370|23=1961|24=6,31,666|25=1971|26=7,92,699|27=1981|28=10,23,644|29=1991|30=12,37,962|31=2001|32=15,01,602|33=2011|34=17,99,410|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}{{bar box
|title=Religions in Banda District
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|91.00}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|8.76}}
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According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Banda District has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,799,410,<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
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 265th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 404 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 17.06%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Banda has a [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 863 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 68.11%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

===Languages===
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 98.46% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 1.50% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

Among Banda's languages are [[Bundeli language|Bundeli]], which has a [[lexical similarity]] of 72-91% with [[Hindi]]<ref name=bfy/> (compared to 60% for German and English)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = English | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=eng | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref> and is spoken by about 7,800,000 people in [[Bundelkhand]].<ref name=bfy>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Bagheli: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bfy | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>

==Education==
* [[Government Medical College, Banda]]
* [[Rajkiya Engineering College, Banda]]
* [[Banda University of Agriculture and Technology]]

==Culture==
'''Kalinjar Mahotsava:''' Every Year Banda District celebrates week-long Kalinjar Mahotasava to promote Kalinjar Fort's Heritage & Tourism. Kalinjar Mahotsava includes many Cultural and Social activities.

== Banda MLA & MP ==
There are 4 assembly constituencies and 1 parliamentary constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|title = List of Candidates in BANDA :BANDA|url = http://myneta.info/up2012/index.php?action=show_candidates&constituency_id=235|website = myneta.info|access-date = 2015-11-11}}</ref>

=== MLA ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!MLA
!Political Party
|-
|Banda
| [[Prakash Dwivedi]]
|[[Bhartiya Janta Party]]
|-
|Tindwari
| [[Brajesh Kumar Prajapati]]
|[[Bhartiya Janta Party]]
|-
|Baberu
|[[Chandrapal Kushwaha]]
|[[Bhartiya Janta Party]]
|-
|Naraini
|[[Raj Karan Kabir]]
|[[Bhartiya Janta Party]]
|}

=== MP ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!MP
!Political Party
|-
|Banda
|[[R.K. Singh Patel]]
|[[Bhartiya Janta Party]]
|}

==People associated with Banda==
* [[Goswami Tulsidas]], the author of [[Ramcharitmanas]], born in Rajapur Chitrakoot.
*

==See also==
* [[Banda, Uttar Pradesh|Banda]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category | Banda district}}
{{Wikisource1911Enc|Banda}}
* {{Official website|http://banda.nic.in}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Banda district
|North = [[Fatehpur district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Chitrakoot district]]
|Southeast = [[Satna district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|South = [[Panna district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|Southwest = [[Chhatarpur district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|West = [[Mahoba district]]
|Northwest = [[Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh|Hamirpur district]]
}}

{{Banda district}}
{{Districts of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Chitrakoot division topics}}
{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Authority control}}
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{{Uttar Pradesh}}

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