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	\| coor_pinpoint = Chitrakoot Dham ~~(Karwi)~~		\| coor_pinpoint = Chitrakoot Dham
	\| subdivision_type = Country		\| subdivision_type = Country
	\| subdivision_name = [[India]]		\| subdivision_name = [[India]]
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	\| seat = [[Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi)]]		\| seat = [[Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi)\|Chitrakoot]]
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	Closest Airport to Chitrakoot is in [[Allahabad]] which is 106 kilometers (65.8 miles) away and has flights to major destinations such as Delhi, Bangaluru, Mumbai, Kolkata etc.		Closest Airport to Chitrakoot is in [[Allahabad]] which is 106 kilometers (65.8 miles) away and has flights to major destinations such as Delhi, Bangaluru, Mumbai, Kolkata etc.

			Manikpur Junction railway station, located at [[Manikpur Sarhat]] is a major railway station in Chitrakoot district, providing train connections to Mumbai, Kolkata, Patna, New Delhi, etc.

	==Demographics==		==Demographics==

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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Chitrakoot Dham, Uttar Pradesh|the city in Madhya Pradesh|Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh|other uses|Chitrakoot (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chitrakoot district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Chitrakoot.svg
| map_caption = Location of Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi)
| 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
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi)]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 4 (Karwi, Mau, Manikpur and Rajapur)
| area_total_km2 = 3415
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 991,730
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 96,352
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 85.05
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 879
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = Chitrakoot, Mau & Manikpur
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = NH 76
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = http://chitrakoot.nic.in/
}}

'''Chitrakoot district''' is one of the districts of [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] of India in the [[Bundelkhand]] region and [[Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi)|Chitrakoot]] town is the district headquarters. Chitrakoot district is a part of [[Chitrakoot Division]]. The district occupies an area of 3,216 km².The district has a population of 991,730 (2011 Census).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/542-chitrakoot.html | title = Chitrakoot District Census 2011 }}</ref> As of 2011 it is the second least populated district of Uttar Pradesh (out of [[List of districts of Uttar Pradesh|75]]), after [[Mahoba district|Mahoba]].<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>

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Chitrakoot 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 |df=dmy }}</ref>
Successive governments have often ignored the district's development and hence has become one of the most remote and cut-off districts in India.

==Transportation==

Closest Airport to Chitrakoot is in [[Allahabad]] which is 106 kilometers (65.8 miles) away and has flights to major destinations such as Delhi, Bangaluru, Mumbai, Kolkata etc.

==Demographics==
{{bar box
|title=Religion in Chitrakoot<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/religion/district/542-chitrakoot.html|title=Chitrakoot District Religion Data - Census 2011|website=www.census2011.co.in|access-date=19 March 2018}}</ref>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=[[Religion]]
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindu]]|#FF6600|96.33}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|#009000|3.48}}
{{bar percent|Others|#808080|0.18}}
}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Chitrakoot district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 991,730,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Fiji]]<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 = Fiji 883,125 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Montana]].<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=Montana 989,415
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
|df=dmy
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 448th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/>
The district has a population density of {{convert| 315 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 29.29%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Chitrakoot has a [[sex ratio]] of 879 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 66.52%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 99.87% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,12,242|13=1911|14=2,21,166|15=1921|16=2,06,634|17=1931|18=2,19,667|19=1941|20=2,53,728|21=1951|22=2,70,877|23=1961|24=3,22,065|25=1971|26=3,89,516|27=1981|28=5,10,346|29=1991|30=6,24,177|31=2001|32=8,01,957|33=2011|34=9,91,730|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}}

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

* {{cite book|author=Braj Basi Lal|title=Excavations at Bharadwaja Ashram: with a note on the exploration at Chitrakuta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8sEmwEACAAJ|year=2011|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100928051021/http://www.bundelkhanddarshan.com/bundelkhand-district/75.html Chitrakoot District on Bundelkhanddarshan.com ]
* {{Official website|http://chitrakoot.nic.in}}
* [http://www.bundelkhand.in/portal/search/node/chitrakoot Chitrakoot @ Bundelkhand's unofficial web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713103431/http://www.bundelkhand.in/portal/search/node/Chitrakoot |date=13 July 2013 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130813075817/http://mychitrakoot.webs.com/ Chitrakoot Information Guide]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Chitrakoot district
|North = [[Fatehpur district]]
|Northeast = [[Kaushambi district]]
|East = [[Allahabad district]]
|Southeast = [[Rewa district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|South = [[Satna district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Banda district (India)|Banda district]]
|Northwest =
}}

{{Chitrakoot district}}
{{Districts of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Chitrakoot division topics}}
{{Authority control}}

{{Coord|25|12|49|N|80|54|55|E|type:adm3rd_source:itwiki|display=title}}

{{Uttar Pradesh}}

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[[Category:Districts of Uttar Pradesh]]

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