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	Pilibhit is one of the few well-forested districts in Uttar Pradesh. According to an estimate of the year 2004, Pilibhit district has over 800 km2 (310 sq mi) forests, constituting roughly 23% of the district's total area. Forests in Pilibhit have at least a good number of tigers and a good prey base for their survival as per records and assumption there were 36 tigers in 2016–17, then counts goes up till 45 in 2017–18, and present August 2019 to November 2020 there are 65 tigers in this reserve and more. Although some illegal human residents are still present in the reserve, the government is aiming to remove them. During winter tigers could easily be seen in the countryside near forest areas. It holds a wide range of different animal and bird species.		Pilibhit is one of the few well-forested districts in Uttar Pradesh. According to an estimate of the year 2004, Pilibhit district has over 800 km2 (310 sq mi) forests, constituting roughly 23% of the district's total area. Forests in Pilibhit have at least a good number of tigers and a good prey base for their survival as per records and assumption there were 36 tigers in 2016–17, then counts goes up till 45 in 2017–18, and present August 2019 to November 2020 there are 65 tigers in this reserve and more. Although some illegal human residents are still present in the reserve, the government is aiming to remove them. During winter tigers could easily be seen in the countryside near forest areas. It holds a wide range of different animal and bird species.

	Pilibhit forests area is a home for the striped cats, tigers, bears, and many species of birds. A proposal, created in 2005, to make a home for the endangered cats in Pilibhit forests was sent to the government of India in April 2008.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=39098\|title = Untitled Page}}</ref> Pilibhit Tiger Reserve was declared in September 2008 based on its special type of [[ecosystem]] with vast open spaces and sufficient feed for the elegant predators.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-11/lucknow/27936945_1_tiger-reserve-dudhwa-reserve-dudhwa-tigers \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021190524/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-11/lucknow/27936945_1_tiger-reserve-dudhwa-reserve-dudhwa-tigers \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=2012-10-21 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \|title = Pilibhit tiger reserve gets Central nod \| Lucknow News}}</ref>		Pilibhit forests area is a home for the striped cats, tigers, bears, and many species of birds. A proposal, created in 2005, to make a home for the endangered cats in Pilibhit forests was sent to the government of India in April 2008.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=39098\|title = Untitled Page}}</ref> [http://www.tigerreservepilibhit.com Pilibhit Tiger Reserve] was declared in September 2008 based on its special type of [[ecosystem]] with vast open spaces and sufficient feed for the elegant predators.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-11/lucknow/27936945_1_tiger-reserve-dudhwa-reserve-dudhwa-tigers \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021190524/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-11/lucknow/27936945_1_tiger-reserve-dudhwa-reserve-dudhwa-tigers \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=2012-10-21 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \|title = Pilibhit tiger reserve gets Central nod \| Lucknow News}}</ref>

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	*[[Pilibhit (Assembly constituency)\|Pilibhit]]~~<br>~~		*[[Pilibhit (Assembly constituency)\|Pilibhit]]
	*[[Barkhera (Assembly constituency)\|Barkhera]]~~<br>~~		*[[Barkhera (Assembly constituency)\|Barkhera]]
	*[[Puranpur (Assembly constituency)\|Puranpur]]~~<br>~~		*[[Puranpur (Assembly constituency)\|Puranpur]]
	*[[Bisalpur (Assembly constituency)\|Bisalpur]]		*[[Bisalpur (Assembly constituency)\|Bisalpur]]

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	Pilibhit is one of the few well-forested districts in Uttar Pradesh. According to an estimate of the year 2004, Pilibhit district has over 800 km2 (310 sq mi) forests, constituting roughly 23% of the district's total area. Forests in Pilibhit have at least a good number of tigers and a good prey base for their survival as per records and assumption there were 36 tigers in 2016–17, then counts goes up till 45 in 2017–18, and present August 2019 to November 2020 there are 65 tigers in this reserve and more. Although some illegal human residents are still present in the reserve, the government is aiming to remove them. During winter tigers could easily be seen in the countryside near forest areas. It holds a wide range of different animal and bird species.		Pilibhit is one of the few well-forested districts in Uttar Pradesh. According to an estimate of the year 2004, Pilibhit district has over 800 km2 (310 sq mi) forests, constituting roughly 23% of the district's total area. Forests in Pilibhit have at least a good number of tigers and a good prey base for their survival as per records and assumption there were 36 tigers in 2016–17, then counts goes up till 45 in 2017–18, and present August 2019 to November 2020 there are 65 tigers in this reserve and more. Although some illegal human residents are still present in the reserve, the government is aiming to remove them. During winter tigers could easily be seen in the countryside near forest areas. It holds a wide range of different animal and bird species.

	Pilibhit forests area is a home for the striped cats, tigers, bears, and many species of birds. A proposal, created in 2005, to make a home for the endangered cats in Pilibhit forests was sent to the government of India in April 2008.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=39098\|title = Untitled Page}}</ref> ~~[http://www.tigerreservepilibhit.com~~ Pilibhit Tiger Reserve] was declared in September 2008 based on its special type of [[ecosystem]] with vast open spaces and sufficient feed for the elegant predators.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-11/lucknow/27936945_1_tiger-reserve-dudhwa-reserve-dudhwa-tigers \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021190524/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-11/lucknow/27936945_1_tiger-reserve-dudhwa-reserve-dudhwa-tigers \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=2012-10-21 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \|title = Pilibhit tiger reserve gets Central nod \| Lucknow News}}</ref>		Pilibhit forests area is a home for the striped cats, tigers, bears, and many species of birds. A proposal, created in 2005, to make a home for the endangered cats in Pilibhit forests was sent to the government of India in April 2008.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=39098\|title = Untitled Page}}</ref> Pilibhit Tiger Reserve was declared in September 2008 based on its special type of [[ecosystem]] with vast open spaces and sufficient feed for the elegant predators.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-11/lucknow/27936945_1_tiger-reserve-dudhwa-reserve-dudhwa-tigers \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021190524/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-11/lucknow/27936945_1_tiger-reserve-dudhwa-reserve-dudhwa-tigers \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=2012-10-21 \| work=[[The Times of India]] \|title = Pilibhit tiger reserve gets Central nod \| Lucknow News}}</ref>

	===Geography of the reserve===		===Geography of the reserve===

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{{About|the district|the city|Pilibhit|other uses|Pilibhit (disambiguation)}}
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'''Pilibhit district''' is one of the 75 [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|districts]] in the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[India]], and [[Pilibhit|Pilibhit city]] is the district headquarters. Pilibhit district is a part of [[Bareilly division|Bareilly Division]]. A [[Tiger reserves of India|Tiger Reserve Area]] was named [[Pilibhit Tiger Reserve]] in September 2008.

==History==
Pilibhit district had its origins as a subdivision of [[Bareilly district]] in 1871, consisting of the [[pargana]]s of [[Jahanabad, Pilibhit|Jahanabad]], [[Pilibhit]], and [[Puranpur]], with a magistrate based in Pilibhit.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Pilibhit: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XVIII Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1909 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=115–6, 147–67 |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.05217 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> It was then officially upgraded to a separate district in November 1879.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

The early history of Pilibhit district is obscure.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> This area is traditionally considered to have formed part of the [[Panchala]] kingdom, whose capital was at [[Ahichchhatra]], although there are no historical documents to confirm this.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> On the other hand, the many ruin sites in the district indicate that there was extensive settlement here, and that the forests which historically covered the area used to be smaller.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

===Archaeological sites===
At [[Nyoria Husainpur|Neoria Husainpur]] is a large area of ruins that became covered by dense forest.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Mahof has a large ruined brick fort; Simaria Ghosu, not far away, has a mud fort, but it appears to have been built later than other ruins in the area.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Several octagonal wells and a large masonry tank at Khaj appear to be the remains of a large town.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Perhaps the most important ruins in the district are at Balai Khera, close to the town of [[Jahanabad, Pilibhit|Jahanabad]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Nearby to the west is a mound called Parasua-kot, which is from the same time as Balai Khera.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

There are many ruins in the forests of [[Puranpur]] tehsil, often marked by "unusually large bricks, often carved and chiselled in a most artistic manner."<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The ruins at Dhanaura have been partly washed away by the Chauka, but there are still several large ruin-covered mounds here, over a large area.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Another site is at Suapara, a short distance north of Puranpur.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The massive fortress at Shahgarh appears to have been occupied during a fairly late period, since coins of the Varmmas of [[Nepal]] have been found inside its walls.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Further south is a large unnamed site where fragments of pottery, bricks, and glazed tiles have been found.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

In the [[Bisalpur, Pilibhit|Bisalpur]] tehsil, there are extensive ruins at Marauri, on the Khanaut, and at [[Barkhera]] in the north there is a large mound that is traditionally said to mark the spot of a city built by the legendary Raja Vena.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

===Dewal inscription===
The 10th-century Dewal inscription, which was found in 1829 at Allahabad Dewal, near [[Deoria, Pilibhit|Deoria]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> It is a [[Sanskrit]] inscription, dated to year 1049 of the [[Vikram Samvat]] (992 or 993 CE) and written in the so-called ''kutila'' or "crooked" script.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The entire inscription is written as a 37-stanza poem, full of metaphors and mythological allusions, and documenting the construction of two temples to [[Shiva]] and [[Parvati]] by a local ruler and his wife.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> It was composed by a man named Nahila, son of Sivarudra, who was evidently well-versed in Sanskrit grammar and rhetoric.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

The ruler mentioned in the inscription, Lalla of the Chhinda family, is described as a ''mandala-putra'', or ruler of a province, and he was probably a feudatory of the kings of [[Kannauj]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The text says that he "brought the river Katha to his capital", which according to H.R. Nevill probably refers to the digging of the canal now called the Katni.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> It also says that Lalla had the two temples built and endowed them with a quarter of the revenue from several villages.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> He gave the site the name "Devapalli", which is probably the same as "Dewal".<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The site of Garha Khera, a large 800-square-foot mound with two small tanks, was probably Lalla's capital; the Katni winds its way around this site.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Atop a large mound on the south side of Allahabad Dewal are the remains of a large temple, which is where the Dewal inscription was found.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

===Medieval through Early Modern===
Whatever happened in the area after the time of the Dewal inscription is unknown.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> It is completely absent from contemporary sources for several centuries.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The Muslim conquerors appear to have had no interest in the region, which may have been densely forested around this time.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The first reference to Pilibhit is possibly in 1256, when the Delhi Sultan [[Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III|Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad]] led troops to [[Awadh]] by way of "Tilibhat".<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Pilibhit may also be the "Talpat" mentioned during the reign of Sultan [[Ghiyas ud din Balban|Ghiyas-ud-Din Balban]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

The Katehria Rajputs came to rule over the Pilibhit area at some point.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Tradition holds that their leader Kharag Singh conquered the western part of this district from the local tribes.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> From this base, the Katehrias were only nominally subjects of the Sultans of Delhi.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> In 1379, after Kharag Singh murdered the governor of [[Budaun]], [[Firoz Shah]] led a scorched-earth campaign in the region, causing widespread destruction and resulting in the entire area between Budaun and Bilaspur becoming a hunting ground.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

During [[Akbar]]'s reign, the area of today's Pilibhit district was a remote backwater.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> In the [[Ain-i-Akbari]], the area included the parganas of Balai and Punar, and [[Bareilly]], with a small part possibly belonging to Gola in today's [[Shahjahanpur district]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Balai was based at what is now called Balai Khera, and Punar was the old name of Puranpur.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> These parganas were all nominally part of the [[Sarkar (country subdivision)|sarkar]] of Budaun, but in practice they were under the governors of Bareilly.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> During this period, Pilibhit district's history is essentially the same as Bareilly district's, with nothing to set it apart.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

===Modern times===
During the freedom struggle, the rural folks showed Bravery. One freedom fighter Shri Bhadain Lal, Vill Rampur Amrit near Bilsanda who killed a British Police Inspector. He was jailed & imprisoned at Lalitpur Central Jail. The Britishers during the freedom struggle were chased out. They were given shelter by a few villagers at Mankapur. The Britishers in return offered them Land & Gardens near banks of Khannout River. In 191-72 the Nank Matah damp leaked & flooded the Deoha River. Many lives were lost as the flood has taken place in odd hours. Leaving the 1977 Lok Sabha elections when Md Shamshul Hasan Khan of Sherpur became MP, all MPs were from other districts. Local politicians could not win the Loksabha Elections. Thus politically the district remained backward so was its economic growth.

==Pilibhit Tiger Reserve==
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is located in Pilibhit district, Mahof range of Uttar Pradesh state in India. It lies along the India-Nepal border in the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains of the 'terai' in Uttar Pradesh. It is one of India's 50 Project Tiger Tiger reserves.

Pilibhit is one of the few well-forested districts in Uttar Pradesh. According to an estimate of the year 2004, Pilibhit district has over 800 km2 (310 sq mi) forests, constituting roughly 23% of the district's total area. Forests in Pilibhit have at least a good number of tigers and a good prey base for their survival as per records and assumption there were 36 tigers in 2016–17, then counts goes up till 45 in 2017–18, and present August 2019 to November 2020 there are 65 tigers in this reserve and more. Although some illegal human residents are still present in the reserve, the government is aiming to remove them. During winter tigers could easily be seen in the countryside near forest areas. It holds a wide range of different animal and bird species.

Pilibhit forests area is a home for the striped cats, tigers, bears, and many species of birds. A proposal, created in 2005, to make a home for the endangered cats in Pilibhit forests was sent to the government of India in April 2008.<ref>http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=39098</ref> [http://www.tigerreservepilibhit.com Pilibhit Tiger Reserve] was declared in September 2008 based on its special type of [[ecosystem]] with vast open spaces and sufficient feed for the elegant predators.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-11/lucknow/27936945_1_tiger-reserve-dudhwa-reserve-dudhwa-tigers | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021190524/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-11/lucknow/27936945_1_tiger-reserve-dudhwa-reserve-dudhwa-tigers | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-10-21 | work=[[The Times of India]] |title = Pilibhit tiger reserve gets Central nod | Lucknow News}}</ref>

===Geography of the reserve===
The northeastern boundary of the reserve is the [[Sharda River|Sharda river]] (Nepali: Mahakali River) which defines the Indo-Nepal border, while the southwest boundary is marked by the River Sharda and the River Ghaghara. The reserve has a core zone area of 602.79 km2 (232.74 sq mi) and a buffer zone area of 127.45 km2 (49.21 sq mi). Elevation ranges from 168 to 175 meters above MSL.

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=4,98,706|13=1911|14=5,16,699|15=1921|16=4,57,437|17=1931|18=4,76,160|19=1941|20=5,20,411|21=1951|22=5,34,755|23=1961|24=6,52,494|25=1971|26=7,91,019|27=1981|28=10,59,559|29=1991|30=13,44,848|31=2001|32=17,28,108|33=2011|34=20,31,007|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}}{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Pilibhit district (2011)<ref name="census2011">{{cite web|title=Population by religion community - 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=Census of India, 2011|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825155850/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS|archive-date=25 August 2015}}</ref>
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According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Pilibhit district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,031,007,<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 [[Slovenia]]<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 = Slovenia 2,000,092 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[New Mexico]].<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 =New Mexico - 2,059,179 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 226th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 567 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 23.83%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Pilibhit has a [[sex ratio]] of 889 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 63.58%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 83.03% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]], 8.99% [[Urdu]], 3.72% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], 3.05% [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and 1.13% [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

==Tourist attractions==
* Chuka Beach
* [[Pilibhit Tiger Reserve]]
* Bifercation
* Bhiramchari Ghaat
[[File:मनकामेश्वर महादेव,पीलीभीत।.jpg|thumb|Bhiramchari Ghaat।]]
* Gauri Shankar Temple
* Yashvantri Temple
* Jama Masjid Pilibhit
[[File:Mosque built by Hafiz Rahmat Khan, Pilibhit, 1780s.jpg|thumb|Jama Masjid Pilibhit in the 1780s]]
* Dargah Shahji Mohammad Sher Miya

==Transportation==

'''Pilibhit Junction railway station'''

[[Pilibhit Junction railway station]] is on the [[Izzatnagar]]-[[Tanakpur]] railway section. The station is under the administrative control of the [[North Eastern Railway zone|North Eastern Railways]].

'''Trains'''
*[[Shaktinagar Terminal–Tanakpur Express]]
*15073/Singrauli–Tanakpur Triveni Express
*05325/05326 Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi
*05341/Pilibhit - Tanakpur Express Special
*05342/Tanakpur - Pilibhit Express Special
*05339/Bareilly City - Pilibhit Passenger Special
*05340/Pilibhit - Bareilly City Passenger Special

'''Pilibhit Depot''' ([[UPSRTC]])

Pilibhit is well connected with [[UPSRTC]] busses. Bareilly, Tanakpur, Delhi, Lucknow, Dehradun, Haridwar, Agra and various major cities of India by State Transport [[UPSRTC]] buses. Some [[UPSRTC]] AC Shatabdi buses also run from Pilibhit to Delhi, Lucknow and Dehradun. Some [[UPSRTC] buses run from Pilibhit to Shahjahanpur, Haldwani, Udham singh Nagar also. Connectivity via buses for these places are comparatively poor.

== Towns ==
*Amaria
*[[Barkhera]]
*[[Bilsanda]]
*[[Bisalpur, Pilibhit|Bisalpur]]
*[[Jahanabad, India|Jahanabad]]
*[[Kalinagar]]
*[[Madhotanda]]
*[[Nyoria Husainpur]]
*[[Puranpur]]
*[[Majhola]]

==Notable people==
*[[Md Shamsul Hasan Khan]]
*[[Mukund Lal Agrawal]]
*Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed (Founder of [[Hamdard (Wakf) Laboratories]])

==Figures about Pilibhit District==

Total Area District - 3504 km²<ref name="pilibhit.nic.in">{{cite web |url=http://pilibhit.nic.in/discover.htm |title=Discover Pilibhit District |publisher=Pilibhit.nic.in |date=1971-07-01 |access-date=2012-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919030117/http://pilibhit.nic.in/discover.htm |archive-date=19 September 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<br />Total Area city - 68.76 km²

'''Population''' (as 2011)<ref name=ThePopulationIn2011>{{cite web|url= http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/up/Census2011Data%20Sheet-UP.pdf |title= The Population in 2011 |access-date=2011-05-07|publisher=Government of India}}</ref>
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|- style="background:#9cf;"
! style="width:8%;"|Type
! style="width:8%;"|No.
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
| Male
| 1,078,525
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
| Female
| 958,700
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
| Total
| 2,037,225
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
| Rural
| 14,26,057
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
| Urban
| 611,167
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
| SC
| 2,89,235
|- style="background:#f4f9ff;"
| ST
| 2156
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Sister project links|Pilibhit|commons=no}}
{{Commons category|Pilibhit district}}
* {{Official website|http://pilibhit.nic.in}}
* http://www.tigerreservepilibhit.com

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Pilibhit district
|North =
|Northeast = {{NEP|Nepal}}
|East = [[Kheri district]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Shahjahanpur district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Bareilly district]]
|Northwest = [[Udham Singh Nagar district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
}}

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