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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2021}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Siddharthnagar district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Siddharthnagar.svg
| map_caption = Location of Siddharthnagar district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates = {{coord|27|0|N|82|45|E}} - {{coord|27|28|N|83|10|E}}
| coor_pinpoint = Siddharthnagar
| 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]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Siddharthnagar]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 1.Siddharthnagar(Naugarh) 2.Shohratgarh 3.Bansi 4.Itwa 5.Domariyaganj
| area_total_km2 = 2895
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 2559297
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| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = 882
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 59.2%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 976
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Domariyaganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Domariyaganj]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate = UP-55
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| website = http://siddharthnagar.nic.in
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'''Siddharthnagar district''' is one of the 75 [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|district]]s of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur-city-after-kalanamak-of-siddharthnagar-now-gaurjeet-mango-will-also-get-recognition-21819138.html|title=सिद्धार्थनगर के कालानमक के बाद अब गौरजीत आम को भी मिलेगी पहचान}}</ref>[[Siddharthnagar]] is the district headquarters. Siddharthnagar district is a part of [[Basti division]].

According to the Government of India, Siddharthnagar district is one of the Muslim concentrated districts in India on the basis of the 2001 census data on population diversity, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators.<ref>http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=28770</ref>

[[Kalanamak rice]] is notable<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-31|title=Kala Namak rice ready for International market|url=https://mavericktimes.in/news/national-news/kala-namak-rice-ready-for-international-market/7556/|access-date=2021-04-16|website=Maverick Times|language=en-US}}</ref> rice of Siddharthnagar, it is one of the finest and highest selling price rice. Presently its market selling price is 12000 rupee per quintal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=तीन गुना अधिक मिलती है इस धान की कीमत, जानिए काला नमक के बारे में सबकुछ|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/business/kalanamak-rice-everything-you-need-to-know-cultivation-production-benefits-and-research-dlop-3167436.html|access-date=2021-04-15|website=News18 India}}</ref> [[Kalanamak rice]] farming boost the local economy which expended to 5000 hectare.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CM योगी ने सिद्धार्थनगर में काला नमक चावल महोत्‍सव का किया शुभारंभ, बोले- ODOP ने दिलाई अंतरराष्ट्रीय पहचान|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-cm-yogi-adityanath-inaugurates-black-salt-rice-festival-in-siddharthnagar-said-odop-gave-international-recognition-21458865.html|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}</ref> Now [[Kalanamak rice]] is categorised under ODOP sachem.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-13|title=ODOP: यूपी के काला पानी चावल को मिली नई पहचान, सिद्धार्थनगर से निकलकर देश में महक रही खुशबू|url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/up-uttarakhand/yogi-government-branding-siddharthnagar-one-district-one-product-kala-namak-rice-got-new-identity-famous-in-country-smup/865125|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Zee Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand|language=hi}}</ref>

==Divisions==
Siddharthnagar district comprises five tehsils:
* [[Siddharthnagar]] (Naugarh)
* [[Shohratgarh]]
* [[Bansi]]
*[[Itwa (Siddharth Nagar)|Itwa]]
*[[Domariaganj|Domariyaganj]]

==Demographics==
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Siddharthnagar District
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|69.93}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|29.23}}
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According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Siddharthnagar district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,559,297,<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 [[Kuwait]]<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 = Kuwait 2,595,62}}</ref> or the US state of [[Nevada]].<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 =Nevada 2,700,551 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 164th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|882|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.17%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Siddharthnagar has a [[sex ratio]] of 970 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 67.81%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 95.22% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 4.73% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

The minority population is about 27% of the total population of the district. Siddharthnagar is a category "A" district; that is, it has socio-economic and basic amenities parameters below the national average.<ref>[{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930090010/http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/sites/upload_files/moma/files/pdfs/34thEC.pdf |date=30 September 2011 }} F. No. 3/64/2010-PP-I, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS</ref>{{historical populations|11=1901|12=7,01,884|13=1911|14=6,95,902|15=1921|16=7,31,947|17=1931|18=7,90,038|19=1941|20=8,30,952|21=1951|22=9,07,736|23=1961|24=9,62,262|25=1971|26=10,89,054|27=1981|28=13,00,583|29=1991|30=16,07,964|31=2001|32=20,40,085|33=2011|34=25,59,297|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}}

==History==
Some scholars have suggested that modern-day Piprahwa-Ganwaria was the site of the ancient city of [[Kapilavastu (ancient city)|Kapilavastu]], the capital of the [[Shakya]] kingdom,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-02-06|title=The story of neglected birthplace of Gautam Buddha, Siddharth Nagar|url=https://mavericktimes.in/news/national-news/the-story-of-neglected-birthplace-of-gautam-buddha-siddharth-nagar/4279/|access-date=2021-04-16|website=Maverick Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Peppe">{{Citation|last=Peppe|first=WC|title=The Piprahwa Stupa, containing relics of Buddha|journal=With a Note by V.A. Smith. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|issue=Article XXIII|pages=573–88|date=July 1898|jstor=25208010}}{{Subscription required |via=[[JSTOR]]}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Bühler|first=Georg|title=Preliminary note on a recently discovered Sakya inscription|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|issue=Correspondence: Note 14|pages=387–389|date=April 1898|jstor=25207982}}{{Subscription required |via=[[JSTOR]]}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Srivastava|first=KM|title=Archaeological Excavations at Piprāhwā and Ganwaria and the Identification of Kapilavastu|journal=The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies|volume=13|issue=1|pages=103–10|year=1980|url=http://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jiabs/article/download/8511/2418}}</ref> where [[Gautama Buddha|Siddhartha Gautama]] spent the first 29 years of his life, referring to [[Buddhist texts]] such as the [[Pāli Canon]].<ref name=EoB2010>{{cite book|last=Trainor|first=K|editor-last=Keown|editor-first=D|editor2-last=Prebish|editor2-first=CS|title=Encyclopedia of Buddhism|chapter=Kapilavastu|pages=436–7|publisher=Routledge|location=Milton Park, UK|year=2010|isbn=978-0-415-55624-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NFpcAgAAQBAJ&q=kapil}}</ref> Others suggest that the original site of Kapilavastu is located {{Convert|16|km|mi}} to the northwest, at [[Tilaurakot]], in what is currently [[Kapilvastu District]] in [[Nepal]].<ref name="Peppe"/><ref>{{Citation | last =Tuladhar | first =Swoyambhu D. | title =The Ancient City of Kapilvastu - Revisited | journal = Ancient Nepal | issue = 151 | date = November 2002 | pages = 1–7 | url =http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ancientnepal/pdf/ancient_nepal_151_01.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=UP's Piprahwa is Buddha's Kapilvastu?|author=Sharda, Shailvee|journal=[[The Times of India]]|date=4 May 2015|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UPs-Piprahwa-is-Buddhas-Kapilvastu/articleshow/47143085.cms?}}</ref>

==Geography==
Siddharthnagar district lies between 27°N to 27°28'N and 82°45'E to 83°10'E. It is part of [[Purvanchal]]. The district borders [[Nepal]]'s [[Kapilvastu district]] on the north and [[Rupandehi district]] on the northeast. Otherwise, it is surrounded by other districts of Uttar Pradesh: [[Maharajganj district|Maharajganj]] on the east, [[Basti district|Basti]] and [[Sant Kabir Nagar district|Sant Kabir Nagar]] on the south, and [[Balrampur district|Balrampur]] on the west. Siddharthnagar's area is 2,895 km2.

==Economy==
In 2006, the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Siddharthnagar 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>

==Education==
===University===
*[[Siddharth University]] is a [[State university (India)|state university]] in Kapilvastu, Siddharthnagar, [[Uttar Pradesh]].

==Notable people==
Notable people from the district include:
*[[Kazi Jalil Abbasi]] – former minister of UP Government, former MLA of UP Assembly Domariyaganj (Assembly constituency) and former MP Domariganj (Lok Sabha constituency).
*[[Jagdambika Pal]] – former chief minister of UP Government and current [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Domariyaganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].
*[[Mata Prasad Pandey]] – former speaker of UP Assembly [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for Itwa (Assembly constituency).
*[[Brij Bhushan Tiwari]] – former MP Domariganj (Lok Sabha constituency).
*[[Mohammed Muqueem]] – former MP Domariganj (Lok Sabha constituency) and former MLA Itwa (Assembly constituency).
*[[Jai Pratap Singh]] – Minister of Health Uttar Pradesh [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for Bansi (Assembly constituency).
*[[Satish Chandra Dwivedi]] – Minister of state (Independent charge) [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for Itwa (Assembly constituency).
*[[Shyam Dhani]], MLA (Kapilvastu)
*[[Amar Singh Chaudhary]], MLA (Apna dal ) Shohratgarh
*[[Raghvendra Pratap Singh]], MLA Domariyaganj
*[[Keshav Dev Malviya]] He known as father of Indian petroleum industry.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://sidharthnagar.nic.in/}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Siddharthnagar district
|North = [[Lumbini Province]], {{flag|Nepal}}
|Northeast =
|East = [[Maharajganj district]]
|Southeast = [[Gorakhpur district]] [[Sant Kabir Nagar district]]
|South = [[Basti district]]
|Southwest = [[Gonda district]]
|West = [[Balrampur district]]
|Northwest =
}}

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