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{{short description|District of Uttar Pradesh in India}}
#REDIRECT [[Prayagraj district]]
{{About|the District of Allahabad|the city in the district by the same name|Allahabad|other uses|Allahabad (disambiguation)}}


 
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name                  = Allahabad district
| official_name          = Prayagraj district
| settlement_type        = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]
| image_skyline          =
| image_caption          = Skyline of Allahabad Metropolis, the headquarters of Allahabad District
| total_type            = Total
| native_name            =
| image_map              = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Allahabad.svg
| map_caption            = Location of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates            =
| coor_pinpoint          = Allahabad (city)
| subdivision_type      = Country
| subdivision_name      = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1      = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2      = Division
| subdivision_name2      = [[Allahabad Division|Allahabad]]
| established_title      = Established
| established_date      =
| seat_type              = Headquarters
| seat                  = [[Allahabad]]
| parts_type            = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style            = para
| p1                    = 8
| area_total_km2        = 5482
| area_footnotes        =
| population_as_of      = 2011
| population_total      = 5,954,391
| population_footnotes  =
| population_urban      =
| population_density_km2 = 1,100
| demographics_type1    = Demographics
| demographics1_title1  = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1    = 74.41%
| demographics1_title2  = [[human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| demographics1_info2    = 901
| timezone1              = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1            = +05:30
| registration_plate    =
| blank_name_sec1        = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1        = [[National Highway 2 (India)|NH 2]]
| blank_name_sec2        = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| blank_info_sec2        = [[Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Allahabad]], [[Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulpur]]
| website                = {{URL|https://prayagraj.nic.in/}}
 
| leader_title  =
| leader_name  =
| leader_title1 = [[Divisional commissioner (India)|Divisional Commissioner]]
| leader_name1  = Sanjay Goyal [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Shri Sanjay Goyal, IAS {{!}} District Prayagraj, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India |url=https://prayagraj.nic.in/whoswho/divisional-commissioner/ |website=prayagraj.nic.in |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref>
| leader_name2  = Sanjay Khatri [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| leader_title2 = [[District collector (India)|District Magistrate]]
| leader_name3  = Kavindra Pratap Singh [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Shri Kavindra Pratap Singh |url=https://prayagraj.nic.in/whoswho/inspector-general-of-police/ |website=prayagraj.nic.in |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref>
| leader_title3 = [[Inspector general of police#India|Inspector General]], Allahabad Range
| leader_name4  = Sarvashresth Tripathi [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Shri Sarvashresth Tripathi, IPS {{!}} District Prayagraj, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India |url=https://prayagraj.nic.in/whoswho/senior-superindent-of-police/ |website=prayagraj.nic.in |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref>
| leader_title4 = [[Superintendent of police (India)|Senior Superintendent of Police]]
}}
 
'''Allahabad district''', officially known as '''Prayagraj district''',<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://prayagraj.nic.in | title=District Prayagraj, Government of Uttar Pradesh &#124; the City of Kumbh &#124; India |access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> is the largest and the most populous [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[India]]. The district headquarters is [[Allahabad]] which was renamed Prayagraj at the same time as the district was renamed. The District is divided into blocks within [[Administrative divisions of India#Sub-districts|tehsils]]. As of 2011, there are 20 blocks in eight tehsils.<ref name=divisions>{{cite web|title=Development Blocks under Tehsils|url=http://districtcourtallahabad.up.nic.in/district.htm|publisher=District court of Allahabad|access-date=4 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526104846/http://districtcourtallahabad.up.nic.in/district.htm|archive-date=26 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Yadav2009">{{cite book|author=Hridai Ram Yadav|title=Village Development Planning |year=2009 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2JSQ4ZkCS64C&pg=PA9 |access-date=4 August 2012|publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-7268-187-6|pages=9–13}}</ref><ref name="Jain1990">{{cite book|author=Pramod Lata Jain|title=Co-operative Credit in Rural India: A Study of Its Utilisation|year=1990|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RmYKtyeKP6gC&pg=PA61|access-date=4 August 2012|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-204-2|pages=61–63}}</ref> The Allahabad division includes the districts of Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Kaushambi and Allahabad, with some western parts that had previously part of Allahabad District becoming part of the new Kaushambi District.<ref name=division>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Maps, Tahsils and villages of Allahabad |url=http://www.exploreallahabad.com/maps-tahsils-and-villages-of-allahabad |publisher=Explore Allahabad Press |access-date=12 January 2014  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021171702/http://www.exploreallahabad.com/maps-tahsils-and-villages-of-allahabad |archive-date=21 October 2014}}</ref> The administrative divisions are [[Phulpur, Allahabad|Phulpur]], [[Koraon]], [[Meja Tehsil|Meja]], [[Sadar, Allahabad|Sadar]], [[Soraon]], [[Handia, Uttar Pradesh|Handia]], [[Bara, Allahabad|Bara]], [[Shringverpur]] and [[Karchana]].
 
The three rivers of India - [[Ganges]], [[Yamuna]] and the mythical river of [[Sarasvati river|Sarasvati]] - meet at a point in the district, known as [[Sangam at Allahabad|Sangam]], considered holy by Hindus. Allahabad was once the capital of United Province before independence. Allahabad is one of the largest educational hubs.
 
==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=11,41,944|13=1911|14=11,24,143|15=1921|16=10,76,120|17=1931|18=11,42,845|19=1941|20=13,88,068|21=1951|22=15,68,592|23=1961|24=18,82,506|25=1971|26=22,92,284|27=1981|28=29,83,245|29=1991|30=38,99,660|31=2001|32=49,37,266|33=2011|34=59,54,391|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref name=districtcensus />|align=right}}
According to the [[2011 Census of India|2011 census of India]] the district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 5,954,391,<ref name=districtcensus/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Denmark]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url =https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/denmark/ | access-date = 23 September 2019}}</ref> or the US state of [[Missouri]].<ref name=districtcensus>{{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=Missouri 5,988,927 |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}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 13th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> As of 2011 it is the most populous district of Uttar Pradesh (out of [[List of districts of Uttar Pradesh|71]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|1087|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.74%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
 
The district has a [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 902 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 74.41%, highest in the region<ref name="literacy rate">{{cite news|title=Allahabad has highest literacy rate in region|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-15/allahabad/29421107_1_literacy-rate-female-population-males|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506182108/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-15/allahabad/29421107_1_literacy-rate-female-population-males|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2013|access-date=3 August 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=15 April 2011}}</ref> and close to the [[Literacy in India|all-India average]] of 74%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
 
===Languages===
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 96.98% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] (or a variant of Hindi) and 2.69% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref name=districtcensus/>
People in the district speak [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]], a language 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> and [[Bagheli language|Bagheli]], 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 = 28 September 2011 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref> and is spoken by about 7,800,000 people in [[Bagelkhand]].<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 = 28 September 2011 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>
 
{|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! colspan=4| Allahabad 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;"
! Mother tongue code
! Mother tongue
! People
! Percentage
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 001002 || [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 319
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 002007 || [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,782
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.11%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006030 || [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 110,468
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.86%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006042 || [[Bagheli language|Bagheli/Baghel Khandi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 920
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006102 || [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 8,946
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.15%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006142 || [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,135
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006240 || [[Hindi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,651,508
| style="text-align:right;" | 94.91%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 007016 || [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 348
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 011016 || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,016
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 013071 || [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,519
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.03%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 014011 || [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 379
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 015043 || [[Odia language|Odia]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,172
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 016038 || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,328
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.06%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 019014 || [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 635
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 020027 || [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 685
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 021046 || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 843
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 022015 || [[Urdu]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 159,916
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.69%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 028001 || [[Arabic language|Arabic/Arbi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 481
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 030073 || Tadavi
| style="text-align:right;" | 411
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 040001 || [[English language|English]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 487
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| NA || [[Languages of India|Other]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,093
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.05%
|-valign=top class="sortbottom"
| colspan=2 | Total
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,954,391
| style="text-align:right;" | 100.00%
|-
|}
 
===Religion===
{{bar box
| title    = Religions in Allahabad District<ref name=districtcensus/>
| titlebar = #Fcd116
| left1  = Religion
| right1 = Percent
| float  = right
| bars  =
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|Orange|85.69}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|Green|13.38}}
{{bar percent|Others†|black|0.93}}
}}
}}
Hinduism is majority religion in the district with 85.69% followers. Islam is second most popular religion in district of Allahabad with approximately 13.38% following it. Around 0.93% stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.90% stated 'No Particular Religion'.
The [[Prayag Kumbh Mela]] is a major Hindu event. Allahabad has a [[Triveni Sangam]].
Akshayavat is a sacred [[fig tree]]. There is a [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{official website|http://prayagraj.nic.in}}
{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Allahabad district
|North    = [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh district]]
|Northeast = [[Jaunpur district]]
|East      = [[Sant Ravidas Nagar district]]
|Southeast = [[Mirzapur district]]
|South    = [[Rewa district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Chitrakoot district]]
|Northwest = [[Kaushambi district]]
}}
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{{Districts of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Allahabad division topics}}
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