Agra district

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Agra district
District of Uttar Pradesh
Location of Agra district in Uttar Pradesh
Location of Agra district in Uttar Pradesh
CountryIndia
StateUttar Pradesh
DivisionAgra
HeadquartersAgra
Tehsils6
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituencies
Area
 • Total4,027 km2 (1,555 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total4,418,797[1]
Demographics
 • Literacy69.44%.[1]
Language
 • OfficialHindi[2]
 • LocalBraj Bhasha[2]
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highwaysNH 2
Websiteagra.nic.in

Agra district is one of the 75 Districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is the historical city of Agra. Agra district is a part of Agra division.

Geography[edit]

Kos Minar#793 at 12 mile on Agra-Fatehpur Sikri Road section of National Highway 21.
Administrative boundary of Agra district
Administrative boundary of Agra district

The district lies in the cultural region of Braj. Agra district is bounded by Mathura District on the north, Dholpur District of Rajasthan state on the south, Firozabad District on the east and Bharatpur District of Rajasthan State on the west. The area of the district is 4,027 km².

Administration[edit]

Agra division which consists of four districts, and is headed by the divisional commissioner of Agra, who is an IAS officer, the commissioner is the head of local government institutions (including municipal corporations) in the division, is in charge of infrastructure development in his division, and is also responsible for maintaining law and order in the division.[3][4][5][6] The district magistrate of Agra reports to the divisional commissioner.

Agra district administration is headed by the district magistrate and collector (DM) of Agra, who is an IAS officer. The DM is in charge of property records and revenue collection for the central government and oversees the elections held in the city. The DM is also responsible for maintaining law and order in the city.[3][7][8][9] The DM is assisted by a chief development officer; six additional district magistrates for finance/revenue, city, administration, land acquisition, civil supply, and protocol; one city magistrate; and three additional city magistrates.[10]

Divisions[edit]

Agra district comprises 6 tehsils. The tehsils are Etmadpur, Agra, Kiraoli, Kheragarh, Fatehabad and Bah. The headquarters of the district is Agra city. The district consists of 15 blocks, namely Etmadpur, Khandauli, Shamshabad, Fatehabad, Jagner, Kheragarh, Saiyan, Achhnera, Akola, Bichpuri, Fatehpur Sikri, Barauli Ahir, Bah, Pinahat and Jaitpur Kalan.[11]

The division comprises 2 constituencies namely Agra and Fatehpur Sikri. There are 9 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the district. They are Bah, Fatehabad, Etmadpur, Dayal Bagh, Agra Cantonment, Agra North, Agra South, Kheragarh and Fatehpur Sikri.

Demographics[edit]

Religions in Agra District
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 88.77%
Islam
 
 9.31%
Jainism
 
 0.49%
Others†
 
 1.43%

According to the 2011 census Agra district has a population of 4,418,797,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Moldova[12] or the US state of Kentucky.[13] This gives it a ranking of 41st in India (out of a total of 640).[1] The district has a population density of 1,084 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,810/sq mi) [1] Hindus are 88.77% and Muslims are 9.30% in Agra district.[14] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21%.[1] Agra has a sex ratio of 859 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 69.44%.[1]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901867,149—    
1911835,418−0.37%
1921755,552−1.00%
1931857,072+1.27%
19411,054,327+2.09%
19511,228,534+1.54%
19611,506,110+2.06%
19711,852,458+2.09%
19812,258,070+2.00%
19912,752,150+2.00%
20013,621,702+2.78%
20114,418,797+2.01%
source:[15]

Languages[edit]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 98.75% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 0.77% Urdu as their first language.[16]

Languages spoken include Braj Bhasha, which is a Western Hindi language, predominant in the nebulous Braj region centred on Mathura and Agra in Uttar Pradesh and Dholpur & Bharatpur in Rajasthan. It is the predominant language in the central stretch of the Ganges-Yamuna Doab.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "CONSTITUTIONAL SETUP". Government of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Maheshwari, S.R. (2000). Indian Administration (6th ed.). New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Private Ltd. pp. 563–572. ISBN 9788125019886.
  5. ↑ Singh, G.P. (1993). Revenue administration in India: A case study of Bihar. Delhi: Mittal Publications. pp. 26–129. ISBN 978-8170993810.
  6. ↑ Laxmikanth, M. (2014). Governance in India (2nd ed.). Noida: McGraw Hill Education. pp. 5.1–5.2. ISBN 978-9339204785.
  7. ↑ Maheshwari, S.R. (2000). Indian Administration (6th ed.). New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Private Ltd. pp. 573–597. ISBN 9788125019886.
  8. ↑ Laxmikanth, M. (2014). Governance in India (2nd ed.). Noida: McGraw Hill Education. pp. 6.1–6.6. ISBN 978-9339204785.
  9. ↑ Singh, G.P. (1993). Revenue administration in India: A case study of Bihar. Delhi: Mittal Publications. pp. 50–124. ISBN 978-8170993810.
  10. ↑ "Administration". Agra district website. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "General Administration". Agra district Official website. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  12. ↑ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 1 October 2011. Moldova 4,314,377 July 2011 est.
  13. ↑ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Kentucky 4,339,367
  14. ↑ Qureshi, Siraj (26 August 2015). "Muslim growth outsmarts Hindus for the first time in Mughal city Agra". India Today. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  15. ↑ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  16. ↑ 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue

External links[edit]

Template:Districts of Uttar Pradesh

Coordinates: 27°05′N 77°58′E / 27.083°N 77.967°E / 27.083; 77.967

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