Allahabad division, officially known as Prayagraj division, is an administrative unit of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[2]
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Allahabad Division | |
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Division of Uttar Pradesh | |
Prayagraj Division | |
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Coordinates (Allahabad (city)): 25.4500°N 81.8500°E / 25.4500; 81.8500 | |
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State | Uttar Pradesh |
Government | |
• Divisional Commissioner | Sanjay Goyal IAS[1] |
In 2000, when Uttar Pradesh was reorganised by forming Uttaranchal out of its northern areas, Allahabad division and the district was majorly reorganised too. The Etawah, Farrukhabad and Kanpur district districts of the Allahabad division were made into a separate Kanpur division. Parts of the western areas of Allahabad district were carved out to create a new district named Kaushambi. At the same time, Pratapgarh district, that falls in Awadh, was included in the Allahabad division.
Since 2000 Allahabad division consists of the following districts:
Prior to 2000 Allahabad division consisted of all the districts of the lower Doab:
Places adjacent to Allahabad division | |
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Allahabad division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.[3] | |||||||
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Mother tongue code |
Mother tongue |
People per district | Allahabad division | ||||
Fatehpur | Pratapgarh | Kaushambi | Allahabad | people | percentage | ||
001002 | Assamese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 320 | 0.002% |
002007 | Bengali | 48 | 308 | 46 | 6,782 | 7,184 | 0.054% |
004001 | Dogri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 170 | 0.001% |
005018 | Gujarati | 6 | 0 | 0 | 298 | 304 | 0.002% |
006030 | Awadhi | 0 | 193,030 | 1,199 | 110,468 | 304,697 | 2.275% |
006042 | Bagheli/Baghel Khandi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 920 | 920 | 0.007% |
006102 | Bhojpuri | 2 | 428 | 2,645 | 8,946 | 12,021 | 0.090% |
006142 | Chhattisgarhi | 0 | 1,198 | 0 | 1,135 | 2,333 | 0.017% |
006235 | Haryanvi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 128 | 0.001% |
006240 | Hindi | 2,566,474 | 2,911,957 | 1,576,776 | 5,651,508 | 12,706,715 | 94.856% |
006311 | Khari Boli (Kauravi) | 160 | 14 | 0 | 59 | 233 | 0.002% |
006400 | Marwari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 131 | 0.001% |
006489 | Rajasthani | 37 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 186 | 0.001% |
007016 | Kannada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 348 | 352 | 0.003% |
010008 | Maithili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 294 | 294 | 0.002% |
011016 | Malayalam | 19 | 26 | 7 | 1,016 | 1,068 | 0.008% |
013071 | Marathi | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1,519 | 1,537 | 0.011% |
014011 | Nepali | 19 | 8 | 5 | 379 | 411 | 0.003% |
015043 | Odia | 4 | 260 | 328 | 1,172 | 1,764 | 0.013% |
016038 | Punjabi | 152 | 363 | 9 | 3,328 | 3,852 | 0.029% |
019014 | Sindhi | 0 | 42 | 0 | 635 | 677 | 0.005% |
020027 | Tamil | 6 | 5 | 0 | 685 | 696 | 0.005% |
021046 | Telugu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 843 | 849 | 0.006% |
022015 | Urdu | 65,600 | 100,588 | 17,670 | 159,916 | 343,774 | 2.566% |
022016 | Bhansari | 0 | 159 | 440 | 0 | 599 | 0.004% |
028001 | Arabic/Arbi | 4 | 140 | 18 | 481 | 643 | 0.005% |
030073 | Tadavi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 411 | 411 | 0.003% |
040001 | English | 59 | 181 | 46 | 487 | 773 | 0.006% |
N.A. | Others | 126 | 424 | 404 | 1,865 | 2,819 | 0.021% |
Total | 2,632,733 | 3,209,141 | 1,599,596 | 5,954,391 | 13,395,861 | 100.000% | |
Divisions and Districts of Uttar Pradesh, India | |
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Agra division | |
Aligarh division | |
Allahabad division | |
Azamgarh division | |
Bareilly division | |
Basti division | |
Chitrakoot division |
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Devipatan division | |
Faizabad division | |
Gorakhpur division | |
Jhansi division | |
Kanpur division | |
Lucknow division | |
Meerut division |
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Mirzapur division | |
Moradabad division | |
Saharanpur division | |
Varanasi division |
Allahabad division topics | |
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Lok Sabha constituencies |
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See also |
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Other divisions |
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