Bah is a Block and sub-division in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh in India.[1]

Bah
city
Bah Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°52′12″N 78°35′51″E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Agra
Elevation	147 m (482 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	16,211
Language
• Official	Hindi[2]
• Additional official	Urdu[2]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Geography

This place is situated in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh. Three rivers, Yamuna, Chambal and Utangan irrigate its land and separate it from the states Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. There has been several demands to make the Bah-Bateshwar district.

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Bah had a total population of 16,211, of which 8,564 were males and 7,647 were females, giving a sex ratio of 893. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,173. The total number of literates in Bah was 10,950, which constituted 67.5% of the population with male literacy of 72.4% and female literacy of 61.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Bah was 78.0%, of which male literacy rate was 84.4% and female literacy rate was 70.9%. The Scheduled Castes population was 1,645. Bah had 2661 households in 2011.[1]

Language

The main spoken language is Hindi, which is also the official language. Urdu is the additional official language..

Administration

In the present time, Bah is a Tehsil place comprising three blocks namely Bah, Jaitpur and Pinahat.

Politics

Bah (Assembly constituency) represents the area.

Notable people

• Genda Lal Dixit (30 November 1888 – 21 December 1920) was an Indian revolutionary who led the Shivaji Samiti group of freedom fighters against the British Raj.
• Ankit Sharma is an athlete who competes in the long jump event. He was born on 20 July 1992 in Pinahat block.

References

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[de] Bah (Indien)