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Sant Kabir Nagar district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Khalilabad is the district headquarters. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of Basti division. The total area of Sant Kabir Nagar district is 1,646 km2 (636 sq mi).[2]
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Sant Kabir Nagar district | |
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District of Uttar Pradesh | |
 Bakhira Bird Sanctuary | |
 Location of Sant Kabir Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Basti |
| Headquarters | Khalilabad |
| Tehsils | Khalilabad, Mehdawal, Ghanghata |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Sant Kabir Nagar,(Khalilabad, Dhanghata, Alapur, Khajni, Mehdawal) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,646 km2 (636 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,715,183 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[1] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[1] |
| • Regional | Bhojpuri |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 66.72 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 969 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UP-58 |
| Major highways | National Highway 27 (India) |
| Website | sknagar |
Economy
In 2007 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sant Kabir Nagar one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[3] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[3]
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 486,935 | — |
| 1911 | 482,786 | −0.09% |
| 1921 | 507,791 | +0.51% |
| 1931 | 548,093 | +0.77% |
| 1941 | 576,478 | +0.51% |
| 1951 | 629,746 | +0.89% |
| 1961 | 652,787 | +0.36% |
| 1971 | 752,737 | +1.43% |
| 1981 | 911,052 | +1.93% |
| 1991 | 1,152,116 | +2.38% |
| 2001 | 1,420,226 | +2.11% |
| 2011 | 1,715,183 | +1.90% |
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According to the 2011 census Sant Kabir Nagar district has a population of 1,715,183,[6] roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia[7] or the US state of Nebraska.[8] This gives it a ranking of 283rd in India (out of a total of 640).[6] The district has a population density of 1,041 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,700/sq mi).[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.71%.[6] Sant Kabir Nagar has a sex ratio of 969 females for every 1000 males[6] and a literacy rate of 69.01%. Scheduled Castes made up 21.52% of the population.[6]
Language
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 53.67% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 36.42% Hindi and 9.49% Urdu as their first language.[9]
Bhojpuri is the native language of the district.[10] The Bhojpuri variant of Kaithi is the indigenous script of Bhojpuri language.[11]
Notable residents
- Sant Kabir Das, poet
- Bhalchandra Yadava, politician
- Ankur Raj Tiwari, politician
References
- "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 23 February 2019.
- "District Sant Kabir Nagar, Government of Uttar Pradesh | City of Sant Kabir Das | India". Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
- "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- "District Census Handbook: Sant Kabir Nagar" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Gambia, The 1,797,860 July 2011 est.
- "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
Nebraska 1,826,341
- "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- Grierson, George Abraham (1881). A handbook to the Kayathi character. The Library of Congress. Calcutta, Thacker, Spink, and co.
- "Bhojpuri". Ethnologue. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
External links
- Sant Kabir Nagar district website
- Sant Kabir Nagar District Court Website
- Sant Kabir Nagar census 2011 data
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[de] Sant Kabir Nagar
Der Distrikt Sant Kabir Nagar (Hindi: संत कबीर नगर, Urdu ضلع سنت کبیر نگر) ist ein Distrikt des indischen Bundesstaates Uttar Pradesh. Verwaltungssitz ist die Stadt Khalilabad. Der Distrikt trägt seinen Namen nach dem Dichterheiligen Kabir (1440–1518), der in der Stadt Maghar im Distrikt Sant Kabir Nagar begraben liegt.- [en] Sant Kabir Nagar district
[ru] Санткабирнагар
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