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Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, has 75 districts. These districts, most of which have populations above 12 lakhs, are grouped into 18 divisions for administrative convenience.
| This article needs to be updated.(January 2016) |
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, has 75 districts. These districts, most of which have populations above 12 lakhs, are grouped into 18 divisions for administrative convenience.
| Code [1] | District [2] | Headquarters | Formed | Population [3] | Area [3] | Density (/km2) [3] | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AG | Agra | Agra | Pre-Independence | 4,418,797 | 4,041 | 1093 |  |
| AL | Aligarh | Aligarh | Pre-Independence | 3,673,889 | 3,788 | 1007 |  |
| AN | Ambedkar Nagar | Akbarpur | 29 September 1995 (from Ayodhya district) | 2,397,888 | 2,350 | 1020 |  |
| AD | Ayodhya | Ayodhya | Pre-Independence | 2,470,996 | 2,522 | 1056 |  |
| AM | Amethi | Gauriganj | 1 July 2010 (from Rae Bareli) | 2,050,133 | 2,329.11 | 773 |  |
| JP | Amroha | Amroha | 24 April 1997 (from Moradabad district) | 1,840,221 | 2,249 | 818 |  |
| AU | Auraiya | Auraiya | 17 September 1997 (from Etawah district) | 1,379,545 | 2,016 | 684 |  |
| AZ | Azamgarh | Azamgarh | Pre-Independence | 4,613,913 | 4,054 | 1138 |  |
| BD | Badaun | Badaun | Pre-Independence | 3,127,621 | 4,234 | 2368 |  |
| BG | Bagpat | Baghpat | 17 September 1997 (from Meerut district) | 1,303,048 | 1,321 | 249 |  |
| BH | Bahraich | Bahraich | Pre-Independence | 3,487,731 | 2,981 | 1170 |  |
| BL | Ballia | Ballia | Pre-Independence | 3,239,774 | 3,349 | 967 |  |
| BP | Balrampur | Balrampur | 22 May 1997 (from Gonda district) | 2,148,665 | 4,408 | 487 |  |
| BN | Banda | Banda | Pre-Independence | 1,799,410 | 4,402 | 409 |  |
| BB | Barabanki | Barabanki | Pre-Independence | 3,260,699 | 4,120 | 791 |  |
| BR | Bareilly | Bareilly | Pre-Independence | 4,448,359 | 2,688 | 1655 |  |
| BS | Basti | Basti | Pre-Independence | 2,464,464 | 4,561 | 540 |  |
| BI | Bijnor | Bijnor | Pre-Independence | 3,682,713 | 4,262 | 864 |  |
| BU | Bulandshahr | Bulandshahr | Pre-Independence | 3,499,171 | 4,441 | 776 |  |
| CD | Chandauli | Chandauli | 22 May 1997 (from Varanasi district) | 1,952,756 | 2,541 | 768 |  |
| CT | Chitrakoot | Chitrakoot | 6 May 1997 (from Banda district) | 991,730 | 3,216 | 308 |  |
| DE | Deoria | Deoria | Pre-Independence | 3,100,946 | 2,540 | 1221 |  |
| ET | Etah | Etah | Pre-Independence | 1,774,480 | 2,431 | 730 |  |
| EW | Etawah | Etawah | Pre-Independence | 1,581,810 | 2,311 | 684 |  |
| FR | Farrukhabad | Fatehgarh | Pre-Independence | 1,885,204 | 2,181 | 864 |  |
| FT | Fatehpur | Fatehpur | Pre-Independence | 2,632,733 | 4,152 | 634 |  |
| FI | Firozabad | Firozabad | 5 February 1989 (from Agra district) | 2,498,156 | 2,407 | 1038 |  |
| GB | Gautam Buddha Nagar | Greater Noida | 6 September 1997 (from Ghaziabad and Bulandshahr districts) | 1,648,115 | 720 | 2288 |  |
| GZ | Ghaziabad | Ghaziabad | 14 November 1976 (from Meerut district) | 3,343,334 | 1,179 | 2836 |  |
| GP | Ghazipur | Ghazipur | Pre-Independence | 3,620,268 | 3,377 | 1072 |  |
| GN | Gonda | Gonda | Pre-Independence | 3,433,919 | 4,003 | 858 |  |
| GR | Gorakhpur | Gorakhpur | Pre-Independence | 4,440,895 | 3,321 | 1337 |  |
| HM | Hamirpur | Hamirpur | Pre-Independence | 1,104,285 | 4,021 | 275 |  |
| HA | Hapur | Hapur | 28 September 2011 (from Ghaziabad district) | 1,338,311 | 649 | 2061 |  |
| HR | Hardoi | Hardoi | Pre-Independence | 4,092,845 | 5,986 | 684 |  |
| HT | Hathras | Hathras | 3 May 1997 (from Aligarh district) | 1,564,708 | 1,840 | 850 |  |
| JL | Jalaun | Orai | Pre-Independence | 1,689,974 | 4,565 | 370 |  |
| JU | Jaunpur | Jaunpur | Pre-Independence | 4,494,204 | 4,038 | 1113 |  |
| JH | Jhansi | Jhansi | Pre-Independence | 1,998,603 | 5,024 | 398 |  |
| KJ | Kannauj | Kannauj | 18 September 1997 (from Farukkhabad district) | 1,656,616 | 2,093 | 792 |  |
| KD | Kanpur Dehat | Akbarpur | 23 April 1981 (from Kanpur Nagar district) | 1,796,184 | 3,021 | 595 |  |
| KN | Kanpur Nagar | Kanpur | Pre-Independence | 4,581,268 | 3,155 | 1452 |  |
| KG | Kasganj | Kasganj | 15 April 2008 (from Etah district) | 1,436,719 | 1,955 | 735 |  |
| KS | Kaushambi | Manjhanpur | 4 April 1997 (from Prayagraj district) | 1,599,596 | 1,779 | 899 |  |
| KU | Kushinagar | Padarauna | 13 May 1994 (from Deoria district) | 4,021,243 | 2,905 | 1200 |  |
| LK | Lakhimpur Kheri | Kheri | Pre-Independence | 3,564,544 | 7,680 | 520 |  |
| LA | Lalitpur | Lalitpur | 1 March 1974 (from Jhansi district) | 1,221,592 | 5,039 | 242 |  |
| LU | Lucknow | Lucknow | Pre-Independence | 4,589,838 | 2,528 | 1816 |  |
| MG | Maharajganj | Maharajganj | 2 October 1989 (from Gorakhpur district) | 2,684,703 | 2,952 | 909 |  |
| MH | Mahoba | Mahoba | 11 February 1995 (from Hamirpur district) | 875,958 | 3,144 | 279 |  |
| MP | Mainpuri | Mainpuri | Pre-Independence | 1,868,529 | 2,760 | 677 |  |
| MT | Mathura | Mathura | Pre-Independence | 2,547,184 | 3,340 | 763 |  |
| MB | Mau | Mau | 19 November 1988 (from Azamgarh district) | 2,205,968 | 1,713 | 1288 |  |
| ME | Meerut | Meerut | Pre-Independence | 3,443,689 | 2,559 | 1346 |  |
| MI | Mirzapur | Mirzapur | Pre-Independence | 2,496,970 | 4,405 | 567 |  |
| MO | Moradabad | Moradabad | Pre-Independence | 3,126,507 | 2,233 | 1400 |  |
| MU | Muzaffarnagar | Muzaffarnagar | Pre-Independence | 2,869,934 | 2,742 | 1047 |  |
| PI | Pilibhit | Pilibhit | Pre-Independence | 2,031,007 | 3,686 | 551 |  |
| PR | Pratapgarh | Pratapgarh | Pre-Independence | 3,209,141 | 3,717 | 863 |  |
| PR | Prayagraj | Prayagraj | Pre-Independence | 5,954,391 | 5,482 | 1086 |  |
| RB | Rae Bareli | Rae Bareli | Pre-Independence | 2,903,507 | 3,937 | 737 |  |
| RA | Rampur | Rampur | 1 December 1949 | 2,335,819 | 2,367 | 987 |  |
| SA | Saharanpur | Saharanpur | Pre-Independence | 3,466,382 | 3,689 | 940 |  |
| SK | Sant Kabir Nagar | Khalilabad | 5 September 1997 (from Basti district) | 2,199,774 | 2,390 | 920 |  |
| SR | Sant Ravidas Nagar | Gyanpur | 30 June 1994 (from Mirzapur district) | 1,715,183 | 1,646 | 1042 |  |
| SM | Sambhal | Sambhal | 3 May 2011 (from Moradabad district) | 1,578,213 | 1,015 | 1555 |  |
| SJ | Shahjahanpur | Shahjahanpur | Pre-Independence | 3,006,538 | 4,388 | 685 |  |
| SH | Shamli | Shamli | 3 May 2011 (from Muzaffarnagar district) | 1,273,578 | 1,266 | 1006 |  |
| SV | Shravasti | Shravasti | 22 May 1997 (from Bahraich district) | 1,117,361 | 1,640 | 681 |  |
| SN | Siddharthnagar | Siddharthnagar | 29 December 1988 (from Basti district) | 2,559,297 | 2,895 | 884 |  |
| SI | Sitapur | Sitapur | Pre-Independence | 4,483,992 | 5,743 | 781 |  |
| SO | Sonbhadra | Robertsganj | 4 March 1989 (from Mirzapur district) | 1,862,559 | 6,905 | 270 |  |
| SU | Sultanpur | Sultanpur | Pre-Independence | 2,249,036 | 2,457 | 915 |  |
| UN | Unnao | Unnao | Pre-Independence | 3,108,367 | 4,558 | 682 |  |
| VA | Varanasi | Varanasi | Pre-Independence | 3,676,841 | 1,535 | 2395 |  |
Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister and MLA from Aonla, Dharampal Singh demanded new Aonla District to be carved out of Bareilly District. [4]
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Dataganj Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Badaun district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Aonla Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" was passed in 1956. After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 117.
Faridpur Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bareilly district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Aonla Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" was passed in 1956. After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 122 and is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled caste community.
Bithari Chainpur Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bareilly district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Aonla Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 2012 after the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed and the constituency was formed in 2008. The constituency is assigned identification number 123.
Aonla Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bareilly district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Aonla Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1952 after the "DPACO (1951)" was passed in 1951. After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 126.
