Kushinagar district

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{{short description|District of Uttar Pradesh in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kushinagar district
| image_skyline = Buddha's cremation stupa, Kushinagar.jpg
| image_caption = Buddha cremation stupa, Kushinagar
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Kushinagar.svg
| map_caption = Location of Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Ravindra Nagar
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Gorakhpur Division|Gorakhpur]]
| established_title = Established as [[Padrauna]]
| established_date = 13 May 1994
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = Ravindra Nagar Dhoos
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = Padrauna Sadar, Khadda, Kushinagar/Kasia, Hata, Tamkuhiraj, Captanganj
| area_total_km2 = 2873.5
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 3,564,5445
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 4.87 per cent
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Language
Official=Hindi,Urdu

Regional=Bhojpuri
Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 67.66 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 955
| leader_title = Member of Parliament (Kushinagar)
| leader_name = [[Vijay Kumar Dubey]]
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Kushi Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kushinagar]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = Padrauna Sadar, Khadda, Ramkola, Hata, Fazilnagar, Tamkuhiraj, Kushinagar
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate = UP 57
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 27 (India)|NH 27]] and NH 727 (previously NH 28 and NH 28B)
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = {{URL|kushinagar.nic.in}}
| established_date1 = 19 June 1997
| established_title1 = Name Changed from [[Padrauna]] to [[Kushinagar]]
| official_name = Kushinagar district
}}

'''Kushinagar''' is a [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|district]] of the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[India]] situated in the easternmost part of the state. It has the administrative headquarters at Ravindra Nagar Dhoos. The district is named such after the town [[Kushinagar]], a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] pilgrimage site where [[Gautama Buddha]] attained ''[[parinirvana]]'' in the 5th century BCE. Since the independence of India, Kushinagar district was a part of [[Deoria district|Deoria District]] and came into existence on 13 May 1994 as a separate district division. It was earlier known as Padrauna and thereafter was renamed Kushinagar on 19 June 1997.The Biggest Town in Kushinagar District is ''[[Kushinagar|Kasia]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0958_PART_B_DCHB_KUSHINAGAR.pdf |title=2011 Census - Kushinagar district |access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref>

==Location==
Kushinagar District is bounded on the northeast by [[West Champaran district|West Champaran]] and [[Gopalganj district, India|Gopalganj]] districts of [[Bihar]], on the south by [[Deoria district|Deoria District]] and on the west by [[Gorakhpur district|Gorakhpur]] and [[Maharajganj district|Maharajganj]] districts. It is part of [[Gorakhpur Division]].

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Kushinagar one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012 }}</ref>

==Transport==
The [[Indian Government]] has approved a project for the construction of an International Airport which would be completed till 2019.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} In 2017, [[Uttar Pradesh Government]] has approved a project for develop Kushinagar bus station as an International Bus Station.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} Daily Buses from Gorakhpur to Tamkuhi Road and Gorakhpur to Padrauna through Kasia are available at Railway Station Bus Depot Gorakhpur.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

Padrauna, Ramkola, Kaptanganj, Dudahi and Tamkuhi Road are some cities connected with train facility in the district.

On 20th October 2021 the [[Kushinagar Airport|international airport]] was officially inaugurated during the [[Abhidhamma Day]] celebrations in Kushinagar.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Kushinagar district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 3,564,544,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Lithuania]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Lithuania 3,535,547 July 2011 est.}}</ref> or the US state of [[Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |access-date=30 September 2011 |quote=Connecticut 3,574,097 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=19 October 2013 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 81st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|1226|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 23.08%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Kushinagar has a [[sex ratio]] of 955 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 67.66%.<ref name=districtcensus/> According to 2011 Census, 99.49% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 0.46% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Uttar Pradesh |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=23 September 2019}}</ref>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=7,38,315|13=1911|14=8,04,023|15=1921|16=8,20,780|17=1931|18=8,76,462|19=1941|20=9,77,561|21=1951|22=10,43,419|23=1961|24=11,84,272|25=1971|26=14,01,482|27=1981|28=17,46,618|29=1991|30=22,55,120|31=2001|32=28,91,667|33=2011|34=35,64,544|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html |title=Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |accessdate=6 February 2021}}</ref>|align=middle}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official website|http://kushinagar.nic.in}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Kushinagar District
|North =
|Northeast = [[Pashchim Champaran district]], [[Bihar]]
|East =
|Southeast = [[Gopalganj District, India|Gopalganj district]], [[Bihar]]
|South = [[Deoria district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Gorakhpur district]]
|Northwest = [[Maharajganj district]]
}}

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