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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Bahraich}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Bahraich district<br />
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| total_type = Total<br />
| native_name = <br />
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Bahraich.svg<br />
| map_caption = Location of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh<br />
| coordinates = <br />
| coor_pinpoint = Bahraich<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Devipatan division|Devipatan]]<br />
| established_title = Established<br />
| established_date = <br />
| seat_type = Headquarters<br />
| seat = [[Bahraich]]<br />
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]<br />
| parts_style = para<br />
| p1 = 6<br />
| area_total_km2 = 4696.8<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_total = 3,487,731<br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| population_urban = 186,223<br />
| population_density_km2 = 666<br />
| demographics_type1 = Demographics<br />
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]<br />
| demographics1_info1 = 49.32 per cent<br />
| demographics1_title2 = 892<br />
| demographics1_info2 = <br />
| leader_title = <br />
| leader_name = <br />
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]<br />
| leader_name1 = [[Bahraich (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bahraich]]<br />
| leader_title2 = <br />
| leader_name2 = <br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +05:30<br />
| registration_plate = <br />
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]<br />
| blank_info_sec1 = NH28C, SH96<br />
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation<br />
| blank_info_sec2 = 1710 mm<br />
| website = http://bahraich.nic.in<br />
}}<br />
'''Bahraich district''' is one of the [[districts of Uttar Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[India]], and [[Bahraich]] town is the district headquarters. Bahraich District is a part of [[Devipatan Division]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Bahraich formed a [[nizamat]] under the [[Nawabs of Awadh]].<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Bahraich: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XLV Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1921 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=134–6, 140 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281265 |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref> Sometime after 1827, it became joined with [[Gonda, Uttar Pradesh|Gonda]] into a single nizamat.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> After the British annexed Awadh in early 1856, Bahraich was made the seat of [[Bahraich Division]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/><br />
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Bahraich was in historic [[Awadh]]. The district was part of the [[Nanpara#The Nanpara Taluqdari|Nanpara Taluqdari]] ruled by a succession of [[Raja]]s who owned more than three hundred villages in the district and all the forests. Raja Baldev Singh has built a fort later captured by Sadat Ali. A famous Dargah shareef fair is organised every year at Bahraich in his remembrance.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Bahraich borders [[Nepal]] districts [[Bardiya district|Bardiya]] to the northwest and [[Banke district|Banke]] to the northeast. The rest of Bahraich is surrounded by following districts in Uttar Pradesh: [[Lakhimpur Kheri district|Lakhimpur]] and [[Sitapur district|Sitapur]] on the west, Barabanki to the southwest, [[Gonda district|Gonda]] to the southeast, and [[Shravasti district|Shravasti]] to the east.<br />
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==District Jail==<br />
District Jail Bahraich situated beside [https://goo.gl/maps/qREGpSo5utj6am847 Indira Stadium] on Jail Road, also known as Police Line Road. This jail is operated since year 1848.<br />
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==Economy==<br />
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Bahraich 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|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 |df=dmy }}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=7,64,477|13=1911|14=7,61,611|15=1921|16=7,74,317|17=1931|18=8,25,923|19=1941|20=9,01,675|21=1951|22=9,78,553|23=1961|24=10,98,695|25=1971|26=12,82,218|27=1981|28=16,72,410|29=1991|30=20,90,852|31=2001|32=27,01,478|33=2011|34=34,87,731|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Bahraich district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 3,487,731,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 89th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|706|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 46.08%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Bahraich has a [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 891 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 49.32%.<br />
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Bahraich is a category "A" district i.e. having socio-economic and basic amenities parameters below the national average.<ref>[http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/sites/upload_files/moma/files/pdfs/34thEC.pdf MINUTES OF THE 34th MEETING OF EMPOWERED COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE REVISED PLAN FOR BALANCE FUND FOR THE DISTRICTS OF GHAZIABAD, BAREILLY, BARABANKI, SIDDHARTH NAGAR, SHAHJANPUR, MORADABAD, MUZAFFAR NAGAR, BAHRAICH AND LUCKNOW (UTTAR PRADESH) UNDER MULTI-SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN MINORITY CONCENTRATION DISTRICTS HELD ON 22nd JULY, 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930090010/http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/sites/upload_files/moma/files/pdfs/34thEC.pdf |date=30 September 2011 }}. No. 3/64/2010-PP-I, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS</ref><br />
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At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 92.71% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref><br />
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==Religion==<br />
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{{bar box<br />
| title = Religions in Bahraich District<ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2011 Bahraich District|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/551-bahraich.html|website=Census 2011|access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref><br />
| titlebar = #Fcd116<br />
| left1 = Religion<br />
| right1 = Percent<br />
| float = center<br />
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{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|Orange|65.71}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|Green| 33.53}}<br />
{{bar percent|Others†|black|0.76}}<br />
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== Tehsil <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Blocks {{!}} Administrative Setup {{!}} District Bahraich Official Site|url=https://bahraich.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/|url-status=live|access-date=Dec 29, 2021|website=District Bahraich}}</ref> ==<br />
*[[Bahraich]] <br />
*Kaisarganj<br />
*[[Nanpara]]<br />
*Payagpur<br />
*Motipur (Mihinpurwa)<br />
* Mahsi<br />
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== Blocks <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Blocks {{!}} Administrative Setup {{!}} District Bahraich Official Site|url=https://bahraich.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/|url-status=live|access-date=Dec 29, 2021|website=District Bahraich}}</ref> ==<br />
*Hujurpur<br />
*Mahasi <br />
*Pakharpur <br />
*Chittaura <br />
*Mihinpurwa <br />
*Shivpur <br />
*Risia <br />
*Visheshwarganj <br />
*Jarwal <br />
*Nawabganj <br />
*Tejwapur <br />
*Kaisarganj <br />
*Balha <br />
*Payagpur <br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{EB1911 poster|Bahraich}}<br />
* {{Official website|https://bahraich.nic.in/}}<br />
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