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{{About|the district|(1) its eponymous headquarters|Gorakhpur|(2) its eponymous division|Gorakhpur division}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gorakhpur district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Gorakhpur.svg
| map_caption = Location of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Gorakhpur
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| 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
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Gorakhpur]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 7
| area_total_km2 = 3448
| area_footnotes = <ref name="gkp">{{cite web|url=http://gorakhpur.nic.in/|title=Gorakhpur|access-date=26 October 2018}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011 Census
| population_total = 4440895<ref name="Merged">{{Cite news|url=https://gorakhpur.nic.in/demography/ |title=NIC GORAKHPUR 2011 CENSUS|access-date=19 May 2021 |work=Government of India, NIC|date=2020}}</ref>
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 673,500 approx
| population_density_km2 = 1287.9
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 77.83%.
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 950
| leader_title = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name = [[Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Gorakhpur]], [[Bansgaon (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bansgaon]]
| leader_title2 = [[Divisional Commissioner|Commissioner]]
| leader_name2 = Jayant Narlikar [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>{{cite news |title=जयंत नार्लिकर बने गोरखपुर कमिश्नर |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/lucknow/other-news/jayant-narlikar-becomes-gorakhpur-commissioner/articleshow/68603608.cms |access-date=28 March 2019 |agency=IndiaTimes}}</ref>
| leader_title3 = [[District Magistrate|D.M]]
| leader_name3 = Sh. Vijay Kiran Anand [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>{{cite web|title=DM Details– Gorakhpur District|url=https://gorakhpur.nic.in/dm-profile/sh-vijay-kiran-anand/|access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref>
| leader_title4 = [[Senior Superintendent of Police|SSP]]
| leader_name4 = Sh. Dinesh Kumar P. [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] <ref>{{cite news |title=Indian Bureaucracy |url= https://www.indianbureaucracy.com/dinesh-kumar-p-ips-posted-as-sp-gorakhpur-up/ |access-date= 31 March 2021 }}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate = UP-53
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 28 (India)|NH 28]], [[National Highway 233B (India)|NH 233B]], [[National Highway (India)|NH 29]]
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = {{URL|http://gorakhpur.nic.in}}
}}
'''Gorakhpur district''' is a [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in India. [[Gorakhpur]] is the administrative headquarters of the district.

==History==
The district was ceded by the [[Nawab of Awadh]] to the [[British East India Company]] in 1801. It was the location of the [[Chauri Chaura incident]] in 1922. It was earlier expanded to the north till [[Nepal]] border but the northern part was carved out to form a new [[Maharajganj district]] in 1989.

==Geography==
Gorakhpur district lies between latitude 26°46'N and longitude 83°2'E. The district covers an area of {{convert|3483.8| km²}}. The district lies in the [[Purvanchal]] region of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The district is situated about 270 kilometers east of [[Lucknow]] and about 102 kilometers from [[Nepal]] Border.It is situated on the banks of the [[West Rapti River|Rapti River]]. The district is part of [[Gorakhpur division]].<ref name =sonu>{{cite web| url = http://gorakhpur.nic.in/ | title = Gorakhpur|access-date = 5 August 2010 }}</ref>

==Economy==
The economy of the district in early 2000s was comparatively low to other major districts in the state, but since 2014 Gorakhpur district is developing on a good rate and its economy is also increased. The [[Gorakhpur Development Authority]] handles all the development projects in the District.<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>

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=9,54,789|13=1911|14=10,40,392|15=1921|16=10,61,375|17=1931|18=11,85,436|19=1941|20=13,11,976|21=1951|22=14,73,156|23=1961|24=16,73,134|25=1971|26=19,80,329|27=1981|28=24,60,611|29=1991|30=30,66,002|31=2001|32=37,69,456|33=2011|34=44,40,895|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

===Religion===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Gorakhpur district (2011)<ref name="gorakhpur">{{cite web |title=Gorakhpur District : Census 2011 data |url=https://www.censusindia2011.com/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur-population.html|publisher=Census India 2011|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Hinduism]]
|value1 = 90.28
|color1 = Orange
|label2 = [[Islam]]
|value2 = 9.09
|color2 = Green
|label3 = Not Stated
|value3 = 0.29
|color3 = Black
|label4 = [[Christianity]]
|value4 = 0.22
|color4 = Blue
|label5 = [[Buddhism]]
|value5 = 0.06
|color5 = Gold
|label6 = [[Sikhism]]
|value6 = 0.05
|color6 = Yellow
|label7 = [[Jainism]]
|value7 = 0.01
|color7 = Brown
}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Gorakhpur district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 4,440,895,{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} roughly equal to the nation of [[Croatia]]<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 = Croatia 4,440,895 July 2011 est. }}</ref> or the US state of [[Kentucky]].<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=Kentucky 4,440,895 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721072426/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 40th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]). The district has a population density of {{convert|1337|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 17.81%. Gorakhpur has a [[sex ratio]] of 944 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 70.83%.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

===Languages===
The official language of the district is [[Hindi]] and additional official language is [[Urdu]].<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=28 September 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
{{pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages in Gorakhpur District<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>
|value1 = 71.31
|label1 = Bhojpuri
|color1 = yellow
|value2 = 26.48
|label2 = Hindi
|color2 = Orange
|value3 = 2.02
|label3 = Urdu
|color3 = Green
|label4 = Others
|color4 = grey
|value4 = 0.19
}}
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 71.31% of the population in the district identified as [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] speakers, 26.48% as [[Hindi]] speakers and 2.02% [[Urdu]] speakers.<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>

Vernaculars spoken in Gorakhpur include the [[Hindi language]] with almost 4,000,000 speakers, and [[Bhojpuri]], written in the [[Devanagari]] scripts.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Bhojpuri: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bho | access-date = 30 September 2011 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>

==Attractions==
*[[Geeta Press]]
*[[Gorakhnath Temple]]
*[[Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Prani Udyan]] or Gorakhpur Zoological Garden
*[[Chauri Chaura]] Incident Memorial
*[[Ramgarh Tal Lake]]

==Notable people==


*[[Hari Shankar Tiwari]], Bahubali Brahmin leader and many times MLA Of Chillupar Constituency.
*[[Yogi Adityanath]], Indian Hindu monk and politician serving as the 22nd and current [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]].
*[[Anurag Kashyap]], Indian filmmaker.
*[[Vidya Niwas Mishra]], Hindi-Sanskrit littérateur, and a journalist.

==See also ==
* [[Bhitha, Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Mithabel]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website|http://gorakhpur.nic.in}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Gorakhpur district
|North = [[Maharajganj district]]
|Northeast = [[Kushinagar district]]
|East = [[Deoria district]]
|Southeast = [[Mau district]]
|South = [[Azamgarh district]]
|Southwest = [[Rajesultanpur]]
|West = [[Sant Kabir Nagar district]]
|Northwest = [[Siddharthnagar district]]
}}

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