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| Settlement type | District of Uttar Pradesh |
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Budaun district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Budaun town is the district headquarters. Budaun district is a part of Bareilly division. The district covers an area of 4234 km2. According to the (District Badaun, Govt. Of Uttar Pradesh) mythological stories, Budaun was named after Ahir prince Budh.[1]
History
Template:Cleanup section After the original British takeover in 1801, this area was part of Moradabad district, although parts were then transferred into Bareilly district in 1805.[2] Then in October 1823, the district was created out of areas previously in both Moradabad and Bareilly districts, and it was originally called Sahaswan district after its headquarters of Sahaswan.[2] The headquarters were moved to Budaun in 1838.[2]
The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition wrote of Budaun:[3] Template:Cquote
It has been noted by Prof. Goti John that this city was named "Bedamooth" (बेदामूथ) in an ancient inscription (stone writeup, शिलालेख.) (inscription at Lucknow Museum)Then this region was called Panchal (पांचाल). According to the lines on Stone Writeup there was a village "Bhadaunlak" near the city. A Muslim Historian (इतिहासकार) Mr. Roz Khan Lodhi said that here the Ashoka - The Great built a Buddh Vihar & Quila (किला) and he named it BuddhMau (बुद्धमउ). Geographically Badaun City is located near Holy River GANGA (गंगा).[4]
Economy
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Budaun one of the country's 251 special funded cities (out of a total of 640).[5] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF) In The Badaun.[5]
Divisions
The district comprises five tehsils: Budaun, Bisauli, Bilsi, Dataganj and Sahaswan.
There are six Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Bisauli, Sahaswan, Bilsi, Badaun, Shekhupur and Dataganj. While Shekhupur and Dataganj are part of Aonla Lok Sabha constituency, rest are part of Badaun Lok Sabha constituency.
Demographics
Template:Historical populationsAccording to the 2011 census Budaun district has a population of 3,681,896,Template:Citation needed roughly equal to the nation of Liberia[6] or the US state of Oklahoma.[7] This gives it a ranking of 71st in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of Template:Convert. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.96%. Badaun has a sex ratio of 859 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 52.91%.Template:Citation needed
The major urban areas In the district according to March 2015 estimates are Budaun (3.97 lacs pop.), Ujhani (1.24 lacs pop.), Sahaswan (1.18 lacs pop.) and Kakrala (0.85 lacs pop.)
About 27% population of Budaun district is urban, 28% suburban and remaining 45% rural.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 91.28% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 8.64% Urdu as their first language.[8]
Religion
Template:Bar box The majority of the population residing in Budaun is mainly from the two religions Hinduism and Islam.Moreover, Sikhs, Christians and Jains are also some other practiced religions in the region.
Major settlements
Notable people
- Kumar Prashant, District Magistrate
References
- ↑ जिले के बारे में | ज़िला बदायूँ उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार | India. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Budaun: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XV Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Government Press(1907)
- ↑ Template:Cite EB1911
- ↑ District Budaun. badaun.nic.in. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme. National Institute of Rural Development(8 September 2009). Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ↑ Country Comparison:Population. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ↑ 2010 Resident Population Data. U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ↑ 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
External links
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