Sant Kabir Nagar district

Sant Kabir Nagar district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Khalilabad is the district headquarters. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of Basti division. The total area of Sant Kabir Nagar district is 1,646 km² (636 sq mi).^[2]

Sant Kabir Nagar district Saṁta Kabīra Nagara
District of Uttar Pradesh
Bakhira Bird Sanctuary
Location of Sant Kabir Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Basti
Headquarters	Khalilabad
Tehsils	Khalilabad, Mehdawal, Ghanghata
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Sant Kabir Nagar,(Khalilabad, Dhanghata, Alapur, Khajni, Mehdawal)
Area
• Total	1,646 km2 (636 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,715,183
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Language
• Official	Hindi[1]
• Additional official	Urdu[1]
• Regional	Bhojpuri
Demographics
• Literacy	66.72 per cent
• Sex ratio	969
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-58
Major highways	National Highway 28 (India)
Website	sknagar.nic.in

Economy

In 2007 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sant Kabir Nagar one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).^[3] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	486,935	—
1911	482,786	−0.09%
1921	507,791	+0.51%
1931	548,093	+0.77%
1941	576,478	+0.51%
1951	629,746	+0.89%
1961	652,787	+0.36%
1971	752,737	+1.43%
1981	911,052	+1.93%
1991	1,152,116	+2.38%
2001	1,420,226	+2.11%
2011	1,715,183	+1.90%
source:[4]

Religions in Sant Kabir Nagar district (2011)[5]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			75.83%
Islam			23.58%
Other or not stated			0.59%

According to the 2011 census Sant Kabir Nagar district has a population of 1,715,183,^[6] roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia^[7] or the US state of Nebraska.^[8] This gives it a ranking of 283rd in India (out of a total of 640).^[6] The district has a population density of 1,041 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,700/sq mi).^[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.71%.^[6] Sant Kabir Nagar has a sex ratio of 969 females for every 1000 males^[6] and a literacy rate of 69.01%. 7.49% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 21.52% and 0.09% of the population respectively.^[6]

Language

Languages in Sant Kabir Nagar district (2011)^[9]

1. Bhojpuri (53.7%)
2. Hindi (36.4%)
3. Urdu (9.49%)
4. Others (0.43%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 53.67% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 36.42% Hindi and 9.49% Urdu as their first language.^[9]

Bhojpuri is the native language of the district.^[10] The Bhojpuri variant of Kaithi is the indigenous script of Bhojpuri language.^[11]

Notable residents

• Sant Kabir Das, poet
• Bhalchandra Yadava, politician
• Ram Prasad Chaudhary, politician
• Kavindra Chaudhary, politician
• Ankur Raj Tiwari, politician
• Sucheta Kripalani, First Woman Chief Minister of India, MLA from Mehndawal(1962–1967)
• Akhilesh Pati Tripathi Politician in Delhi
• Nagendra Nath Tripathi Politician