Districts of Uttar Pradesh

The 2011 Census counted 71 districts in what is now Uttar Pradesh, home to 19.98 crore people. Prayagraj was the largest, with 59.54 lakh; Gautam Buddha Nagar had the highest literacy rate at 80.1%.

Population, 2011

19.98 crore

71 districts

Literacy rate

67.7%

India 73.0%

Sex ratio

912

females per 1,000 males; India 943

Urban population

22.3%

India 31.1%

All districts of Uttar Pradesh

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1	Prayagraj (Allahabad)	59,54,391	72.3%	901	24.7%
2	Moradabad	47,72,006	56.8%	906	33.0%
3	Ghaziabad	46,81,645	78.1%	881	67.5%
4	Azamgarh	46,13,913	70.9%	1019	8.5%
5	Lucknow	45,89,838	77.3%	917	66.2%
6	Kanpur Nagar	45,81,268	79.7%	862	65.8%
7	Jaunpur	44,94,204	71.5%	1024	7.7%
8	Sitapur	44,83,992	61.1%	888	11.8%
9	Bareilly	44,48,359	58.5%	887	35.3%
10	Gorakhpur	44,40,895	70.8%	950	18.8%
11	Agra	44,18,797	71.6%	868	45.8%
12	Muzaffarnagar	41,43,512	69.1%	889	28.8%
13	Hardoi	40,92,845	64.6%	868	13.2%
14	Kheri	40,21,243	60.6%	894	11.5%
15	Sultanpur	37,97,117	69.3%	983	5.3%
16	Bijnor	36,82,713	68.5%	917	25.1%
17	Budaun	36,81,896	51.3%	871	17.5%
18	Varanasi	36,76,841	75.6%	913	43.4%
19	Aligarh	36,73,889	67.5%	882	33.1%
20	Ghazipur	36,20,268	71.8%	952	7.6%
21	Kushinagar	35,64,544	65.3%	961	4.7%
22	Bulandshahr	34,99,171	68.9%	896	24.8%
23	Bahraich	34,87,731	49.4%	892	8.1%
24	Saharanpur	34,66,382	70.5%	890	30.8%
25	Meerut	34,43,689	72.8%	886	51.1%
26	Gonda	34,33,919	58.7%	921	6.5%
27	Rae Bareli	34,05,559	67.3%	943	9.0%
28	Bara Banki	32,60,699	61.8%	910	10.2%
29	Ballia	32,39,774	70.9%	937	9.4%
30	Pratapgarh	32,09,141	70.1%	998	5.5%
31	Unnao	31,08,367	66.4%	907	17.1%
32	Deoria	31,00,946	71.1%	1017	10.2%
33	Shahjahanpur	30,06,538	59.5%	872	19.8%
34	Mahrajganj	26,84,703	62.8%	943	5.0%
35	Fatehpur	26,32,733	67.4%	901	12.2%
36	Siddharthnagar	25,59,297	59.3%	976	6.3%
37	Mathura	25,47,184	70.4%	863	29.7%
38	Firozabad	24,98,156	71.9%	875	33.4%
39	Mirzapur	24,96,970	68.5%	903	13.9%
40	Ayodhya (Faizabad)	24,70,996	68.7%	962	13.8%
41	Basti	24,64,464	67.2%	963	5.6%
42	Ambedkar Nagar	23,97,888	72.2%	978	11.7%
43	Rampur	23,35,819	53.3%	909	25.2%
44	Mau	22,05,968	73.1%	979	22.6%
45	Balrampur	21,48,665	49.5%	928	7.7%
46	Pilibhit	20,31,007	61.5%	895	17.3%
47	Jhansi	19,98,603	75.0%	890	41.7%
48	Chandauli	19,52,756	71.5%	918	12.4%
49	Farrukhabad	18,85,204	69.0%	874	22.1%
50	Mainpuri	18,68,529	76.0%	881	15.4%
51	Sonbhadra	18,62,559	64.0%	918	16.9%
52	Amroha (Jyotiba Phule Nagar)	18,40,221	63.8%	910	24.9%
53	Banda	17,99,410	66.7%	863	15.3%
54	Kanpur Dehat	17,96,184	75.8%	865	9.7%
55	Etah	17,74,480	70.8%	873	15.1%
56	Sant Kabir Nagar	17,15,183	66.7%	972	7.5%
57	Jalaun	16,89,974	73.8%	865	24.8%
58	Kannauj	16,56,616	72.7%	879	16.9%
59	Gautam Buddha Nagar	16,48,115	80.1%	851	59.1%
60	Kaushambi	15,99,596	61.3%	908	7.8%
61	Etawah	15,81,810	78.4%	870	23.2%
62	Bhadohi (Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi))	15,78,213	69.0%	955	14.5%
63	Hathras (Mahamaya Nagar)	15,64,708	71.6%	871	21.3%
64	Kasganj (Kanshiram Nagar)	14,36,719	61.0%	880	20.1%
65	Auraiya	13,79,545	79.0%	864	17.0%
66	Baghpat	13,03,048	72.0%	861	21.1%
67	Lalitpur	12,21,592	63.5%	906	14.4%
68	Shrawasti	11,17,361	46.7%	881	3.5%
69	Hamirpur	11,04,285	68.8%	861	19.0%
70	Chitrakoot	9,91,730	65.0%	879	9.7%
71	Mahoba	8,75,958	65.3%	878	21.2%

Census 2011. Click a column to sort. Literacy is for people aged seven and over; sex ratio is females per 1,000 males.

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Questions

How many districts were there in Uttar Pradesh in the 2011 Census?

71. Districts created since 2011 are not shown separately here, because the Census reports figures for the districts as they were then.

Which is the most populous district of Uttar Pradesh?

Prayagraj, with 59,54,391 people in 2011. The smallest was Mahoba, with 8,75,958.

Which district of Uttar Pradesh has the highest literacy rate?

Gautam Buddha Nagar, at 80.12% in 2011. The lowest was Shrawasti, at 46.74%.

Which district of Uttar Pradesh has the best sex ratio?

Jaunpur, with 1024 females per 1,000 males in 2011. The lowest was Gautam Buddha Nagar, at 851.

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India in Data, "Districts of Uttar Pradesh: Census 2011 population, literacy and sex ratio". https://indiaindata.online/districts/uttar-pradesh. Original source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India).

About these figures

All figures are from the 2011 Census, the most recent completed census of India, published in the Primary Census Abstract by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner. The next census, Census 2027, will replace them.

Districts are shown as they were in 2011. Many states have created new districts since, so a district today may be smaller than the one shown here. Districts are grouped under today's states and union territories: the ten 2011 districts now in Telangana are under Telangana, Leh and Kargil are under Ladakh, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are shown together. Districts renamed since 2011 carry their current name, with the Census name in brackets.

Literacy rate is the share of people aged seven and over who can read and write with understanding. Sex ratio is females per 1,000 males; child sex ratio is the same for children aged 0 to 6. Workers include main workers (six months or more of work in the year) and marginal workers (less than six months).