Mirzapur district

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Mirzapur district
Siddhanth ki Dari Fall.jpg
Siddhanath ki Dari Falls
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Location of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Uttar Pradesh
Division Mirzapur
Established1509
Headquarters Mirzapur
Tehsils 4
Government
   District Magistrate Priyanka Niranjan, IAS
   Chairman, Nagar Palika Parishad, Mirzapur Shyam Sunder Keshari
   Lok Sabha constituencies Mirzapur
   Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Anupriya Patel (Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India)
Area
  Total
4,521 km2 (1,746 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total
2,496,970
  Density550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
   Urban
347,567
Demographics
   Literacy 70.38%
  Sex ratio903
  Language HindiUrdu
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration UP-63
Average annual precipitation1043 mm
Website Official Website

Mirzapur district is one of the 75 districts in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The district is bounded on the north by Bhadohi and Varanasi districts, on the east by Chandauli district, on the south by Sonbhadra district and Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh [2] and on the northwest by Prayagraj. The district occupies an area of 4521 km2. Mirzapur city is the district headquarters. Mirzapur district is a part of Mirzapur division. This district is known for the Vindhyavasini temple in Vindhyachal and several tourist attractions like waterfalls like Rajdari and Devdari [3] and dams. It consist of several Ghats where historical sculptures are still present. During the Ganges festival these Ghats are decorated with lights and earthen lamps.

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It was once the largest district in Uttar Pradesh until Sonbhadra district was separated from Mirzapur in 1989.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901488,998    
1911483,880−0.11%
1921483,470−0.01%
1931526,344+0.85%
1941600,806+1.33%
1951679,171+1.23%
1961803,784+1.70%
1971960,495+1.80%
19811,238,432+2.57%
19911,627,970+2.77%
20012,074,709+2.45%
20112,496,970+1.87%
source: [4]
Religions in Mirzapur district (2011) [5]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
91.81%
Islam
7.84%
Other or not stated
0.35%

According to the 2011 census Mirzapur district has a population of 2,496,970, [1] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait [6] or the US state of Nevada. [7] This gives it a ranking of 174th in India (out of a total of 640). [1] The district has a population density of 561 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,450/sq mi). [1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.89%. [1] Mirzapur has a sex ratio of 900 females for every 1000 males, [1] and a literacy rate of 70.38%. 13.92% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 26.48% and 0.81% of the population respectively. [1] Female literacy rate here is 54%.

Languages

Languages of Mirzapur district (2011) [8]

   Hindi (80.95%)
   Bhojpuri (18.40%)
  Others (0.65%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 80.95% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 18.40% Bhojpuri as their first language. [8]

Bhojpuri language, written in both Devanagari and Kaithi scripts is widely spoken in the district. Bhojpuri language. [9] Agariya, an Austroasiatic tongue with approximately 70,000 speakers; [10] Awadhi, which has a lexical similarity of 72-91% with Hindi [11] and Bagheli, a tongue in the Eastern Hindi group are also spoken in some parts of the district bordering Awadh and Baghelkhand regions respectively.

Administrative divisions

The district consists four Tehsils. These are Mirzapur (Sadar), Chunar, Marihan and Lalganj. These four tehsils are further divided into twelve blocks.

History

Mirzapur was founded by Raja Nanner. It was formerly known as Girjapur named after Goddess Girija ( Parvati ). Current Nomenclature of Mirzapur is derived from the conjunction of the Terms Mir, Ja and Pur meaning Sea, Outcome and Town respectively. [12]

Major Tourist Places

Tourism is the core revenue generating sector of Mirzapur [13] . It has serene beautiful nature, lush green forests, wildlife sanctuaries, enchanting Hills, waterfalls and many religious sites.

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Mirzapur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). [15] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh to have received funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). [15] Once tourism used to contribute to the economy but due to lack of care from government officials and local people the unmatched beauty of the places like Sirshe dam and waterfall, Dadri (Pipari) dam, Vindham waterfall, Lower Khajuri, Upper Khajuri, Lakhaniya waterfall, Siddhnath Waterfall, Kotwan-Patehara forest, Fort of Chunar and Dadri-Haliya forest has become 'the stories of past'. Once there was a time when every Sunday of rainy season used to be a fair like atmosphere for the neighbouring localities of Sirshe waterfall and Vindham waterfall due to their attraction of tourist not only from every part of the U.P. and but neighbourhood states too. The separation of the Sonebhadra largely affected the economical condition and after the closing of mills and depression in the carpet industry Mirzapur has become economically disadvantaged.

Education

Colleges

Notable people

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