Prayagraj division

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Prayagraj division
Allahabad division
Allahabad division.svg
Coordinates(Prayagraj (city)): 25°27′00″N81°51′00″E / 25.4500°N 81.8500°E / 25.4500; 81.8500
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Uttar Pradesh
Government
   Divisional Commissioner Sanjay Goyal, IAS [1]

Prayagraj division, formerly known as Allahabad division, is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with the city of Prayagraj being the administrative divisional headquarters. [2]

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In 2000, when Uttar Pradesh was reorganised by forming Uttaranchal out of its northern areas, Allahabad division and the district was majorly reorganised too. The Etawah, Farrukhabad, Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat districts of the Allahabad division were made into a separate Kanpur division. Parts of the western areas of Allahabad district were carved out to create a new district named Kaushambi. At the same time, Pratapgarh district, that falls in the Awadh region, was included in the Allahabad division.

Since 2000, Prayagraj division consists of the following districts:-

Prior to 2000, Allahabad division consisted of all the districts of the lower Doab:-

Languages

Allahabad division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census. [3]
Mother
tongue
code
Mother
tongue
People per districtAllahabad division
FatehpurPratapgarhKaushambiAllahabadpeoplepercentage
001002 Assamese 1003193200.002%
002007 Bengali 48308466,7827,1840.054%
004001 Dogri 0001701700.001%
005018 Gujarati 6002983040.002%
006030 Awadhi 0193,0301,199110,468304,6972.275%
006042 Bagheli/Baghel Khandi 0009209200.007%
006102 Bhojpuri 24282,6458,94612,0210.090%
006142 Chhattisgarhi 01,19801,1352,3330.017%
006235 Haryanvi 0001281280.001%
006240 Hindi 2,566,4742,911,9571,576,7765,651,50812,706,71594.856%
006311 Khari Boli (Kauravi) 160140592330.002%
006400 Marwari 0101301310.001%
006489 Rajasthani 37001491860.001%
007016 Kannada 4003483520.003%
010008 Maithili 0002942940.002%
011016 Malayalam 192671,0161,0680.008%
013071 Marathi 6931,5191,5370.011%
014011 Nepali 19853794110.003%
015043 Odia 42603281,1721,7640.013%
016038 Punjabi 15236393,3283,8520.029%
019014 Sindhi 04206356770.005%
020027 Tamil 6506856960.005%
021046 Telugu 6008438490.006%
022015 Urdu 65,600100,58817,670159,916343,7742.566%
022016Bhansari015944005990.004%
028001 Arabic/Arbi 4140184816430.005%
030073Tadavi0004114110.003%
040001 English 59181464877730.006%
N.A. Others 1264244041,8652,8190.021%
Total2,632,7333,209,1411,599,5965,954,39113,395,861100.000%

See also

References

  1. "Shri Sanjay Goyal, IAS | District Prayagraj, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". prayagraj.nic.in. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. "Zone". UPPWD. Public Works Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
    "Name of the districts under the Public Works Department area" (PDF). UPPWD. Public Works Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 15 July 2020.