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District of Uttar Pradesh in India

Gonda district

District of Uttar Pradesh

Statue of Rajendranath Lahiri at Gonda District Jail

Location of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh

Country|  India
State| Uttar Pradesh
Division| Devipatan
Town| 1620; 404 years ago (1620)
District| 1856; 168 years ago (1856)
Founded by| Raja Maan Singh
Named for| Gonard
Headquarters| Gonda
Tehsils| 4
Colonelganj
Gonda
Mankapur
Tarabganj
Government

• District magistrate| Neha Sharma[1]
• Lok Sabha constituencies| Gonda
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies| 7
Colonelganj
Mankapur
Gonda Sadar
Gaura
Mehnaun
Tarabganj
Katra Bazar

Area

• Total| 4,003 km2 (1,546 sq mi)
Population

(2011)

• Total| 3,433,919
• Density| 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
• Urban

| 225,029
Demonym(s)| Gondvi, Gondvian
Demographics

• Effective literacy| 58.71%
• Sex ratio| 921
Time zone| UTC+05:30 (IST)
Area code| 0-5262
Vehicle registration| UP-43
Major highways| 4 NH27, UPSH 30, UPSH 9, UPSH 1A
Average annual precipitation| 22.4 mm
Website| gonda.nic.in

Gonda district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city of Gonda is the district headquarters, and also the administrative centre for the Devipatan Division. The total area of Gonda district is 4,003 km2 (1,546 sq mi).[2]

## History

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Gonda was originally part of the Nizamat of Gorakhpur, but after Gorakhpur was ceded to the British in 1801, Gonda was united with Bahraich district.[3] It was created as a separate district by the British when they annexed Awadh in 1856.[3] In 1875, parts of Gonda district between Baghaura Tal and the Arrah river were ceded to Nepal by the British government.[3]

More recently, ancient Buddhist remains dating to the early days of Buddhism have been found throughout the region, including at Sravasti.[4]

Gonda played a significant part in the Indian struggle for independence, with many people from the region actively involved: including Raja Devi Baksh Singh, who escaped to Nepal,[5] freedom fighters like Chandra Shekhar Azad took shelter in the district, and Rajendra Lahiri was incarcerated and hanged in the Gonda Jail.[6]

In more recent times, the district received media attention throughout India due to the protracted court case surrounding the murder of 13 people known as the 1982 Gonda Encounter.[7][8]

## Industry

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There are four sugar mills Balrampur Chini Mills Limited in Babhnan, Balrampur Chini Mills Limited in Mankapur, Sarju Sahkari Chini Mills Ltd in Belrayan and Kisan Sahkari Chini Mills Ltd in Gonda. Apart from that there are several rice mills and many other small industries and handicraft industry. One of the India's six Indian Telephone Industries is situated at Mankapur, and the largest sugar mill in India is situated at Kundarkhi.[9]

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Gonda one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[10] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[10]

## Demographics

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### Population

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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|

1901| 873,630| —
1911| 879,226| +0.06%
1921| 917,115| +0.42%
1931| 980,987| +0.68%
1941| 1,070,397| +0.88%
1951| 1,168,645| +0.88%
1961| 1,279,883| +0.91%
1971| 1,409,722| +0.97%
1981| 1,749,260| +2.18%
1991| 2,204,445| +2.34%
2001| 2,765,586| +2.29%
2011| 3,433,919| +2.19%
source:[11]

Religions in Gonda district (2011)[12]

Religion |  | Percent
Hinduism |

| 79.77%
Islam |

| 19.76%
Other or not stated |

| 0.47%

According to the 2011 census Gonda district has a population of 3,433,919,[13] roughly equal to the nation of Panama[14] or the US state of Connecticut.[15] This gives it a ranking of 95th in India (out of a total of 640).[13] The total number of literates in the district is 1,679,99 which constitute 48.9% of the total population. Population in the age range of 0 to 6 years was 572,386. The effective literacy (population 7 years and above) was 58.7%.[13] The district has a population density of 857 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,220/sq mi).[13] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 24.17%,[13] higher than the average of Uttar Pradesh (20.09%). Gonda has a sex ratio of 921 females for every 1000 males,[13] and a sex ratio among children 0–6 years old of 926, both higher than the state average (908 and 899 respectively). 6.55% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes made up 15.49% of the population.[13]

The human development index of the Gonda district is very low.[16]

### Languages

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Languages of Gonda district (2011)[17]

Hindi (81.03%)

Awadhi (16.04%)

Urdu (2.68%)

Others (0.25%)

The official language of the district is Hindi and additional official language is Urdu. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 81.03% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 16.04% Awadhi and 2.68% Urdu as their first language.[17]

Apart from Hindi and Urdu, languages spoken in the district include Awadhi, a tongue of the Hindi continuum spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the Awadh region.[18]

## Tehsils (Sub-district)

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There are four Tehsils in Gonda district.[19]

1. Colonelganj
2. Gonda
3. Mankapur
4. Tarabganj

## Blocks

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Gonda district comprises 16 Blocks:[20]

1. Babhanjot
2. Belsar
3. Chhapia
4. Colonelganj
5. Haldharmau
6. Itiathok
7. Jhanjhari
8. Katra Bazar
9. Mankapur
10. Mujehana
11. Nawabganj
12. Pandri Kripal
13. Paraspur
14. Rupaidih
15. Tarabganj
16. Wazirganj

## Townships and villages

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* ITI Township Mankapur

## Education

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The effective literacy rate (7+) is 58.71%, the state average (69.72%).[13][21] The government of India has created a special scheme for underdeveloped districts through the "Backward Region Grant Fund". Gonda is one of the recipients of this fund.[22]

### Institutions and schools

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* LBS Degree College
* Meena Shah Institute of Technology and Management (MSITM) Degree College[23]
* Saraswati Devi Nari Gyansthali P.G. College
* St Xaviers Senior Secondary School[24]

## Public health

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Gonda has 15 hospitals, 27 Ayurvedic hospitals, 11 Homeopathic hospitals and 2 Unani hospitals, in addition to 66 Government Primary Health Centres. Gonda is one of the districts in the list of top 100 districts in order of Infant Mortality Rate in 2011 census data. It also comes in the top 57 districts with the highest maternal mortality rate[25]

Gonda has been listed as cleanest Nagar Palika in entire Uttar Pradesh according to the Swachhta Sarvekshan 2022 overturning its last position in the country as per the 2017 survey.[26][27]

## Notable people

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* Patanjali, the Sanskrit author Gonardiya is generally identified with Patanjali, the epithet denotes someone from Gonarda, which has been identified by some with Gonda.[28]
* Raja Anand Singh
* Adam Gondvi
* Vinod Singh
* Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
* Kirti Vardhan Singh
* Bawan Singh
* Ketki Devi Singh
* Fasi-ur-Rehman Munnan Khan
* Satya Deo Singh
* Raja Devi Bakhsh Singh
* Babu Ishwar Sharan Singh

## References

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1. ^ "About Gonda". Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
2. ^ "District Gonda, Government of Uttar Pradesh | GREEN GONDA CLEAN GONDA | India". Retrieved 8 March 2021.
3. ^ a b c Nevill, H.R. (1905). Gonda: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XLIV Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. 115–6, 149–50, 156–7. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
4. ^ "Excavations at Sravasti". IndiaDivine.org. June 2002.
5. ^ 1857:The Oral Tradition, Pankaj Rag, Rupa Publication,2010
6. ^ Balvally, Shubhan (18 June 2024). Arihant Reprogrammed (Part 4): Mission Martyrs. Notion Press. ISBN 979-8-89446-321-6. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
7. ^ "3 cops get death, 5 life term for Gonda fake encounter". Pioneer. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
8. ^ Rai, Rajat (5 April 2014). "3 cops get death penalty, life term to 5 in Uttar Pradesh fake encounter case". India Today. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
9. ^ Official Site Archived 9 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
10. ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
11. ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
12. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
13. ^ a b c d e f g h "District Census Handbook: Gonda" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
14. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011. "Panama 3,460,462 July 2011 est."
15. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2011. "Connecticut 3,574,097"
16. ^ Planning commission release
17. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
18. ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Awadhi: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
19. ^ "Tehsil | District Gonda, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". Retrieved 27 November 2022.
20. ^ "Subdivision & Blocks | District Gonda, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". Retrieved 27 November 2022.
21. ^ Provisional Population Totals Paper 2 of 2011 - Uttar Pradesh
22. ^ "Press information release". pib.nic.in. 11 August 2006. Archived from the original on 24 May 2007.
23. ^ Wahak, The Sandesh (24 March 2021). "गोण्डा : मीना शाह इंस्टिट्यूट ऑफ टेक्नोलॉजी एंड मैनेजमेंट डिग्री कॉलेज में मेधावियों को किया गया सम्मानित". The Sandesh Wahak. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
24. ^ "10 Reason Why your child should never attend the St. Xaviers Senior Secondary School, Gonda". 10 Reason Why your child should never attend the St. Xaviers Senior Secondary School, Gonda. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
25. ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". www.censusindia.gov.in.
26. ^ "India's 'dirtiest city' Gonda ranks bottom in Swachh Bharat survey". hindustantimes.com. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
27. ^ "Cleanest City: स्‍वच्‍छता रैंक‍िंंग में गोंडा यूपी का सबसे स्‍वच्‍छ शहर, स्वच्छता सर्वेक्षण की रैकिंग जारी". Dainik Jagran.
28. ^ Mahamahopadhyaya Kashinath Vasudev Abhyankar (1961). A Dictionary of Sanskrit Grammar. Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

## External links

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* Official website
* Alternative Web Site Of the Gonda District
* Gonda District at The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908, v. 12, p. 311-319.

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Places adjacent to Gonda district

| Bahraich district | Shrawasti district | Balrampur district
Siddharthnagar district

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Gonda district

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Bara Banki district | Faizabad district |

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Populated places in Gonda district

Cities and towns|

* Colonelganj
* Gonda
* Katra
* Khargupur
* Mankapur
* Nawabganj

Villages and settlements|

* Chhapaiya
* Maskanwa
* Paraspur
* Rajwapur
* Raniganj
* Tharakki Patti

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Divisions and Districts of Uttar Pradesh, India

Agra division|

* Agra
* Firozabad
* Mainpuri
* Mathura

Aligarh division|

* Aligarh
* Etah
* Hathras
* Kasganj

Ayodhya division|

* Ambedkar Nagar
* Amethi
* Ayodhya
* Barabanki
* Sultanpur

Azamgarh division|

* Azamgarh
* Ballia
* Mau

Bareilly division|

* Bareilly
* Budaun
* Pilibhit
* Shahjahanpur

Basti division|

* Basti
* Sant Kabir Nagar
* Siddharthnagar

Chitrakoot division|

* Banda
* Chitrakoot
* Hamirpur
* Mahoba

Devipatan division|

* Bahraich
* Balrampur
* Gonda
* Shravasti

Gorakhpur division|

* Deoria
* Gorakhpur
* Kushinagar
* Maharajganj

Jhansi division|

* Jalaun
* Jhansi
* Lalitpur

Kanpur division|

* Auraiya
* Etawah
* Farrukhabad
* Kannauj
* Kanpur Nagar
* Kanpur Dehat

Lucknow division|

* Hardoi
* Lakhimpur Kheri
* Lucknow
* Raebareli
* Sitapur
* Unnao

Meerut division|

* Bagpat
* Bulandshahr
* Gautam Buddh Nagar
* Ghaziabad
* Hapur
* Meerut

Mirzapur division|

* Mirzapur
* Sant Ravidas Nagar
* Sonbhadra

Moradabad division|

* Amroha
* Bijnor
* Moradabad
* Rampur
* Sambhal

Prayagraj division|

* Fatehpur
* Kaushambi
* Pratapgarh
* Prayagraj

Saharanpur division|

* Muzaffarnagar
* Saharanpur
* Shamli

Varanasi division|

* Chandauli
* Ghazipur
* Jaunpur
* Varanasi

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Devipatan division topics

General|

* Awadh
* Suhelva Sanctuary

Mythology, history|

* Kosala kingdom
* Shravasti
* Jetavana
* Sambhavanath
* Aciravati
* Anathapindika
* Visakha
* Pasenadi
* Angulimala
* Jaunpur Sultanate

Districts|

* Gonda
* Bahraich
* Shravasti
* Balrampur

Rivers, dams, lakes|

* Ganges
* Ghaghara
* Rapti
* Sarayu
* Chittaura Jheel

Languages, people|

* Hindustani
* Standard Hindi
* Urdu

Transport|

* NH 28C

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Bahraich
* Kaiserganj
* Shrawasti
* Gonda

See also|

* Cities and towns in Bahraich district
* Cities and towns in Balrampur district
* Cities and towns in Gonda district
* Cities and towns in Shravasti district
* Villages in Balrampur district
* Villages in Gonda district
* People from Bahraich
* People from Balrampur
* People from Gonda
* People from Shravasti district

Other Divisions|

* Agra
* Aligarh
* Ayodhya
* Azamgarh
* Bareilly
* Basti
* Chitrakoot
* Gorakhpur
* Jhansi
* Kanpur
* Lucknow
* Meerut
* Mirzapur
* Moradabad
* Prayagraj
* Saharanpur
* Varanasi

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Capital: Lucknow

Topics|

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Administration|

* Government
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* Governors
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Regions|

* Awadh (Central Uttar Pradesh)
* Purvanchal (Eastern Uttar Pradesh)
* Western Uttar Pradesh

Divisions|

* Agra
* Aligarh
* Ayodhya
* Azamgarh
* Bareilly
* Basti
* Chitrakoot
* Devipatan
* Gorakhpur
* Jhansi
* Kanpur
* Lucknow
* Meerut
* Mirzapur
* Moradabad
* Prayagraj
* Saharanpur
* Varanasi

Districts|

* Agra
* Aligarh
* Ayodhya
* Ambedkar Nagar
* Amethi
* Amroha
* Auraiya
* Azamgarh
* Bagpat
* Bahraich
* Ballia
* Balrampur
* Banda
* Barabanki
* Bareilly
* Basti
* Bhadohi
* Bijnor
* Budaun
* Bulandshahr
* Chandauli
* Chitrakoot
* Devaria
* Etah
* Etawah
* Farrukhabad
* Fatehpur
* Firozabad
* Gautam Buddha Nagar
* Ghaziabad
* Ghazipur
* Gonda
* Gorakhpur
* Hamirpur
* Hardoi
* Hathras
* Jalaun
* Jaunpur
* Jhansi
* Kannauj
* Kanpur Dehat
* Kanpur Nagar
* Kasganj
* Kaushambi
* Kushinagar
* Lakhimpur Kheri
* Lalitpur
* Lucknow
* Maharajganj
* Mahoba
* Mainpuri
* Mathura
* Mau
* Meerut
* Mirzapur
* Moradabad
* Muzaffarnagar
* Pilibhit
* Pratapgarh
* Prayagraj
* Raebareli
* Rampur
* Saharanpur
* Sambhal
* Sant Kabir Nagar
* Shahjahanpur
* Shamli
* Shravasti
* Siddharthnagar
* Sitapur
* Sonbhadra
* Sultanpur
* Unnao
* Varanasi

Major cities|

* Agra
* Aligarh
* Ayodhya
* Bareilly
* Ghaziabad
* Gorakhpur
* Jhansi
* Kanpur
* Lucknow
* Mathura
* Meerut
* Moradabad
* Noida
* Prayagraj
* Saharanpur
* Vrindavan
* Varanasi

Villages|

* Adhkatiya Kala Khas
* Aharak
* Ahiran, Pindra
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* Aily
* Aitha
* Ajaipur
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* Amilo, Varanasi
* Araji Line
* Babhanpura
* Baghirua
* Baliakheri
* Bhelupura
* Chadpur
* Dabethuwa
* Deorai
* Eshipur
* Harora Aht.
* Harora Must.
* Jafarabad
* Janakpatti
* Jayapur
* Kathiraon
* Khanzadipur
* Kuri, Varanasi
* Lamhi
* Mehdiganj
* Phoolpur
* Raghunathpur
* Rajesultanpur
* Saifai
* Tisaura
* Vyaspur

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