Mirzapur district

District in Uttar Pradesh, India

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Mirzapur.

District of Uttar Pradesh in India

Mirzapur district

District of Uttar Pradesh

Siddhanath ki Dari Falls

Location of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh

Country|  India
State| Uttar Pradesh
Division| Mirzapur
Established| 1509
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
• Density| 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
• Urban

| 347,567
Demographics

• Literacy| 70.38%
• Sex ratio| 903
• Language| Hindi • Urdu
Time zone| UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration| UP-63
Average annual precipitation| 1043 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.

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

## Demographics

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

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1901| 488,998| —
1911| 483,880| −0.11%
1921| 483,470| −0.01%
1931| 526,344| +0.85%
1941| 600,806| +1.33%
1951| 679,171| +1.23%
1961| 803,784| +1.70%
1971| 960,495| +1.80%
1981| 1,238,432| +2.57%
1991| 1,627,970| +2.77%
2001| 2,074,709| +2.45%
2011| 2,496,970| +1.87%
source:[4]

Religions in Mirzapur district (2011)[5]

Religion |  | Percent
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

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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

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

## History

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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

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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.

* Zanana or Pucca Ghat[14]

## Economy

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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

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### Colleges

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* B.L.J. Inter College
* M.P.M.B. Inter College
* Government Inter College
* Jubilee Inter College
* Arya Kanya Inter College
* K.B. Postgraduate College
* G.D. Binani P.G. College
* Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, BHU
* Maa Vindhyavasini Autonomous State Medical College

## Notable people

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* Sone Lal Patel, Indian politician.
* Anupriya Patel, Indian politician.
* Amar Goswami, senior journalist and one of the prominent fiction writers of Hindi literature
* Naheed Abidi, Indian scholar of Sanskrit
* Lakshmi Raj Sharma, Indian author, novelist, and academic
* Lalita Shastri, wife of former Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri
* Prachi Mishra, Femina Miss India Earth 2012
* Pawan Jaiswal, Indian journalist (1988–2022)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "District Census Handbook: Mirzapur" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
2. ^ Banerjee, Ruman; Srivastava, Prashant K. (2014), Srivastava, Prashant K.; Mukherjee, Saumitra; Gupta, Manika; Islam, Tanvir (eds.), "Remote Sensing Based Identification of Painted Rock Shelter Sites: Appraisal Using Advanced Wide Field Sensor, Neural Network and Field Observations", Remote Sensing Applications in Environmental Research, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 195–212, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-05906-8_11, ISBN 978-3-319-05905-1, retrieved 16 January 2025195-212&rft.date=2014&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/978-3-319-05906-8_11&rft.isbn=978-3-319-05905-1&rft.aulast=Banerjee&rft.aufirst=Ruman&rft.au=Srivastava,+Prashant+K.&rft_id=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-05906-8_11&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Mirzapur+district" class="Z3988">
3. ^ "Mirzapur".
4. ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
5. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
6. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. "Kuwait 2,595,62"
7. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2011. "Nevada 2,700,551"
8. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
9. ^ Bhojpuri at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
10. ^ Agariya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
11. ^ Bagheli at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
12. ^ "Mirzapur District Map". Maps of India. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
13. ^ "Mirzapur District Map". Maps of India. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
14. ^ "INTACH ARCHIVE : image : Zanana or Pucca Ghat, Mirzapur [MIRZ_011]". icharchive.intach.org. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
15. ^ 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.

## External links

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Places adjacent to Mirzapur district

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Mirzapur district

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Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh | Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh | Sonbhadra district

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Populated places in Mirzapur district

Cities and towns|

* Ahraura
* Bakiabad
* Bharuhana
* Chunar
* Kachhwa
* Mirzapur
* Vindhyachal
* Birohi

Villages|

* Aahi Village
* Adalhat
* Amoi
* Baghera
* Bairampur
* Barbasa Gaharwar
* Barkachha Khurd
* Beekana Etwa
* Bijuri Kota
* Birohi
* Chanvar
* Chaudharipur
* Chhatha
* Chhitampatti
* Ghamahapur
* Gogao
* Gopalpur
* Jalalpur
* Jamalpur
* Jingura
* Jogawa
* Kachhawadeeh
* Kanhaipur
* Karaljhar
* Karsara
* Kathipachawa
* Kewatabeer
* Kewtaveer
* Khamharia
* Khulua
* Kolound
* Kon Bharahua
* Kothara Mistran
* Kubari Patehara
* Kuri
* Lusa (village)
* Madanpura
* Mangaraha
* Mangarwari
* Manik Alha
* Mewali
* Nadara
* Nagnar Haraiya
* Nataka
* Nibi Gaharwar
* Niyamatpurkala
* Noohigaharwar
* Parmanpur
* Piparwar
* Raghaipur
* Raipuria
* Rateh
* Sirsi Baghel
* Tarakapur Harijan Basti
* Tiwaripur
* Vakiyabad
* Visundarpur Bara Sakhaura

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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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Mirzapur division topics

General|

* Purvanchal

Districts|

* Bhadohi
* Mirzapur
* Sonbhadra

Rivers, dams, lakes|

* Son
* Rihand
* Karmanasa
* Kanhar
* Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar
* Rihand Dam

Languages, people|

* Bhojpuri
* Hindustani
* Standard Hindi
* Urdu

Transport|

* NH 7
* NH 75
* NH 76
* Howrah–Delhi main line
* Mayurpur Airport

Mining activities|

* Singrauli Coalfield

Industries|

* Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station
* Rihand Thermal Power Station
* Anpara Thermal Power Station
* Obra Thermal Power Station
* Hindalco Industries

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Mirzapur
* Bhadohi
* Robertsganj

See also|

* Cities and towns in Mirzapur district
* Cities and towns in Bhadohi district
* Cities and towns in Sonbhadra district
* Villages in Mirzapur district
* Villages in Bhadohi district
* People from Mirzapur
* People from Bhadohi district

Other Divisions|

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

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International|

* VIAF
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National|

* United States
* Israel

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Districts|

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* Ballia
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* Jalaun
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* Shahjahanpur
* Shamli
* Shravasti
* Siddharthnagar
* Sitapur
* Sonbhadra
* Sultanpur
* Unnao
* Varanasi

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

Villages|

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* Eshipur
* Harora Aht.
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* Jafarabad
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* Jayapur
* Kathiraon
* Khanzadipur
* Kuri, Varanasi
* Lamhi
* Mehdiganj
* Phoolpur
* Raghunathpur
* Rajesultanpur
* Saifai
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