Gautam Buddh Nagar district


Gautam Buddha Nagar is a largely suburban and one of the 75 district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is part of the National Capital Region. It is divided in to 3 sub-divisions ie Noida Sadar, Dadri and Jewar. Greater Noida is the district administrative headquarters. The cities Noida and Greater Noida is a part of the district.

History

The District Gautam Buddha Nagar was formed on 06 September 1997 with effect from Govt. order no 1249/97/82/97 by carving out the portions of Ghaziabad and Bulandshahar. The district includes Dadri and Bisrakh blocks carved out of Ghaziabad district, while Dankaur and Jewar blocks have been carved out of Bulandshahar district.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Gautam Buddha Nagar has a population of 1,648,115. It is ranked 294th out of a total of 640 Indian districts in terms of population. Gautam Buddha Nagar has a population density of. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 39.32%. Gautam Budh Nagar has a sex ratio of 852 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 82.2%.
The population is highly literate with 82.2% of population in the district are literate compared to 74.04% national average. The female literacy stands at 72.78% much higher than national average of 65.46%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 94.68% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 1.29% Bengali, 1.10% Urdu, 0.97% Punjabi and 0.49% Maithili as their first language.

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