Hardoi district


Hardoi district is a district situated in the center of Uttar Pradesh, India, and Hardoi town is the district headquarters.

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Hardoi one of the country's 250 most backward districts. It is one of the 34 districts in Awadh, Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Divisions

Hardoi district has five tehsils - Hardoi, Shahabad, Sawayajpur, Bilgram and Sandila. These tehsils consist of 19 blocks, 191 Nyay panchayat, 1101 gram sabha and 1983 revenue villages. The district has seven nagar palika parishads and six Nagar Panchayats.
This district is a district of the Lucknow Commissionary in Uttar Pradesh Province of India, it is situated in between 26-53 to 27-46 north latitude and 79-41 to 80-46 east longitude. Its north border touches Shahjahanpur district and Lakhimpur Kheri district. Lucknow and Unnao are situated at the southern border. The western border touches Kanpur and Farrukhabad district and on the eastern border the Gomati River separates the district from the Sitapur district. 'Nemisharayan, the Pilgrim of Dvapara Yuga ' is just 45 km from district headquarters. The length of this district from northwest to southeast is 125.529 km and width from east to west is 74.83 km., the area 5947 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Hardoi district has a population of 4,092,845, roughly equal to the nation of Lebanon or the US state of Oregon. This gives it a ranking of 51st in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.39%. Hardoi has a sex ratio of 856 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 78%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 97.45% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 2.45% Urdu as their first language.
In 1901, the population of Hardoi district was 1,092,834 and Hardoi had 12,174 inhabitants. By the time, the main city was Shahabad with 20,036 inhabitants, Mallanwan 11,158.

Notable people

Notable people from the district include: