Pilibhit district


Pilibhit district is one of the districts in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, and Pilibhit city is the district headquarters. Pilibhit district is a part of Bareilly Division. The district has elected eleven central ministers in 14 parliamentary elections. The member of 14th parliament from Pilibhit constituency Menaka Gandhi is India's first lady member of parliament, who was elected more than five times from a single constituency.
A new Tiger Reserve Area was named Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in September 2008.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Pilibhit district has a population of 2,031,007, roughly equal to the nation of Slovenia or the US state of New Mexico. This gives it a ranking of 226th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 23.83%. Pilibhit has a sex ratio of 889 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 63.58%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 84.18% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 8.99% Urdu, 3.72% Punjabi and 3.05% Bengali as their first language.

Tourism

Pilibhit is well connected with Bareilly,Tanakpur,Delhi,Lucknow,Dehradun,Haridwar,Agra and various major cities of Uttar Pradesh by State Transport buses. Some UPSRTC AC Shatabdi buses also run from Pilibhit to Delhi,Lucknow and Dehradun. Some State buses run from Pilibhit to Shahjahanpur,Haldwani,Udham singh Nagar also. Connectivity via buses for these places are compratibly poor.

Figures about Pilibhit District

Total Area District - 3504 km²

Total Area city - 68.76 km²
Population
TypeNo.
Male1,078,525
Female958,700
Total2,037,225
Rural14,26,057
Urban611,167
SC2,89,235
ST2156