Sant Kabir Nagar district


Sant Kabir Nagar district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Khalilabad city is the district headquarters. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of Basti division.

Economy

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

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Sant Kabir Nagar district has a population of 1,715,183, roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia or the US state of Nebraska. This gives it a ranking of 283rd in India.
The district has a population density of. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.71%. Sant Kabir Nagar has a sex ratio of 969 females for every 1000 males and a literacy rate of 69.01%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 90.42% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 9.54% Urdu as their first language.
As per 2001 census, Muslims account for nearly 24% of the districts population, the remaining being Hindus.

Notable person