Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Uttar Pradesh
- Division
- Ayodhya
- Headquarters
- Barabanki
- Tehsils
- Nawabganj Fatehpur Ram Sanehi Ghat Haidergarh Ram Nagar Sirauli Ghauspur
- District collector
- Shashank Tripathi, IAS
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Barabanki (Lok Sabha constituency)
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- Barabanki Kursi Ram Nagar Zaidpur Dariyabad Haidergarh
- Total
- 3,891.5 km (1,502.5 sq mi)
- Density
- 837.90/km (2,170.2/sq mi)
- Urban
- 330,803
- Literacy
- 61.75%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- UP-41
- Major highways
- NH 27 , NH 727H , NH927 , NH28
- Average annual precipitation
- 1050 mm
- Website
- barabanki .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
District Barabanki, Government of Uttar Pradesh | Land of Dewa and Mahadeva | India
Land of Dewa and Mahadeva
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Encyclopedic overview
Barabanki district is one of the five districts of Ayodhya division in the central Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Barabanki city is the administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. Total area of Barabanki district is 3891.5 Sq. km. It borders seven other districts of Uttar Pradesh. With its most northern point it shares borders with the Sitapur district, while its north-eastern boundary is defined by the Ghagra, beyond which lie the districts of Bahraich district and Gonda district. Its eastern border is shared with Ayodhya district, and the Gomti forms a natural boundary to the south, dividing it from the Amethi district. On the west, it adjoins the Lucknow district.
It has a population of 2,673,581, with a population density of 686.50 per square kilometre (1,778.0/sq mi).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barabanki district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.