Gonda district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Uttar Pradesh
- Division
- Devipatan
- Town
- 1620 ; 406 years ago ( 1620 )
- District
- 1856 ; 170 years ago ( 1856 )
- Founded by
- Raja Maan Singh
- Named after
- Gonard
- Headquarters
- Gonda
- Tehsils
- 4, Colonelganj , Gonda , Mankapur , Tarabganj
- District magistrate
- Priyanka Niranjan
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Gonda
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- 7 , Colonelganj , Mankapur , Gonda Sadar, Gaura , Mehnaun , Tarabganj , Katra Bazar
- Total
- 4,003 km (1,546 sq mi)
- Density
- 857.8/km (2,222/sq mi)
- Urban
- 225,029
- Demonym s
- Gondvi, Gondvian
- Effective literacy
- 58.71%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
District Gonda, Government of Uttar Pradesh | GREEN GONDA CLEAN GONDA | India
GREEN GONDA CLEAN GONDA
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Oudh State
- Capital
- Gonda
- Population
- 3433919
- Area
- 4425
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Basti district
- Official website
- gonda.nic.in
- Households
- 541247
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- topic's main category
- Category:Gonda district
- male population
- 1787146
- female population
- 1646773
- urban population
- 225029
- rural population
- 3208890
- literate population
- 1679994
- illiterate population
- 1753925
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- short name
- GND
- different from
- Gonda
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Gonda district is an administrative district in the Awadh region of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is located at the city of Gonda, which also serves as the administrative centre of the Devipatan division. The district covers an area of 4,003 km (1,546 sq mi).
BJP (51.7%)
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