Gorakhpur district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Uttar Pradesh
- Division
- Gorakhpur
- Headquarters
- Gorakhpur
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Gorakhpur , Bansgaon
- Commissioner
- Anil Dhingra IAS
- D m
- Krishna Karunesh IAS
- Ssp
- Gaurav Grover IPS
- Total
- 3,448 km (1,331 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,288/km (3,336/sq mi)
- Urban
- 836,129
- Literacy
- 77.83%.
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- UP-53
- Major highways
- NH 28 , NH 233B , NH 29
- Languages
- Hindi , Bhojpuri , Urdu
- Website
- gorakhpur .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
District Gorakhpur | The city of Historical and Cultural importance | India
The city of Historical and Cultural importance
gorakhpur.nic.in →Link to the official site · 23,188 chars · not written by Vinony
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Encyclopedic overview
Gorakhpur district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. This district is a part of the Gorakhpur division. The city of Gorakhpur, or Gorakhpur is the administrative headquarters of this district and Gorakhpur division. It borders Sant Kabir Nagar district to the west, Kushinagar and Deoria districts to the east, and Maharajganj and Azamgarh districts to the north and south.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gorakhpur district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.