Sonbhadra district
Sign in to savedistrict of Uttar Pradesh, India
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Uttar Pradesh
- Division
- Mirzapur
- Established
- 4 March 1989
- Named after
- Son River
- Headquarters
- Robertsganj
- Tehsils
- Robertsganj Ghorawal Dudhi Obra
- District magistrate
- Badrinath Singh, IAS
- Superintendent of police
- Abhishek Verma , IPS
- Total
- 6,788 km (2,621 sq mi)
- Density
- 274.4/km (710.7/sq mi)
- Official
- Hindi
- Additional official
- Urdu
- Regional
- Bhojpuri
- Literacy
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 918/1000
- Scheduled castes
- 22.64% (421,661)
- Scheduled tribes
- 20.67% (385,018)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Mirzapur division
- Capital
- Robertsganj
- Population
- 1862559
- Area
- 6788
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Garhwa district
- Official website
- jkgsa.org
- Households
- 333174
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- Commons category
- Sonbhadra district
- topic's main category
- Category:Sonbhadra district
- male population
- 971344
- female population
- 891215
- urban population
- 314342
- rural population
- 1548217
- literate population
- 985708
- illiterate population
- 876851
- short name
- SBD
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Encyclopedic overview
Sonbhadra district (also known as Sonebhadra) or Sonanchal is the second largest district by area of Uttar Pradesh after Lakhimpur Kheri. The district headquarters is in the town of Robertsganj. Sonbhadra is also known as the "Energy Capital of India" for hosting multiple power plants.Sonbhadra district is located in south eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Sonbhadra lies between Vindhya and Kaimur hills, and its topology and natural environment prompted the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru to refer to Sonbhadra as the "Switzerland of India".
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