Facts About Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) State

Formed: 1 April 1937-as United province

Statehood: 26 January 1950-rechristened as Uttar Pradesh

Capital: Lucknow

Governor: Ram Naik

Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath

Deputy Chief Minister(s): Kesav Prasad Maurya, Dr. Dinesh Sharma

Official language: Hindi

Other languages: Urdu, Awadhi, Bundeli, Bhojpuri, etc.

Major Religions: Hinduism, Islam

Area: 2,40,928 Square km (4th largest in India)

Population: 19,9,812,341 (Most populous in India)

Population density: 829 per square km

Sex Ratio: 912 per thousand

Literacy rate: 69.72%

Male literacy: 79.24%

Female literacy: 59.26%

GDP (2018-19): Rs 14.89 Lakh Crore

High Court: Allahabad High Court

Districts: 75

Cities and Towns: 915

Development blocks: 822

Nagar Nigams: 17

Members of Lok Sabha from U.P.: 80

Members of Rajya Sabha from U.P.: 31

Members of Legislative Assembly: 404

Members of Legislative Council: 100

State Animal: Barasingha

State Bird: Sarus Crane

BIRD SANCTUARIES
Vijai Sagar Sanctuary
Pavarti Agra Bird Sanctuary
Surha taal Bird Sanctuary
Sur Sarovar Bird Sanctuary
Bhimrao Ambedkar Bird Sanctuary

NATIONAL PARKS OF UTTAR PRADESH: Dudhwa National Park

TIGER RESERVES OF UTTAR PRADESH
Amangarh Tiger Reserve
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve

WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES
Ishanpur Sanctuary
National Chambal Sanctuary
Bakhihastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary
Kra Wildlife Sanctuary
Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary
Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary
Kaimoor Wildlife Sanctuary
Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary
Mahavir Swami Wildlife Sanctuary
Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary

Principal Crops: Paddy, Wheat,Barley, Millet, Maize, Urad (Black Gram), Moong (Green Gram) Arhar etc.

Principal Minerals: Lime-Stone, Dolomite, Soap Stone, Gypsum, Bauxite, Glass-sand, manganese, Non-plastic fire clay etc.

Principal Handicrafts: Chikan-work, Embroidery, wood work, wooden toys and furniture, Clay -toys, carpet weaving, Silk & Brassware work.

Principal Folklores: Birha, Chitee, Kajri, Phaag, Rasia, Alha, Pooran Bhagat, Bhartrahari

Principal Rivers: Ganga, Yamuna, Gomti, Ram Ganga, Ghagra, Betwa, Ken

Principal Folkdances: Charkula, Karma, Pandav, Pai-danda, Tharu, Dhobia, Raai, Shaira etc

Places of historical importance: Piparhava, Kaushambi, Shravasti, Sarnath (varanasi), kushinagar, Chitrakoot, Lucknow, Agra, Jhansi, Meerut etc

FAMOUS PERSONALITIES OF UTTAR PRADESH
Mangal Pandey.
Chandra Shekhar Azad.
Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Awardee.
Lal Bahadur Shastri, Third Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Awardee.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Eleventh Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Awardee.
Ravi Shankar, Sitar Maestro.
Amitabh Bachchan.
Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India.
Yogiraj Bharat Bhushan, Only Padmashree Awardee Yogi.

Districts in Uttar Pradesh (75 Districts)

• Agra
• Aligarh
• Allahabad
• Ambedkar Nagar
• Amethi
• Auraiya
• Azamgarh
• Baghpat
• Bahraich
• Ballia
• Balrampur
• Banda
• Barabanki
• Bareilly
• Basti
• Bijnor
• Budaun
• Bulandshahr
• Chandauli
• Chitrakoot
• Deoria
• Etah
• Etawah
• Faizabad
• Farrukhabad
• Fatehpur
• Firozabad
• Gautam Buddha Nagar
• Ghaziabad
• Ghazipur
• Gonda
• Gorakhpur
• Hamirpur
• Hapur
• Hardoi
• Jalaun
• Jaunpur
• Jhansi
• Jyotiba Phule Nagar
• Kannauj
• Kanpur Dehat
• Kanpur Nagar
• Kanshi Ram Nagar
• Kaushambi
• Kheri
• Kushi Nagar
• Lalitpur
• Lucknow
• Mahamaya Nagar
• Maharajganj
• Mahoba
• Mainpuri
• Mathura
• Mau
• Meerut
• Mirzapur
• Moradabad
• Muzaffarnagar
• Pilibhit
• Pratapgarh
• Rae Bareli
• Rampur
• Saharanpur
• Sambhal
• Sant Kabeer Nagar
• Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Shahjahanpur
• Shamli
• Shravasti
• Siddharth Nagar
• Sitapur
• Sonbhadra
• Sultanpur
• Unnao
• Varanasi