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States and union territories of India>State| subdivision_name1 = Uttar PradeshAdministrative divisions of India>DivisionDevipatan division>Devipatan| established_title = TownGonda, Uttar Pradesh>GondaTehsils of India>Tehsils| parts_style = paraColonelganjGonda, Uttar Pradesh>GondaMankapurTarabganj| area_total_km2 = 4003| area_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2011| population_total = 3433919| population_footnotes = | population_urban = 225029| population_density_km2 = auto| demographics_type1 = DemographicsLiteracy in India>Effective literacy| demographics1_info1 = 58.71%| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio| demographics1_info2 = 921Mayor (India)>Mayor| leader_name = Uzma RashidLok Sabha>Lok Sabha constituenciesGonda (Lok Sabha constituency)>GondaVidhan Sabha>Vidhan Sabha constituenciesColonelganj Assembly constituency>ColonelganjMankapur Assembly constituencyGonda Assembly constituency>Gonda SadarGaura Assembly constituencyMehnaun Assembly constituency>MehnaunTarabganj Assembly constituencyKatra Bazar Assembly constituency>Katra BazarIndian Standard Time>IST| utc_offset1 = +05:30| registration_plate = UP-43Roads in India>Major highways| blank_info_sec1 = 4 NH27, UPSH 30, UPSH 9, UPSH 1A| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation| blank_info_sec2 = 22.4 mmweblink}}| government_type = Municipal council| governing_body = Gonda Nagar Palika Parishad| population_demonym = Gondvi, GondvianList of districts in India>DistrictGonda district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city of Gonda is the district headquarters, and also the administrative centre for the Devipatan Division. The total area of Gonda district is {{cvt|4003|km2}}.WEB, District Gonda, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!, GREEN GONDA CLEAN GONDA {{!}} India|url=https://gonda.nic.in/|access-date=8 March 2021|language=en-US}}

History

Gonda was originally part of the Nizamat of Gorakhpur, but after Gorakhpur was ceded to the British in 1801, Gonda was united with Bahraich district.BOOK, Nevill, H.R., Gonda: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XLIV Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh, 1905, Government Press, Allahabad, 115–6, 149–50, 156–7,weblink 19 April 2021, It was created as a separate district by the British when they annexed Awadh in 1856. In 1875, parts of Gonda district between Baghaura Tal and the Arrah river were ceded to Nepal by the British government.More recently, ancient Buddhist remains dating to the early days of Buddhism have been found throughout the region, including at Sravasti.WEB,weblink Excavations at Sravasti, IndiaDivine.org, June 2002, Gonda played a significant part in the Indian struggle for independence, with many people from the region actively involved: including Raja Devi Baksh Singh, who escaped to Nepal,1857:The Oral Tradition, Pankaj Rag, Rupa Publication,2010 freedom fighters like Chandra Shekhar Azad took shelter in the district, and Rajendra Lahiri was incarcerated and hanged in the Gonda Jail.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}In more recent times, the district received media attention throughout India due to the protracted court case surrounding the murder of 13 people known as the 1982 Gonda Encounter.NEWS, 3 cops get death, 5 life term for Gonda fake encounter,weblink 14 March 2022, Pioneer, 6 April 2013, NEWS, Rai, Rajat, 3 cops get death penalty, life term to 5 in Uttar Pradesh fake encounter case,weblink 14 March 2022, India Today, April 5, 2014, en,

Industry

There are several sugar mills, rice mills and many other small industries and handicraft industry. One of the India's six Indian Telephone Industries is situated at Mankapur, and the largest sugar mill in India is situated at Kundarkhi.Official Site {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909222750weblink |date=9 September 2011 }}In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Gonda one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).WEB, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, 8 September 2009, A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme, National Institute of Rural Development,weblink 27 September 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120405033402weblink">weblink 5 April 2012,

Demographics

Population

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=8,73,630|13=1911|14=8,79,226|15=1921|16=9,17,115|17=1931|18=9,80,987|19=1941|20=10,70,397|21=1951|22=11,68,645|23=1961|24=12,79,883|25=1971|26=14,09,722|27=1981|28=17,49,260|29=1991|30=22,04,445|31=2001|32=27,65,586|33=2011|34=34,33,919|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901|align=center}}{{bar boxURL=HTTPS://CENSUSINDIA.GOV.IN/NADA/INDEX.PHP/CATALOG/11394/DOWNLOAD/14507/DDW09C-01%20MDDS.XLSPUBLISHER=REGISTRAR GENERAL AND CENSUS COMMISSIONER OF INDIA, |titlebar=#Fcd116|left1=Religion|right1=Percent|float=left|bars={{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|79.77}}{{bar percent|Islam|green|19.76}}{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.47}}}}According to the 2011 census Gonda district has a population of 3,433,919,WEB, 2011, District Census Handbook: Gonda,weblink censusindia.gov.in, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, roughly equal to the nation of PanamaWEB, US Directorate of Intelligence, Country Comparison:Population,weblink 1 October 2011, Panama 3,460,462 July 2011 est., 27 September 2011,weblink dead, or the US state of Connecticut.WEB,weblink 2010 Resident Population Data, U. S. Census Bureau, 30 September 2011, Connecticut 3,574,097, This gives it a ranking of 95th in India (out of a total of 640). The total number of literates in the district is 1,679,99 which constitute 48.9% of the total population. Population in the age range of 0 to 6 years was 572,386. The effective literacy (population 7 years and above) was 58.7%. The district has a population density of {{convert|857|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 24.17%, higher than the average of Uttar Pradesh (20.09%). Gonda has a sex ratio of 921 females for every 1000 males, and a sex ratio among children 0–6 years old of 926, both higher than the state average (908 and 899 respectively). 6.55% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes made up 15.49% of the population.The human development index of the Gonda district is very low.Planning commission release

Languages

{{Pie chart|caption = Languages of Gonda district (2011)Hindi >value1 = 51.03 |color1 = orangeAwadhi language>Awadhi color2 = indianredUrdu >value3 = 32.68 |color3 = greenvalue4 = 0.25 |color4 = grey|thumb=left}}The official language of the district is Hindi and additional official language is Urdu. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 51.03% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 16.04% Awadhi and 32.68% Urdu as their first language.WEB, Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh,weblink www.censusindia.gov.in, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Languages spoken in the district include Awadhi, a tongue of the Hindi continuum spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the Awadh region;ENCYCLOPEDIA, M. Paul Lewis, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Awadhi: A language of India,weblink 28 September 2011, 16th, 2009, SIL International, Dallas, Texas, and Hindi.

Tehsils (Sub-district)

There are four Tehsils in Gonda district.WEB, Tehsil {{!, District Gonda, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India |url=https://gonda.nic.in/tehsil/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |language=en-US}}

1. Colonelganj
2. Gonda
3. Mankapur
4. Tarabganj

Blocks

Gonda district comprises 16 Blocks:WEB, Subdivision & Blocks {{!, District Gonda, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India |url=https://gonda.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |language=en-US}}

1. Babhanjot
2. Belsar
3. Chhapia
4. Colonelganj
5. Haldharmau
6. Itiathok
7. Jhanjhari
8. Katra Bazar
9. Mankapur
10. Mujehana
11. Nawabganj
12. Pandri Kripal
13. Paraspur
14. Rupaidih
15. Tarabganj
16. Wazirganj

Education

The effective literacy rate (7+) is 58.71%, the state average (69.72%).Provisional Population Totals Paper 2 of 2011 - Uttar Pradesh The government of India has created a special scheme for underdeveloped districts through the "Backward Region Grant Fund". Gonda is one of the recipients of this fund.WEB,weblink Press information release,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070524035855weblink">weblink 24 May 2007, 11 August 2006, pib.nic.in,

Institutions and Schools

• LBS Degree College
• Meena Shah Institute of Technology and Management (MSITM) Degree CollegeWEB, Wahak, The Sandesh, 2021-03-24, गोण्डा : मीना शाह इंस्टिट्यूट ऑफ टेक्नोलॉजी एंड मैनेजमेंट डिग्री कॉलेज में मेधावियों को किया गया सम्मानित,weblink 2023-09-27, The Sandesh Wahak, en-US,
• Saraswati Devi Nari Gyansthali P.G. College
• St Xaviers Senior Secondary School (Worst Private school)WEB, 10 Reason Why your child should never attend the St. Xaviers Senior Secondary School, Gonda,weblink 2024-04-11, 10 Reason Why your child should never attend the St. Xaviers Senior Secondary School, Gonda,

Public health

Gonda has 15 hospitals, 27 Ayurvedic hospitals, 11 Homeopathic hospitals and 2 Unani hospitals, in addition to 66 Government Primary Health Centres.Gonda is one of the districts in the list of top 100 districts in order of Infant Mortality Rate in 2011 census data. It also comes in the top 57 districts with the highest maternal mortality rateWEB,weblink Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, www.censusindia.gov.in, Gonda has been listed as cleanest Nagar Palika in entire Uttar Pradesh according to the Swachhta Sarvekshan 2022 overturning its last position in the country as per the 2017 survey.NEWS,weblink India's 'dirtiest city' Gonda ranks bottom in Swachh Bharat survey, 4 May 2017, hindustantimes.com, 17 July 2017, en, WEB,weblink Cleanest City: स्‍वच्‍छता रैंक‍िंंग में गोंडा यूपी का सबसे स्‍वच्‍छ शहर, स्वच्छता सर्वेक्षण की रैकिंग जारी, Dainik Jagran,

References

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External links

• {{official websiteweblink}}
• Alternative Web Site Of the Gonda District
• Gonda District at The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908, v. 12, p. 311-319.

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