Shahjahanpur District

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Shahjahanpur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Shahjahanpur district is a part of Bareilly division. The main towns are Shahjahanpur and Tilhar.

It is located in the southeast of Rohilkhand Division, and is an agriculture-based district of Uttar Pradesh established in 1813. Before its creation it was a part of Bareilly district. Geographically, it is situated at 27.35 N latitude and 79.37 E longitude. Adjoining districts of Shahjahanpur are Lakhimpur Kheri District, Hardoi District, Farrukhabad District, Bareilly District, Badaun District, and Pilibhit District. Its geographical area is 4575 metres 2.

The Ramganga, the Garrah and the Gomti are the main rivers of the district. The Kathana, the Jhukma the Mensi Rivers flow into the Gomti. The Khannaut, the Suketa and the Kai Rivers feed the Garrah. Major crops of the district are wheat, gram, millet, and potatoes. There exists an army cantonment and a major clothing factory for defence forces called Ordnance Clothing Factory.

Shahjahanpur is also famous for its carpet industry as well as for Sarrafa(Jwellery) market.

Shahjahnapur is the birthplace of the pioneer Hindi playwright Bhuvneshwar, and Hindi novelist Hridayesh.

Population

  • Male: 10,94,363
  • Female: 8,93,032
  • Total Population: 19,87,395

Literacy (in %) Male : 42.68 Female: 18.59 Total Literacy: 32.07

Shahjahanpur is also known as mini punjab because in this district most of population are Punjabi they are popular for farming



Divisions and Districts of Uttar Pradesh, India
Agra Division: Agra | Aligarh | Etah | Firozabad | Mainpuri | Hathras | Mathura
Allahabad Division: Allahabad | Fatehpur | Kaushambi | Pratapgarh
Azamgarh Division: Azamgarh | Ballia | Mau
Bareilly Division: Badaun | Bareilly | Pilibhit | Shahjahanpur
Basti Division: Basti | Sant Kabir Nagar | Siddharthnagar
Chitrakoot Division: Banda | Chitrakoot | Hamirpur | Mahoba
Devipatan Division: Bahraich | Balarampur | Gonda | Shravasti
Faizabad Division: Ambedkar Nagar | Barabanki | Faizabad | Sultanpur
Gorakhpur Division: Devaria | Gorakhpur | Kushinagar | Maharajganj
Jhansi Division: Jalaun | Jhansi | Lalitpur
Kanpur Division: | Auraiya | Etawah | Farrukhabad | Kannauj | Kanpur Dehat | Kanpur Nagar
Lucknow Division: Hardoi | Lakhimpur Kheri | Lucknow | Raebareli | Sitapur | Unnao
Meerut Division: | Bagpat | Bulandshahr | Gautam Buddha Nagar | Ghaziabad | Meerut
Mirzapur Division: Mirzapur | Sant Ravidas Nagar | Sonbhadra
Moradabad Division: Bijnor | Jyotiba Phule Nagar | Moradabad | Rampur
Saharanpur Division: Muzaffarnagar | Saharanpur
Varanasi Division: Chandauli | Ghazipur | Jaunpur | Varanasi
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