Agra District
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Agra District is one of the 70 districts
of Uttar Pradesh
state
of India
, and the historical city of Agra
is the district headquarters. Agra district is a part of Agra division
.
on the north, Dholpur District
of Rajasthan
state on the south, Firozabad District
on the east and Bharatpur District
of Rajasthan
State on the west. Area of the district is 4027 km².
s. The tehsils are Etmadpur
, Agra
, Kiraoli
, Kheragarh
, Fatehabad
and Bah
. The headquarters of the district is Agra
city. The district consists of 15 blocks, namely Etmadpur
, Khandauli, Shamshabad
, Fatehabad
, Jagner
, Kheragarh
, Saiyan
, Achanera, Akola
, Bichpuri, Fatehpur Sikri
, Barauli Ahir, Bah
, Pinahat
and Jaitpur Kalan.
The division comprises 3 Lok Sabha
constituencies namely Jalesar
, Firozabad
and Agra
. There are 9 Vidhan Sabha
constituencies in the district. They are Bah
, Fatehabad
, Etmadpur
, Dayal Bagh
, Agra Cantonment, Agra East
, Agra West
, Kheragarh
and Fatehpur Sikri
.
Agra district has a population
of 4,380,793, roughly equal to the nation of Moldova
or the US state of Kentucky
. This gives it a ranking of 41st in India (out of a total of 640
). The district has a population density of 1084 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate
over the decade 2001-2011 was 21 %. Agra has a sex ratio
of 859 females
for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate
of 69.44 %.
, an Austro-Asiatic tongue with approximately 72 000 speakers.
Districts of Uttar Pradesh
The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh borders with Nepal and the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttarakhand and National Capital Territory of Delhi. The Himalayas lies in the north of the state and the Deccan Plateau is at the south...
of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, and the historical city of Agra
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
is the district headquarters. Agra district is a part of Agra division
Agra Division
Agra Division is an administrative unit of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Agra Division consists of:-*Agra District*Firozabad District*Mainpuri District*Mathura District...
.
Geography
Agra district is bounded by Mathura DistrictMathura District
Mathura District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of northern India. The historic town of Mathura is the district headquarters.The district is bounded on the northeast by Aligarh District, on the southeast by Hathras District, on the south by Agra District, and on the west by Rajasthan and...
on the north, Dholpur District
Dholpur district
Dholpur District is a district of Rajasthan state in western India. The town of Dholpur is the district headquarters.Dholpur District has an area of 3084 km². The Chambal River forms the southern boundary of the district, across which lies the state of Madhya Pradesh...
of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
state on the south, Firozabad District
Firozabad District
Firozabad district forms one of the western districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which has Firozabad Town as its district headquarters. The district is a part of the Agra division and has a total population of 836,808...
on the east and Bharatpur District
Bharatpur district
Bharatpur District is a district of Rajasthan state in western India. The town of Bharatpur is the district headquarters.-History:When Bharatpur was a princely state, it was the only political entity ever to have a Chartreuse colored flag.-Demographics:...
of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
State on the west. Area of the district is 4027 km².
Divisions
Agra district comprises 6 tehsilTehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
s. The tehsils are Etmadpur
Etmadpur
Etmadpur is a town in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It's located at a distance of 19 km from Agra towards the east of the city of Agra. It is 274 km far from state capital Lucknow.-Demographics:...
, Agra
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
, Kiraoli
Kiraoli
Kiraoli is a town and a nagar panchayat in Agra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Kiraoli is located at . It has an average elevation of 168 metres ....
, Kheragarh
Kheragarh
Kheragarh is a town and a nagar panchayat in Agra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The distance of the town from Agra is 40 kilometers.-Demographics:...
, Fatehabad
Fatehabad, Agra
Fatehabad is a city in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is nearly 35 km south-east of Agra in the direction of Bah.- History :...
and Bah
Bah
Bah is a city in Agra District of Uttar Pradesh in India.-Demographics: India census, Bah had a population of 14,593. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%.-Overview:Location and Name...
. The headquarters of the district is Agra
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
city. The district consists of 15 blocks, namely Etmadpur
Etmadpur
Etmadpur is a town in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It's located at a distance of 19 km from Agra towards the east of the city of Agra. It is 274 km far from state capital Lucknow.-Demographics:...
, Khandauli, Shamshabad
Shamshabad
Shamshabad is a suburban village and a mandal headquarters, located on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India.There is a railway station at Shamshabad which is part of the South Central Railway, Indian Railways.-Geography:Shamsabad is located at...
, Fatehabad
Fatehabad
Fatehabad may refer to:* Fatehabad, Afghanistan* Fatehabad, Haryana a town in Haryana, India* Fatehabad district, a district in Haryana, India* Fatehabad, Madhya Pradesh, a city in Madhya Pradesh, India* Fatehabad, Agra, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India...
, Jagner
Jagner
Jagner is a small town and a nagar panchayat in Agra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Overview:Jagner is famous for stone and mustard oil extraction. The town of Jagner is spread out around a hill-fort which itself is located on a precipitous hill, 122 meters above ground level...
, Kheragarh
Kheragarh
Kheragarh is a town and a nagar panchayat in Agra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The distance of the town from Agra is 40 kilometers.-Demographics:...
, Saiyan
Saiyan
The ' are the primarily fictional humanoid extraterrestrial race in the Dragon Ball manga by Akira Toriyama.Saiyan may also refer to:* Saiyan , a 1951 Bollywood film starring Madhubala, Ajit Khan, and Jayant...
, Achanera, Akola
Akola
Akola is a city in the state of Maharashtra located in the Vidarbha region of central India. It is located around 600 km east of Mumbai and 250 km west of Nagpur. Akola is the headquarters of Akola District located in Amravati Division.Akola district has an area of about 54.31 square...
, Bichpuri, Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri is a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Built near the much older Sikri, the historical city of Fatehabad, as it was first named, was constructed by Mughal emperor Akbar beginning in 1570...
, Barauli Ahir, Bah
Bah
Bah is a city in Agra District of Uttar Pradesh in India.-Demographics: India census, Bah had a population of 14,593. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%.-Overview:Location and Name...
, Pinahat
Pinahat
Pinahat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Agra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Demographics:At the 2001 India census, Pinahat had a population of 17,028. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Pinahat had an average literacy rate of 52%, lower than the national...
and Jaitpur Kalan.
The division comprises 3 Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
constituencies namely Jalesar
Jalesar
Jalesar is a city and a municipal board in Etah district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is concted by road to other towns such as Hathras, Etah, Aligarh and it is approx 40 km from Agra.-Geography:...
, Firozabad
Firozabad
Firozabad is a city in India, in the state of Uttar Pradesh.The ancient name of this town was Chandwar nagar; it is said that once in reign of Akbar the great, revenue was being brought through the city. it was looted by the people who lived here...
and Agra
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
. There are 9 Vidhan Sabha
Vidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...
constituencies in the district. They are Bah
Bah
Bah is a city in Agra District of Uttar Pradesh in India.-Demographics: India census, Bah had a population of 14,593. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%.-Overview:Location and Name...
, Fatehabad
Fatehabad, Agra
Fatehabad is a city in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is nearly 35 km south-east of Agra in the direction of Bah.- History :...
, Etmadpur
Etmadpur
Etmadpur is a town in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It's located at a distance of 19 km from Agra towards the east of the city of Agra. It is 274 km far from state capital Lucknow.-Demographics:...
, Dayal Bagh
Dayal Bagh
Dayal Bagh means 'Garden' of 'Mercy' , inferring "Garden of the Merciful Lord." It is the headquarters of the Radhasoami Satsang, located in Agra of the Braj region of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a spiritual/science campus, i.e. the holy place of the Radhasoami Faith, where the 8th revered...
, Agra Cantonment, Agra East
Agra East
Agra East is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, in the Agra district.-Election results:-External links:*...
, Agra West
Agra West
Agra West is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, in the Agra district.-Election results:-External links:*...
, Kheragarh
Kheragarh
Kheragarh is a town and a nagar panchayat in Agra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The distance of the town from Agra is 40 kilometers.-Demographics:...
and Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri is a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Built near the much older Sikri, the historical city of Fatehabad, as it was first named, was constructed by Mughal emperor Akbar beginning in 1570...
.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census2011 census of India
The 15th Indian National census was conducted in two phases, houselisting and population enumeration. Houselisting phase began on April 1, 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings...
Agra district has a population
Demographics of India
The demographics of India are inclusive of the second most populous country in the world, with over 1.21 billion people , more than a sixth of the world's population. Already containing 17.5% of the world's population, India is projected to be the world's most populous country by 2025, surpassing...
of 4,380,793, roughly equal to the nation of Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
or the US state of Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
. This gives it a ranking of 41st in India (out of a total of 640
Districts of India
A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Districts are further subdivided, in some cases into Sub-Divisions, and otherwise directly into tehsils or talukas.District officials include:...
). The district has a population density of 1084 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate
Family planning in India
Family planning in India is based on efforts largely sponsored by the Indian government. In the 1965-2009 period, contraceptive usage has more than tripled and the fertility rate has more than halved , but the national fertility rate is still high enough to cause long-term population growth...
over the decade 2001-2011 was 21 %. Agra has a sex ratio
Sex ratio
Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. The primary sex ratio is the ratio at the time of conception, secondary sex ratio is the ratio at time of birth, and tertiary sex ratio is the ratio of mature organisms....
of 859 females
Women in India
The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times through the low points of the medieval period, to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers, the history of women in India has been eventful...
for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate
Literacy in India
Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and India currently has the...
of 69.44 %.
Languages
Languages spoken include AgariyaAgariya language
The Agariya language is spoken by the Agariya people, especially in Madhya Pradesh in India. It is a Munda language....
, an Austro-Asiatic tongue with approximately 72 000 speakers.