# Uttar Pradesh – Districts List, Cities, Population & Literacy > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ State · India # Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh is a state of India with its capital at Lucknow. At the 2011 Census it was home to **199,812,341 people** — 16.5% of India and the most populous of 36 states and union territories — in 71 districts, 915 towns and 106,774 villages. 22% lived in towns, and literacy was 67.7% (below the national 73.0%). - 199,812,341people (2011) - 71districts (2011) - 915towns - 67.7%literacy ## Who lives in Uttar Pradesh? Uttar Pradesh had **199,812,341 people** at the 2011 Census — 16.5% of India's population and the largest of 36 states and union territories by population. There were 912 women for every 1,000 men (below the India figure of 943; 27th of 36 states and union territories). Among children under 7 the ratio was 902 girls per 1,000 boys (the India figure is 918). An average household had 6.0 people, against 4.9 across India. ## How literate is Uttar Pradesh? 67.7% of people aged 7 and over could read and write in 2011 (below India's 73.0%), 29th of 36 states and union territories. Men were at 77.3% and women at 57.2% — a gap of 20.1 points (it is 16.2 points across India). Among its districts, literacy is highest in [Gautam Buddha Nagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gautam-buddha-nagar/) (80.1%) and lowest in [Shrawasti](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shrawasti/) (46.7%). Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What do people in Uttar Pradesh do for a living? 32.9% of people worked in 2011 (women: 16.7%). Of all workers, 24% farmed their own land, 15% were farm labourers, 4% worked in household industry and 26% in other work such as services, trade and factories; 32% were marginal workers with less than six months' work. Farming employs 38% of workers here, against 38% across India. The most farm-dependent of its districts is [Budaun](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/budaun/) (61% of workers in farming) and the least is [Ghaziabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghaziabad/) (15% of workers in farming). ********** **■** Cultivators 24 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (15%) · **■** Household industry 4 (4%) · **■** Other work 26 (26%) · **■** Marginal 32 (32%) Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Cities and towns of Uttar Pradesh 22.3% of people lived in towns and cities (below India's 31.1%), 31st of 36 states and union territories. The Census counted 915 towns: 650 statutory towns with a municipality and 265 census towns — places urban in character but still governed as villages. 64 cities have 1 lakh (100,000) people or more, and 7 passed 10 lakh: [Lucknow](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/lucknow/lucknow/), [Kanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/kanpur/kanpur/), [Ghaziabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghaziabad/ghaziabad/ghaziabad/), [Agra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/agra/agra/agra/), [Meerut](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/meerut/meerut/meerut/), [Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/varanasi-801235/) and [Allahabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/allahabad/allahabad/). The largest is [Lucknow](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/lucknow/lucknow/) with 2,817,105 people, home to 6% of the urban population. Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Villages of Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh had 106,774 census villages, 97,813 of them inhabited. The average inhabited village had 1,588 people; 3,978 villages had 5,000 people or more. The largest: [Dasna Dehat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghaziabad/ghaziabad/dasna-dehat/) (43,722), [Puranpur Khas](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/pilibhit/puranpur/puranpur-khas/) (35,948), [Sujru](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/muzaffarnagar/muzaffarnagar/sujru/) (32,374), [Bariya](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ballia/bairia/bariya/) (28,394) and [Kota](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sonbhadra/robertsganj/kota/) (28,393). Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Where is Uttar Pradesh, and what is it like? The capital is [Lucknow](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/lucknow/lucknow/). It covers 243,290 km², so in 2011 there were about 821 people per km². It borders [Bihar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/), [Chhattisgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/), [Haryana](https://wherepedia.org/india/haryana/), [Himachal Pradesh](https://wherepedia.org/india/himachal-pradesh/), [Jharkhand](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/), [Madhya Pradesh](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/), [Delhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/delhi/), [Rajasthan](https://wherepedia.org/india/rajasthan/) and [Uttarakhand](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/). Official languages: Hindi and Urdu. Source: [Wikidata (CC0) — capital, area, languages, neighbours; retrieved 2026-10-29](https://www.wikidata.org/). ### Weather and best time to visit At Lucknow, the hottest month is Jun (average 35 °C), the coldest Jan (15 °C), and the wettest Jul (324 mm of rain). The most comfortable months are **October to March**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (today's Uttar Pradesh) in history The 11th edition of the *Encyclopaedia Britannica* (1911) described United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (today's Uttar Pradesh) as follows. Its wording reflects its time; spellings are as printed. > UNITED PROVINCES OF AGRA AND OUDH (formerly known as the North-Western Provinces and Oudh), a province of British India, lying between 23° 52′ and 31° 18′ N., and between 77° 3′ and 84° 39′ E. The province, including native states, has a total area of 112,243 sq. m. It is bounded N. by Tibet; S. by Chota Nagpur, Rewa, the Bundelkhand states, and the Central Provinces; and on the W. by Gwalior, Rajputana and the Punjab. Physical Aspects.—The province occupies, roughly speaking, the upper basin of the Ganges and the Jumna, corresponding to the Hindostan proper of the Mahommedan chroniclers. A large semi-circular tract, comprising the valleys of the Gogra, and the Gumti, has long been separated from the remainder of the great plain as the kingdom of Oudh; and though since 877 it has been under the administrative Charge of a lieutenant-governor, it retains certain features of its former status as a chief-commissioner ship. The province includes the whole upper portion of the wide Gangetic basin, from the Himalayas and the Punjab plain to the Vindhyan plateau, and the low-lying rice fields of Behar. Taken as a whole, the lieutenant governorship consists of the richest wheat-bearing country in India, irrigated both naturally by the rivers which take their rise in the northern mountains, and artificially by the magnificent system of canals which owe their origin to British enterprise. It is studded with villages, interspersed at greater distances with commercial towns. Except during the hot season, when the crops are off the fields, the general aspect in normal years is that of a verdant and well-tilled but very monotonous plain, only merging into hilly or mountainous country at the extreme edges of the basin on the south and north. Source: [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition (1911) — public domain; transcription via Wikisource](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica). Boundaries in 1901 may differ from today's; sentences describing castes or communities are omitted. ## Population of Uttar Pradesh compared with India ■ Uttar Pradesh · ■ India Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%** **73.0% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912** **943 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902** **918 Working population ****32.9%** **39.8% Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Districts of Uttar Pradesh District People Sub-districts Towns Literacy [Allahabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/) 5,954,391 8 25 72.3% [Moradabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/moradabad/) 4,772,006 6 17 56.8% [Ghaziabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghaziabad/) 4,681,645 4 26 78.1% [Azamgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/) 4,613,913 7 20 70.9% [Lucknow](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/) 4,589,838 4 12 77.3% [Kanpur Nagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/) 4,581,268 3 10 79.7% [Jaunpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/) 4,494,204 6 13 71.5% [Sitapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/) 4,483,992 6 12 61.1% [Bareilly](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bareilly/) 4,448,359 6 31 58.5% [Gorakhpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/) 4,440,895 7 14 70.8% [Agra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/agra/) 4,418,797 6 27 71.6% [Muzaffarnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/muzaffarnagar/) 4,143,512 6 27 69.1% [Hardoi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/hardoi/) 4,092,845 5 13 64.6% [Kheri](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kheri/) 4,021,243 6 14 60.6% [Sultanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sultanpur/) 3,797,117 7 11 69.3% [Bijnor](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bijnor/) 3,682,713 5 26 68.5% [Budaun](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/budaun/) 3,681,896 6 23 51.3% [Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/) 3,676,841 2 39 75.6% [Aligarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/aligarh/) 3,673,889 5 24 67.5% [Ghazipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/) 3,620,268 5 8 71.8% [Kushinagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kushinagar/) 3,564,544 4 8 65.2% [Bulandshahr](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bulandshahr/) 3,499,171 7 21 68.9% [Bahraich](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bahraich/) 3,487,731 4 5 49.4% [Saharanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur/) 3,466,382 5 16 70.5% [Meerut](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/meerut/) 3,443,689 3 18 72.8% [Gonda](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gonda/) 3,433,919 4 10 58.7% [Rae Bareli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/rae-bareli/) 3,405,559 7 9 67.3% [Bara Banki](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bara-banki/) 3,260,699 6 15 61.7% [Ballia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ballia/) 3,239,774 6 11 70.9% [Pratapgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/pratapgarh/) 3,209,141 5 9 70.1% [Unnao](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/unnao/) 3,108,367 5 21 66.4% [Deoria](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/deoria/) 3,100,946 5 10 71.1% [Shahjahanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/) 3,006,538 4 11 59.5% [Mahrajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/) 2,684,703 4 7 62.8% [Fatehpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/fatehpur/) 2,632,733 3 7 67.4% [Siddharthnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/siddharthnagar/) 2,559,297 5 8 59.2% [Mathura](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mathura/) 2,547,184 4 25 70.4% [Firozabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/firozabad/) 2,498,156 4 9 71.9% [Mirzapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/) 2,496,970 4 10 68.5% [Faizabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/faizabad/) 2,470,996 5 10 68.7% [Basti](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/) 2,464,464 4 3 67.2% [Ambedkar Nagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ambedkar-nagar/) 2,397,888 5 7 72.2% [Rampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/rampur/) 2,335,819 6 10 53.3% [Mau](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mau/) 2,205,968 4 14 73.1% [Balrampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/balrampur/) 2,148,665 3 6 49.5% [Pilibhit](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/pilibhit/) 2,031,007 3 11 61.5% [Jhansi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jhansi/) 1,998,603 5 19 75.0% [Chandauli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/) 1,952,756 3 11 71.5% [Farrukhabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/farrukhabad/) 1,885,204 3 9 69.0% [Mainpuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mainpuri/) 1,868,529 3 9 76.0% [Sonbhadra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sonbhadra/) 1,862,559 3 18 64.0% [Jyotiba Phule Nagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jyotiba-phule-nagar/) 1,840,221 3 9 63.8% [Banda](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/banda/) 1,799,410 4 8 66.7% [Kanpur Dehat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-dehat/) 1,796,184 5 12 75.8% [Etah](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etah/) 1,774,480 3 10 70.8% [Sant Kabir Nagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-kabir-nagar/) 1,715,183 3 6 66.7% [Jalaun](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jalaun/) 1,689,974 5 10 73.7% [Kannauj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kannauj/) 1,656,616 3 8 72.7% [Gautam Buddha Nagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gautam-buddha-nagar/) 1,648,115 3 13 80.1% [Kaushambi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kaushambi/) 1,599,596 3 9 61.3% [Etawah](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/) 1,581,810 5 6 78.4% [Sant Ravidas Nagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-ravidas-nagar/) 1,578,213 3 11 69.0% [Mahamaya Nagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahamaya-nagar/) 1,564,708 4 12 71.6% [Kanshiram Nagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanshiram-nagar/) 1,436,719 3 11 61.0% [Auraiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/auraiya/) 1,379,545 2 9 78.9% [Baghpat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/baghpat/) 1,303,048 3 8 72.0% [Lalitpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/lalitpur/) 1,221,592 3 6 63.5% [Shrawasti](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shrawasti/) 1,117,361 2 2 46.7% [Hamirpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/hamirpur/) 1,104,285 4 7 68.8% [Chitrakoot](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chitrakoot/) 991,730 2 4 65.0% [Mahoba](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahoba/) 875,958 3 5 65.3% Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). Boundaries and names as at the 2011 Census; districts created since then are not shown separately. ## Largest cities and towns in Uttar Pradesh - Lucknow · 2,817,105 - Kanpur · 2,768,057 - Ghaziabad · 1,648,643 - Agra · 1,585,704 - Meerut · 1,305,429 - Varanasi · 1,198,491 - Allahabad · 1,168,385 - Bareilly · 904,797 - Moradabad · 887,871 - Aligarh · 874,408 - Saharanpur · 705,478 - Gorakhpur · 673,446 - Noida · 637,272 - Firozabad · 604,214 - Loni · 516,082 - Jhansi · 505,693 - Muzaffarnagar · 392,768 - Mathura · 349,909 - Shahjahanpur · 329,736 - Rampur · 325,313 ## Quick answers - What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh?Lucknow - What is the area of Uttar Pradesh?243,290 km² - Which states border Uttar Pradesh?Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand - What language is spoken in Uttar Pradesh?Hindi and Urdu (official) - When is the best time to visit Uttar Pradesh?October to March - What is the literacy rate of Uttar Pradesh?67.7% (Census 2011) - What is the sex ratio of Uttar Pradesh?912 women per 1,000 men (Census 2011) - How many districts are in Uttar Pradesh?71 (Census 2011) - What is the population of Uttar Pradesh?199,812,341 (Census 2011) - Which is the most populous district of Uttar Pradesh?Allahabad - Which is the largest city in Uttar Pradesh?Lucknow