Gonda District

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Gonda District is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India, and Gonda town is the district headquarters. It is part of the Devipatan Division.

The main occupation of the people in the district is farming. Agricultural produce include wheat, paddy (rice), different pulses, oilseeds and sugar cane. Through the district pass the holy rivers Saryu and Ghaghra. There are many religious places in the district, and the district headquarters town itself is very close (60 km) to the holy city Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Rama. It is the birthplace of the great poet Tulsi Das, who wrote the epic Ramcharitamans, depicting the life and virtues of Lord Rama.

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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