Banda district

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Banda District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Banda is the district headquarters. It is a part of Chitrakoot Division.

The district is divided into four tehsils, Banda, Naraini, Baberu and Atarra. The district largely consists of irregular uplands with outcrops of rocks intermingling with lowlands, which are frequently under water during the rainy season. The Baghein River traverses the district from south-west to north-east. Other important rivers are the Ken River in the east and the Yamuna to the north.

In 1998, the tehsils of Karwi and Mau, formerly part of Banda District, became the new Chitrakoot District.

The economy is predominantly agricultural, with the main crops being paddy rice, wheat and vegetables. Banda is famous for its Shajar stone, used for making jewellery, and the historically and architecturally significant sites Khajuraho and Kalinjar. Khajuraho is a World Heritage Site famous for its elaborately carved temples. The fortress of Kalinjar is famed for its war history and its glorious rock sculptures.

[edit] External links

Banda District web site

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
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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