Mainpuri district

Mainpuri district
मैनपुरी ज़िला
میںپوری ضلع

Location of Mainpuri district in Uttar Pradesh
State Uttar Pradesh, India
Administrative division Agra
Headquarters Mainpuri
Area 2,745 km2 (1,060 sq mi)
Population 1,311,492 (1991)
Literacy 66.51 per cent[1]
Tehsils 3
Lok Sabha Constituencies Mainpuri
Official website

Mainpuri district (Urdu: मैनपुरी ज़िला, Urdu: میںپوری ضلع) is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Mainpuri town is the district headquarters. Mainpuri district is a part of Agra division.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Mainpuri district has a population of 1,847,194,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Kosovo[3] or the US state of West Virginia.[4] This gives it a ranking of 255th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 670 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,700 /sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.69 %.[2] Mainpuri has a sex ratio of 876 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 78.26 %.[2]

References

  1. ^ "District-specific Literates and Literacy Rates, 2001". Registrar General, India, Ministry of Home Affairs. http://www.educationforallinindia.com/page157.html. Retrieved 2010-10-10. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 
  3. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Kosovo 1,825,632 July 2011 est." 
  4. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. " West Virginia 1,852,994"