| Sitapur district सीतापुर ज़िला ستا پور ضلع |
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Location of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh |
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| State | Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Administrative division | Lucknow |
| Headquarters | Sitapur |
| Area | 5,743 km2 (2,217 sq mi) |
| Population | 3,619,661 (2001) |
| Lok Sabha Constituencies | Sitapur, Misrikh, Dhaurahra, Mohanlalganj |
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Sitapur district (Hindi: सीतापुर ज़िला, Urdu: ستا پور ضلع) is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, with Sitapur town as the district headquarters. Sitapur district is a part of Lucknow division. This district covers an area of 5743 km². It has a population of 3,619,661.
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In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sitapur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[1] It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[1]
The district is divided into six tehsils: Sitapur, Biswan, Mishrikh, Laharpur, Mahmoodabad and Sidhauli.
Sitapur has nine seats in Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. These nine constituencies are:
Sitapur is divided between four Lok Sabha seats:
According to the 2011 census Sitapur district has a population of 4,474,446,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Croatia[3] or the US state of Louisiana.[4] This gives it a ranking of 38th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 779 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,020 /sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 23.62 %.[2] Sitapur has a sex ratio of 879 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 63.38 %.[2]
Languages spoken here include Awadhi, a vernacular in the Hindi-Urdu continuum spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the Awadh region.[5]
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| Bara Banki district | Lucknow district |
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