Budaun district

Budaun district
Badaun district (or Budaun) is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, with its headquarters in the town of Badaun. The district is part of the Bareilly division, and covers an area of . According to legend, Budaun was named after the Ahir prince Budh.
History
After the British takeover in 1801, the area was part of Moradabad district, and parts were transferred to Bareilly district in 1805. In October 1823, the district was created out of areas previously in both Moradabad and Bareilly districts, and it was originally called Sahaswan district after its headquarters of Sahaswan. The headquarters was moved to Budaun in 1838.
The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition wrote of Budaun:
According to professor Goti John, the city was named on an 11th-century stone inscription which is held at the Lucknow Museum. At that time, the region was called Panchal. According to a line of the inscription there was a village named near the city. Muslim historian Roz Khan Lodhi said that Ashoka the Great built a Buddhist monastery and fort there named . Geographically, the city of Badaun is located near the Ganges, a holy river.
Economy
In 2006, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Budaun one of the country's 251 special funded cities (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).
Divisions
The district comprises five tehsils: Budaun, Bisauli, Bilsi, Dataganj and Sahaswan.
There are six Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the district: Bisauli, Sahaswan, Bilsi, Badaun, Shekhupur and Dataganj. While Shekhupur and Dataganj are part of the Aonla Lok Sabha constituency, the rest are part of the Badaun Lok Sabha constituency.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Budaun district has a population of 3,681,896, roughly equal to the nation of Liberia or the US state of Oklahoma. This gives it a ranking of 71st in India out of 640. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 20.96%. Budaun has a sex ratio of 859 females for every 1000 males and a literacy rate of 52.91%. After the partition of India, the district had a population of 3,127,621. Scheduled Castes make up 553,497 (17.70%) of the population.
The major urban areas in the district according to March 2015 estimates are Budaun (population 397,000), Ujhani (124,000), Sahaswan (118,000) and Kakrala (85,000).
About 27% of the population of the district is urban, 28% suburban, and the remaining 45% rural.
Religion
The vast majority of the population residing in Budaun identifies with either Hinduism or Islam. Sikhs, Christians, and Jains also live in the region.
Language
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 89.98% of the population of the district spoke Hindi and 9.93% spoke Urdu as their first language.
Major settlements
Budaun
Bisauli
Sahaswan
Ujhani
Kakrala
Bilsi
Islamnagar
Dataganj
Villages
Faridpur Nausana
Hansigunj
Kartoli
Ughaiti
Notable people
Inayat Hussain KhanIndian classical vocalist
B. L. Vermapolitician
Sanghmitra Mauryapolitician
Harish Shakyapolitician
Mahesh Chandra Guptapolitician
References
External links
Districts of Uttar Pradesh
Minority Concentrated Districts in India