page_title: Barabanki district
section_title: Administration and divisions
hierarchical_section_title: Barabanki district / Administration and divisions
caption_attribution_description: English: This is picture of Barabanki Head Post Office.
context_page_description: Barabanki district is one of the four districts of Faizabad division, in the central Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, India. It has a population of 2,673,581, with a population density of 686.50 per square kilometre. Barabanki city is the district headquarters.
  Barabanki district is situated between 27°19′ and 26°30′ north latitude, and 80°05′ and 81°51′ east longitude; it runs in a south-easterly direction, confined by the nearly parallel streams of the Ghaghara and Gomti. The extreme length of the district from east to west may be taken at 92 km, and the extreme breadth at 93 km; the total area is about 3,900 km². It borders seven other districts of Uttar Pradesh. With its most northern point it shares borders with the Sitapur district, while its north-eastern boundary is defined by the Ghagra, beyond which lie the districts of Bahraich district and Gonda district. Its eastern border is shared with Faizabad district, and the Gomti forms a natural boundary to the south, dividing it from the Sultanpur district. On the west, it adjoins the Lucknow district.
  In 1856, the district came, with the rest of Oudh State, under British rule.
context_section_description: Barabanki is one of the four constituent districts of Faizabad Division. The other districts being Faizabad, Sultanpur and Ambedkar Nagar. The division is headed by the divisional commissioner.
  As of 2003–04, the district contained 7 tehsils, 17 development blocks, 154 nyaya panchayat and 1,140 gram sabhas.
  As per 1991 data, there were 1,812 inhabited villages and 31 inhabited villages.
  In 2001, there were 14 towns and cities, 2 nagar palika parishads, 1 cantonment area, 10 nagar panchayats and 1 census town.
caption: Barabanki Head Post Office
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