Kasganj district
Kasganj district is a district of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. It is located in the division of Aligarh and consists of Kasganj, Patiali and Sahawar tehsils. Its headquarters is at Kasganj. The kasganj Block is established on 26 January 1956. The soron Block is established in 2 October 1958. The patiyali block is established in 2 October 1957. The Ganjdundwara is established in 1 April 1959. The Sidhpura block is established in 2 October 1959. The Amanpur block is established in 1 April 1960. History. The district lies in the cultural region of Braj. Kasganj was established  on 15 April 2008 by separating Kasganj, Patiali and Sahawar tehsils from Etah district. For a while, the district was named after a politician, Kanshi Ram. The decision taken by Mayawati, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and president of the BSP provoked protests by lawyers who had proposed to call it in honor of Sant Sant Tulsidas, who was born in the district, that place known as Soron (Sukarkshetra). The district reverted to its original name in 2012. Adjacent districts of Kasganj are Aligarh, Budaun, Etah, Farrukhabad and Khair Tehsil. Demographics. According to the 2011 census Kasganj district has a  population of 1,436,719, roughly equal to the nation of Eswatini or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 345th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 17.05%. Kanshiram Nagar has a sex ratio of 879 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 62.3%. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 91.64% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 8.27% Urdu as their first language. The local languages are Brajbhasha and Kannauji. Kasganj