Districts in UP (Uttar Pradesh) | full list | interesting facts

Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of districts among all states in India. There are 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh. UP is not the largest state in terms of area still, it has the highest number of districts. This is because of the large population of the state. This article lists all the districts in UP along with some useful information.

Districts in UP (Uttar Pradesh)

S. No.	District name	Area (square kilometers)	Population	Administrative division	Vehicle registration
1	Agra	4,027	44,18,797	Agra division	UP 80
2	Aligarh	3,650	36,73,889	Aligarh division	UP 81
3	Ambedkar Nagar	2,350	23,97,888	Ayodhya division	UP 45
4	Amethi	2,329.11	18,67,678	Ayodhya division	UP 36
5	Amroha	2,249	18,40,221	Moradabad division	UP 23
6	Auraiya	2,016	13,79,545	Kanpur division	UP 79
7	Azamgarh	4,054	46,12,000	Azamgarh division	UP 50
8	Baghpat	1,321	13.03 Lakhs	Meerut division	UP 17
9	Bahraich	4696.8	34,87,731	Devipatan division	UP 40
10	Ballia	2,981	32,39,774	Azamgarh division	UP 60
11	Balrampur	3,349	21,48,795	Devipatan division	UP 47
12	Banda	4,408	17,99,410	Chitrakoot division	UP 90
13	Barabanki	3,891.5	32,60,699	Ayodhya division	UP 41
14	Bareilly	4,120	44,48,359	Bareilly division	UP 25
15	Basti	2,688	24,64,464	Basti division	UP 51
16	Bhadohi	1,015 (smallest area)	15,78,213	Mirzapur division	UP 66
17	Bijnor	4,049	36,82,713	Moradabad division	UP 20
18	Budaun	4,234.21	31,29,000	Bareilly division	UP 24
19	Bulandshahr	4,353	34,99,171	Meerut division	UP 13
20	Chandauli	2,485	19,52,756	Varanasi division	UP 67
21	Chitrakoot	3,164	9,91,697	Chitrakoot division	UP 96
22	Deoria	2,540	31,00,946	Gorakhpur division	UP 52
23	Etah	4,446	17,74,480	Aligarh division	UP 82
24	Etawah	2,311	15,81,810	Kanpur division	UP 75
25	Faizabad (Ayodhya)	2,522	24,70,996	Ayodhya division	UP 42
26	Farrukhabad	2,181	18,85,000	Kanpur division	UP 76
27	Fatehpur	4,152	26,32,733	Prayagraj division	UP 71
28	Firozabad	2,362	24,98,156	Agra division	UP 83
29	Gautam Buddha Nagar	1,442	16,48,000	Meerut division	UP 16
30	Ghaziabad	1,034	34,06,061	Meerut division	UP 14
31	Ghazipur	3,377	36,20,000	Varanasi division	UP 61
32	Gonda	4,003	34,33,919	Devipatan division	UP 43
33	Gorakhpur	3,483.8	44,40,895	Gorakhpur division	UP 53
34	Hamirpur	4,121.9	11,04,285	Chitrakoot division	UP 91
35	Hapur	1,116	13,38,000	Meerut division	UP 37
36	Hardoi	5,989	40,92,845	Lucknow division	UP 30
37	Hathras	1,800.1	15,64,708	Aligarh division	UP 86
38	Jalaun	4,544	16,89,974	Jhansi division	UP 92
39	Jaunpur	4,038	44,94,204	Varanasi division	UP 62
40	Jhansi	5,024	19,98,603	Jhansi division	UP 93
41	Kannauj	2,093	13,75,775	Kanpur division	UP 74
42	Kanpur Dehat	3,021	17,96,191	Kanpur division	UP 77
43	Kanpur Nagar	3,155	45,81,268	Kanpur division	UP 78
44	Kanshiram Nagar (Kasganj)	1,993.08	14,36,719	Aligarh division	UP 87
45	Kaushambi	1,780	15,99,596	Prayagraj division	UP 73
46	Kushinagar	2,906	35,64,544	Gorakhpur division	UP 57
47	Lakhimpur – Kheri	7,680 (largest area)	40,21,243	Lucknow division	UP 31
48	Lalitpur	5,039	12,21,592	Jhansi division	UP 94
49	Lucknow	2,528	45,89,838	Lucknow division	UP 32
50	Maharajganj	2,952	26,85,292	Gorakhpur division	UP 56
51	Mahoba	2,884	8,75,968 (smallest population)	Chitrakoot division	UP 95
52	Mainpuri	2,760	18,69,000	Agra division	UP 84
53	Mathura	3,340	25,47,000	Agra division	UP 85
54	Mau	1,713	22,05,170	Azamgarh division	UP 54
55	Meerut	2,590	34,44,000	Meerut division	UP 15
56	Mirzapur	4,521	24,96,970	Mirzapur division	UP 63
57	Moradabad	3,741	34,06,061	Moradabad division	UP 21
58	Muzaffarnagar	2,991	28,29,860	Saharanpur division	UP 12
59	Pilibhit	3,499	20.3 Lakhs	Bareilly division	UP 26
60	Pratapgarh	3,730	32,09141	Prayagraj division	UP 72
61	Prayagraj	5,482	59,54,390 (largest population)	Prayagraj division	UP 70
62	Raebareli	4,043	29,03,507	Lucknow division	UP 33
63	Rampur	2,367	23,35,819	Moradabad division	UP 22
64	Saharanpur	3,689	34,67,332	Saharanpur division	UP 11
65	Sambhal	2453.30	21,92,933	Moradabad division	UP 38
66	Sant Kabir Nagar	1,646	17,06,706	Basti division	UP 58
67	Shahjahanpur	4,575	30,06,538	Bareilly division	UP 27
68	Shamli	1,167.58	13,13,650	Saharanpur division	UP 19
69	Shravasti	1,948.20	11,14,615	Devipatan division	UP 46
70	Siddharth Nagar	2,895	25,59,297	Basti division	UP 55
71	Sitapur	5,743	44,83,992	Lucknow division	UP 34
72	Sonbhadra	6,788	18,62,559	Mirzapur division	UP 64
73	Sultanpur	2,672.89	24,31,490	Ayodhya division	UP 44
74	Unnao	4,558	31,08,367	Lucknow division	UP 35
75	Varanasi	1,535	36,76,841	Varanasi division	UP 65

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(The stats will be updated after the new census.)

Largest districts

Lakhimpur-Kheri district is the largest district in terms of area in UP while Prayagraj is the most populous district.

Smallest districts

Hapur district is the smallest district in terms of area in UP while Mahoba district is the smallest district in terms of population.

NCR districts in UP

Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, and Shamli districts of Uttar Pradesh are part of the National Capital Region (NCR).

Districts in UP bordering Nepal

Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur, Sidharth Nagar, Maharajganj, and Kushinagar districts share a border with Nepal.

Key points

• Faizabad district is now called Ayodhya district.
• Three new districts- Prabudh Nagar district, Bhim Nagar district, and Panchsheel Nagar district were created in September 2011. Prabudh Nagar district was later renamed Shamli. Bhim Nagar district was later renamed Sambhal and Panchsheel Nagar district was later renamed Hapur.
• Kushinagar district was carved out of the Deoria district.
• Hapur district was carved out of the Ghaziabad district.
• Amroha district was previously called Jyotiba Phule Nagar.

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