Prayagraj division facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Prayagraj division
|
|
|---|---|
|
Division
|
|
 |
|
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
Prayagraj division, formerly known as Allahabad division, is an administrative unit of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
In 2000, when Uttar Pradesh was reorganised by forming Uttaranchal out of its northern areas, Allahabad division and the district was majorly reorganised too. The Etawah, Farrukhabad and Kanpur district districts of the Allahabad division were made into a separate Kanpur division. Parts of the western areas of Allahabad district were carved out to create a new district named Kaushambi. At the same time, Pratapgarh district, that falls in Awadh, was included in the Allahabad division.
Since 2000 Allahabad division consists of the following districts:
- Prayagraj district
- Fatehpur district
- Kaushambi district
- Pratapgarh district
Prior to 2000 Allahabad division consisted of all the districts of the lower Doab:
- Allahabad district
- Etawah district
- Farrukhabad district
- Fatehpur district
- Kanpur district
 |
Raibareli | Pratapgarh | Jaunpur | |
| Kaushambi |  |
Bhadohi | ||
 Prayagraj  |
||||
 |
||||
| Chitrakoot | Rewa | Mirzapur |
Languages
| Allahabad division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother tongue code |
Mother tongue |
People per district | Allahabad division | ||||
| Fatehpur | Pratapgarh | Kaushambi | Allahabad | people | percentage | ||
| 001002 | Assamese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 320 | 0.002% |
| 002007 | Bengali | 48 | 308 | 46 | 6,782 | 7,184 | 0.054% |
| 004001 | Dogri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 170 | 0.001% |
| 005018 | Gujarati | 6 | 0 | 0 | 298 | 304 | 0.002% |
| 006030 | Awadhi | 0 | 193,030 | 1,199 | 110,468 | 304,697 | 2.275% |
| 006042 | Bagheli/Baghel Khandi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 920 | 920 | 0.007% |
| 006102 | Bhojpuri | 2 | 428 | 2,645 | 8,946 | 12,021 | 0.090% |
| 006142 | Chhattisgarhi | 0 | 1,198 | 0 | 1,135 | 2,333 | 0.017% |
| 006235 | Haryanvi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 128 | 0.001% |
| 006240 | Hindi | 2,566,474 | 2,911,957 | 1,576,776 | 5,651,508 | 12,706,715 | 94.856% |
| 006311 | Khari Boli (Kauravi) | 160 | 14 | 0 | 59 | 233 | 0.002% |
| 006400 | Marwari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 131 | 0.001% |
| 006489 | Rajasthani | 37 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 186 | 0.001% |
| 007016 | Kannada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 348 | 352 | 0.003% |
| 010008 | Maithili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 294 | 294 | 0.002% |
| 011016 | Malayalam | 19 | 26 | 7 | 1,016 | 1,068 | 0.008% |
| 013071 | Marathi | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1,519 | 1,537 | 0.011% |
| 014011 | Nepali | 19 | 8 | 5 | 379 | 411 | 0.003% |
| 015043 | Odia | 4 | 260 | 328 | 1,172 | 1,764 | 0.013% |
| 016038 | Punjabi | 152 | 363 | 9 | 3,328 | 3,852 | 0.029% |
| 019014 | Sindhi | 0 | 42 | 0 | 635 | 677 | 0.005% |
| 020027 | Tamil | 6 | 5 | 0 | 685 | 696 | 0.005% |
| 021046 | Telugu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 843 | 849 | 0.006% |
| 022015 | Urdu | 65,600 | 100,588 | 17,670 | 159,916 | 343,774 | 2.566% |
| 022016 | Bhansari | 0 | 159 | 440 | 0 | 599 | 0.004% |
| 028001 | Arabic/Arbi | 4 | 140 | 18 | 481 | 643 | 0.005% |
| 030073 | Tadavi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 411 | 411 | 0.003% |
| 040001 | English | 59 | 181 | 46 | 487 | 773 | 0.006% |
| N.A. | Others | 126 | 424 | 404 | 1,865 | 2,819 | 0.021% |
| Total | 2,632,733 | 3,209,141 | 1,599,596 | 5,954,391 | 13,395,861 | 100.000% | |
See also
In Spanish: División de Prayagraj para niños
- Districts of Uttar Pradesh
