Allahabad
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Clockwise from top left: All Saints Cathedral, Khusro Bagh, the Allahabad High Court, the New Yamuna Bridge near Sangam, skyline of Civil Lines, the University of Allahabad, Thornhill Mayne Memorial at Alfred Park and Anand Bhavan.
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| Nickname(s): City of Prime Ministers, Sangam City |
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 Allahabad
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| Coordinates: 25°27′N 82°30′E / 25.45°N 82.5°ECoordinates: 25°27′N 82°30′E / 25.45°N 82.5°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Allahabad |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Body | Allahabad Municipal Corporation |
| • Member of Parliament | Shyama Charan Gupta (Agrahari) |
| Area | |
| • Metropolis | 1,350 km2 (520 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 98 m (322 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Metropolis | 1,117,094 |
| • Rank | 36th |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,216,719 |
| • Metro rank | 23rd |
| Demonym(s) | Allahabadi, Ilahabadi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 211001-18 |
| Telephone code | +91-532 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-70 |
| Sex ratio | 978 ♂/1000♀ |
| Website | allahabad |
| Population Growth of Allahabad | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1821 | 20,000 |
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| 1861 | 105,900 |
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| 1871 | 143,700 | 35.7% | |
| 1881 | 148,500 | 3.3% | |
| 1891 | 175,200 | 18.0% | |
| 1901 | 172,000 | -1.8% | |
| 1911 | 171,700 | -0.2% | |
| 1921 | 157,200 | -8.4% | |
| 1931 | 183,900 | 17.0% | |
| 1941 | 260,600 | 41.7% | |
| 1951 | 332,300 | 27.5% | |
| 1961 | 412,000 | 24.0% | |
| 1971 | 513,000 | 24.5% | |
| 1981 | 642,200 | 25.2% | |
| 1991 | 792,900 | 23.5% | |
| 2001 | 990,298 | 24.9% | |
| 2011 | 1,117,094 | 12.8% | |
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Allahabad (
i/əˈlɑːhəbɑːd/), also known as Prayag (/prəˈjɑːɡ/) is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Allahabad District, the most populous district in the state. The city is the judicial capital of Uttar Pradesh with Allahabad High Court being the highest judicial body in the state. As of 2011, Allahabad is the in the state, twelfth in the Northern India and thirty-sixth in India, with an estimated population of 1.11 million in the city and 1.21 million in its metropolitan region. In 2011 it was ranked the world's 130th fastest-growing city. Allahabad, in 2013, was ranked the third most liveable city in the state (after Noida and Lucknow) and twenty-ninth in the country.
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