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Bahraich district

Bahraich district
बहराइच जनपद
District of Uttar Pradesh
Location of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh
Location of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh
Country India
State Uttar Pradesh
Administrative division Devipatan
Headquarters Bahraich
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituencies Bahraich Students Politics =[Mr. Shailesh Singh Shailu President Student Union ] Kisan P.G. College Bahraich, Kaiserganj
Area
 • Total 4,696.8 km2 (1,813.4 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 3,478,257
 • Density 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Literacy 51.1 per cent
Major highways Nh28C ,SH96
Average annual precipitation 1125 mm
Website Official website

Bahraich District (Hindi:जनपद बहराइच, Urdu: ضلع بہرائچ) is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Bahraich town is the district headquarters. Bahraich District is a part of Devipatan Division.

Bahraich was in historic Awadh. The district was part of the Nanpara Taluqdari ruled by a succession of Rajas who owned more than three hundred villages in the district and all the forests. A large part of the education system as well as major roads and hospitals were legacies of the late Raja Sadat.

Bahraich borders Nepal districts Bardiya to the northwest and Banke to the northeast. The rest of Bahraich is surrounded by other districts in Uttar Pradesh: Lakhimpur and Sitapur on the west, Hardoi to the southwest, Gonda to the southeast, and Shravasti to the east.

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Bahraich one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).


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