Hardoi District
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Hardoi district हरदोइ जनपद ہردوئی ضلع |
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| District of Uttar Pradesh | |
 Location of Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Lucknow |
| Headquarters | Hardoi |
| Tehsils | Hardoi, Shahabad, Sawayajpur, Bilgram and Sandila. |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Hardoi, Misrikh |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,947 km2 (2,296 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,091,380 |
| • Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 68.89% |
| • Sex ratio | 856 |
| Website | Official website |
Hardoi district is a district of Uttar Pradesh, India, and Hardoi town is the district headquarters. Hardoi district is a part of Lucknow division.
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Hardoi 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).
Hardoi district has five tehsils - Hardoi, Shahabad, Sawayajpur, Bilgram and Sandila. These tehsils consist of 19 blocks (Ahirori, Hariyava, Sursa, Shahabad, Bharkhani, Bharavan, Harpalpur, Bilgram, Madhoganj, Mallavan, Tadiyavan, Todarpur, Kothavma, Sandila, Behndar, Pihani, Sandi, Kachona, Bavan), 191 Nyay panchayat, 1101 gram sabha and 1983 revenue villages (1883 of them are inhabited). The district has seven nagar palika parishads (Municipal boards) and six Nagar Panchayats.
This district is a district of the Lucknow Commissionary in Uttar Pradesh Province of India, it is situated in between 26-53 to 27-46 north latitude and 79-41 to 80-46 east longitude. Its north border touches Shahjahanpur district and Lakhimpur Kheri district. Lucknow (capital of U.P.) and Unnao are situated at the southern border. The western border touches Kanpur (industrial city of U.P.) and Farrukhabad district and on the eastern border the Gomati River separates the district from the Sitapur district. 'Nemisharayan, the Pilgrim of Dwapar age' is just 45 km from district headquarters. The length of this district from northwest to southeast is 125.529 km and width from east to west is 74.83 km., the area 5947 km2.
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