Unnao district
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Unnao district उन्नाव ज़िला اناو ضلعbhira kheri |
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| District of Uttar Pradesh | |
 Location of Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Lucknow |
| Headquarters | Unnao |
| Tehsils | Unnao BANGARMAU Hasanganj Safipur Purwa Bighapur |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Unnao |
| • Assembly seats | Unnao Bangarmau Purwa Bhagwantnagar Mohan Safipur |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,589 km2 (1,772 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,110,595 |
| • Density | 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 68.29% |
| • Sex ratio | 0.901 ♂/♀ |
| Major highways | Agra to lucknow bia Bangarmau Hardoi to Kanpur via Bangarmau Lucknow to Delhi via Bangarmau |
| Website | Official website |
Unnao District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The town of Unnao is the district headquarters. The district is part of Lucknow Division.
Xuanzang, the Chinese pilgrim to India, stayed at Kannauj for 3 months in 636 AD. From here he journeyed a distance of about 26 km and reached the city of Nafotipokulo (Navadevakula) which stood on the eastern bank of Ganga. The city was about 5 km in circumference and had a Deva Temple, several Buddhist monasteries and Stupas.
Some fighting during 1857 sepoy mutiny took place in this area. Following the mutiny, the civil administration was re-established in the district which was named district Unnao, with headquarters at Unnao. The size of the district was however small until 1869, when it assumed its present form. The same year the town of Unnao was constituted a Municipality.
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Unnao 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).
Unnao district is divided into 6 tehsils: Unnao, Hasanganj, Safipur, Purwa, Bighapur, and Bangarmau. There are 16 development blocks: Ganj Moradabad, Bangarmau, Fatehpur Chaurasi, Safipur, Miyanganj, Auras, Hasanganj, Nawabganj, Purwa, Asoha, Hilauli, Bighapur, Sumerpur, Bichia, Sikandarpur Sirausi, and Sikandarpur Karan.
The current elected representative from Unnao to the Lok Sabha, in the Parliament of India, is Shakshi Maharaj. The district had 6 Vidhan Sabha seats, namely Unnao, Purwa, Bhagwantnagar, Mohan, Safipur and Bangarmau. However, after delimitation in 2008, areas under Harha were merged with other Vidhan Sabha seats. Thus, the district now has only 6 Vidhan Sabha seats. Other prominent Qasba of Unnao include Karowan, Safipur, Neotani, Asiwan, Bangarmau, Mohaan, Magarwara, Shuklaganj, Purwa Maurawan, and Baksar. The district magistrate is Surendra Singh.
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