Prayagraj division
Allahabad division
Division
Location of Prayagraj division
Coordinates (Prayagraj (city)): 25°27′00″N 81°51′00″E / 25.4500°N 81.8500°E / 25.4500; 81.8500
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
Government
 • Divisional CommissionerSanjay Goyal IAS[1]

Prayagraj division, formerly known as Allahabad division, is an administrative unit of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[2]

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 , Kanpur nagar and Kanpur dehat 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 Prayagraj division consists of the following districts:

Prior to 2000 Prayagraj division consisted of all the districts of the lower Doab:

Languages

Allahabad division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.[3]
Mother
tongue
code		 Mother
tongue		 People per district Allahabad division
Fatehpur Pratapgarh Kaushambi Allahabad people percentage
001002Assamese 1 0 0 319 320 0.002%
002007Bengali 48 308 46 6,782 7,184 0.054%
004001Dogri 0 0 0 170 170 0.001%
005018Gujarati 6 0 0 298 304 0.002%
006030Awadhi 0 193,030 1,199 110,468 304,697 2.275%
006042Bagheli/Baghel Khandi 0 0 0 920 920 0.007%
006102Bhojpuri 2 428 2,645 8,946 12,021 0.090%
006142Chhattisgarhi 0 1,198 0 1,135 2,333 0.017%
006235Haryanvi 0 0 0 128 128 0.001%
006240Hindi 2,566,474 2,911,957 1,576,776 5,651,508 12,706,715 94.856%
006311Khari Boli (Kauravi) 160 14 0 59 233 0.002%
006400Marwari 0 1 0 130 131 0.001%
006489Rajasthani 37 0 0 149 186 0.001%
007016Kannada 4 0 0 348 352 0.003%
010008Maithili 0 0 0 294 294 0.002%
011016Malayalam 19 26 7 1,016 1,068 0.008%
013071Marathi 6 9 3 1,519 1,537 0.011%
014011Nepali 19 8 5 379 411 0.003%
015043Odia 4 260 328 1,172 1,764 0.013%
016038Punjabi 152 363 9 3,328 3,852 0.029%
019014Sindhi 0 42 0 635 677 0.005%
020027Tamil 6 5 0 685 696 0.005%
021046Telugu 6 0 0 843 849 0.006%
022015Urdu 65,600 100,588 17,670 159,916 343,774 2.566%
022016Bhansari 0 159 440 0 599 0.004%
028001Arabic/Arbi 4 140 18 481 643 0.005%
030073Tadavi 0 0 0 411 411 0.003%
040001English 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

References

  1. ↑ "Shri Sanjay Goyal, IAS | District Prayagraj, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". prayagraj.nic.in. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Zone". UPPWD. Public Works Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
    "Name of the districts under the Public Works Department area" (PDF). UPPWD. Public Works Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. ↑ C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 15 July 2020.


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