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class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Languages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Languages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Local_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Local media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Local_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> 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interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE,_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6" title="গাজীপুর জেলা, উত্তরপ্রদেশ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গাজীপুর জেলা, উত্তরপ্রদেশ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur_(ko%C4%81n)" title="Ghazipur (koān) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ghazipur (koān)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="गाजीपुर जिला – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="गाजीपुर जिला" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districte_de_Ghazipur" title="Districte de Ghazipur – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Districte de Ghazipur" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gh%C4%81z%C4%ABpur_(distrito)" title="Ghāzīpur (distrito) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Ghāzīpur (distrito)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur_(distrikt)" title="Ghazipur (distrikt) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ghazipur (distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur_(Distrikt)" title="Ghazipur (Distrikt) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ghazipur (Distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_de_Ghazipur" title="Distrito de Ghazipur – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito de Ghazipur" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur_barrutia" title="Ghazipur barrutia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ghazipur barrutia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4_%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B6%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1" title="بخش قاضی‌پور – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخش قاضی‌پور" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_de_Ghazipur" title="District de Ghazipur – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="District de Ghazipur" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="गाज़ीपुर ज़िला – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="गाज़ीपुर ज़िला" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distretto_di_Ghazipur" title="Distretto di Ghazipur – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Distretto di Ghazipur" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9D%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE" title="गाझीपूर जिल्हा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="गाझीपूर जिल्हा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1" title="جازيبور – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جازيبور" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur_(district)" title="Ghazipur (district) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ghazipur (district)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE,_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6" title="गाजीपुर जिल्ला, उत्तरप्रदेश – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="गाजीपुर जिल्ला, उत्तरप्रदेश" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur_(distrikt)" title="Ghazipur (distrikt) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ghazipur (distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1" title="ضلع غازی پور – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع غازی پور" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%80_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Гхазипур (округ) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гхазипур (округ)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9D%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="गाझिपुरमण्डलम् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="गाझिपुरमण्डलम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%A8_%E1%B1%A6%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9B,_%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A8_%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%A5" title="ᱜᱟᱡᱤᱯᱩᱨ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ, ᱩᱛᱛᱚᱨ ᱯᱨᱚᱫᱮᱥ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱜᱟᱡᱤᱯᱩᱨ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ, ᱩᱛᱛᱚᱨ ᱯᱨᱚᱫᱮᱥ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur_(distrikt)" title="Ghazipur (distrikt) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ghazipur (distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="காசீப்பூர் மாவட்டம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="காசீப்பூர் மாவட்டம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%98%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BE" title="ఘాజీపూర్ జిల్లా – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ఘాజీపూర్ జిల్లా" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B3%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0" title="อำเภอคาซีปุระ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="อำเภอคาซีปุระ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1" title="ضلع غازی پور – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ضلع غازی پور" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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.infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Ghazipur district</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Uttar_Pradesh" title="List of districts of Uttar Pradesh">District</a> of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Cornwallis_Tomb.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tomb of Lord Cornwallis in Ghazipur"><img alt="Tomb of Lord Cornwallis in Ghazipur" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Lord_Cornwallis_Tomb.jpg/250px-Lord_Cornwallis_Tomb.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Lord_Cornwallis_Tomb.jpg/375px-Lord_Cornwallis_Tomb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Lord_Cornwallis_Tomb.jpg/500px-Lord_Cornwallis_Tomb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Tomb of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis" title="Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis">Lord Cornwallis</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ghazipur" title="Ghazipur">Ghazipur</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Uttar_Pradesh_districts_2012_Ghazipur.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh"><img alt="Location of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/India_Uttar_Pradesh_districts_2012_Ghazipur.svg/250px-India_Uttar_Pradesh_districts_2012_Ghazipur.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/India_Uttar_Pradesh_districts_2012_Ghazipur.svg/375px-India_Uttar_Pradesh_districts_2012_Ghazipur.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/India_Uttar_Pradesh_districts_2012_Ghazipur.svg/500px-India_Uttar_Pradesh_districts_2012_Ghazipur.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1006" data-file-height="981" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates (Ghazipur): <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ghazipur_district&params=25.61_N_83.57_E_type:adm3rd_region:IN_dim:50000"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">25°37′N</span> <span class="longitude">83°34′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">25.61°N 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href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_India" title="Administrative divisions of India">Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Varanasi_division" title="Varanasi division">Varanasi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">1 January 1879</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ghazipur" title="Ghazipur">Ghazipur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Tehsils_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehsils of India">Tehsils</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/District_Magistrate" class="mw-redirect" title="District Magistrate">District Magistrate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Aryka Akhoury, IAS</b></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> constituencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ghazipur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghazipur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Ghazipur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Afzal_Ansari" title="Afzal Ansari">Afzal Ansari</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,377 km<sup>2</sup> (1,304 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,620,268</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2021)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,210,000</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,100/km<sup>2</sup> (2,800/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">434,697</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">Literacy</a></th><td class="infobox-data">74.46%.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Sex ratio</th><td class="infobox-data">951</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> • <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:30" title="UTC+05:30">UTC+05:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">UP-61</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Roads_in_India" title="Roads in India">Major highways</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>NH-29</li><li>NH-19</li><li>NH-97</li><li>SH-36</li><li>SH-67</li><li>SH-69</li><li>SH-99</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average annual precipitation</th><td class="infobox-data">1109 mm</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ghazipur.nic.in/">Official Website</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ghazipur district</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Uttar_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Uttar Pradesh">district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> state in northern India. The city of <a href="/wiki/Ghazipur" title="Ghazipur">Ghazipur</a> is the district headquarters. The district is part of <a href="/wiki/Varanasi_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Varanasi Division">Varanasi Division</a>. The region of <a href="/wiki/Ghazipur" title="Ghazipur">Ghazipur</a> is famous mainly for the production of its unique rose-scented Spray called <i>Gulab Jal,</i> and for the tomb of the Governor General of British India, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Cornwallis" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Cornwallis">Lord Cornwallis</a>, who died here. His tomb is situated in Western part of City, and is conserved by <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_Survey_of_India" title="Archaeological Survey of India">Archaeological Survey of India</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghazipur_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghazipur_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The district has derived its name from its headquarters town of Ghazipur. It was during the reign of Harsha, a Chinese pilgrim known with the name of <a href="/wiki/Hiuen-Tsang" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiuen-Tsang">Xuanzang</a> came to the district. And in his days the place was known as Chen- Chu interpreting in English as the Kingdom of the lord of 'Battles' which has been given various nomenclatures like Yudhpatipura, Yudharanpura, Garzapatipura and the last one probably who the modern Ghazipur as adopted by <a href="/wiki/Lord_Cunningham" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Cunningham">Lord Cunninghum</a>. The Chinese pilgrim <a href="/wiki/Xuanzang" title="Xuanzang">Xuanzang</a> had stated that a <a href="/wiki/Stupa" title="Stupa">stupa</a> was erected by <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a> in the memory of <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Buddha</a> who had been here in the district. Regarding the nomenclature of Ghazipur there has also been a version that it has its derivation from the word "Ghadi", who happened to be a Hindu king in the 9th century the original name of the place was Gadhipura. But, Gandhipura was located little far from the present city of Ghazipur.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to one story Raja <a href="/wiki/King_Mandhata" class="mw-redirect" title="King Mandhata">Mandhata</a> was said to have been an heir (descendant) of <a href="/wiki/Prithviraj_Chauhan" title="Prithviraj Chauhan">Prithvi Raj</a> of Delhi and was suffering from a skin disease and wanted to get rid of the affliction by bathing in the tank at Kathot. He did take bath under the direction of Brahmins and cured sometimes later. After overcoming his disease he settled in Ghazipur and built a fort. Subsequently, his nephew and his successors seized a Muslim girl whose mother got worried for her daughter and as a measure for the safety of her daughter, she appealed to the <a href="/wiki/Sultan" title="Sultan">sultan</a> of Delhi, with the result that a band of forty ghazis under the headship of <a href="/wiki/Ghiyath_al-Din_Tughluq" title="Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq">Ghazi Saiyad Mausaud</a> reached Kathot and captured the fort and slew Raja Mandhata and his nephew. Thus the Ghazis got charge of the area and where Masud is supposed traditionally to have founded a city in 1330 commemorating his newly acquired title of Malik-Us-Sadal Ghazi. He established a new city near to the old Gandhipura and the place got name Ghazipur.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The region covered by the present district of Ghazipur once formed part of the ancient <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kashi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Kashi">kingdom of Kashi</a>, a famous centre of <a href="/wiki/Aryan" title="Aryan">Aryan</a> civilization. The ancient history of <a href="/wiki/Ghazipur" title="Ghazipur">Ghazipur</a> can, therefore, be pieced out from that of Kashi. Archaeological finds of <a href="/wiki/Saidpur,_Ghazipur" title="Saidpur, Ghazipur">Saidpur</a>–<a href="/wiki/Aunrihar" title="Aunrihar">Aurihar</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhitri,_Ghazipur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bhitri, Ghazipur (page does not exist)">Bhitri</a> also proved that it is related to an oldest time. The Chinese pilgrim <a href="/wiki/Xuanzang" title="Xuanzang">Xuanzang</a> (630 to 644) visited and described this place. A legend states that the <a href="/wiki/Jamadagni" title="Jamadagni">Jamadagani Rishi</a> lived near to the present day <a href="/wiki/Zamania" title="Zamania">Zamania</a> town with his wife. According to the <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharat</a>, Haihaya king Kartivirya came to residence of <a href="/wiki/Jamadagni" title="Jamadagni">Jamadagni</a> Rishi, after hospitality, he had taken Kamdhenu by force, but <a href="/wiki/Parashurama" title="Parashurama">Parshuram</a> son of <a href="/wiki/Jamadagni" title="Jamadagni">Jamadagani Rishi</a> overcome him and Kamdhenu was recovered. Kartivirya offered a sacrifice in atonement of his sin.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The early political history of this region is complex, <a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Purans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharat</a>, classical Sanskrit texts, the early <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> texts have given information in this regard. The Jains also testify to the greatness of the region under Kashi king Ashwasena as the father of Tirthankara Parshvanath. During the two or three centuries preceding the birth of <a href="/wiki/Mahavira" title="Mahavira">Mahavira</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Buddha</a>, the whole of northern India was divided into sixteen principal states known in early Buddhist and Jain literatures as the <a href="/wiki/Mahajanapadas" title="Mahajanapadas">Solah Mahajanpada</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kashi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Kashi">kingdom of Kashi</a> was predominant in this period and covered the present district of <a href="/wiki/Ghazipur" title="Ghazipur">Ghazipur</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/8th_century_BC" title="8th century BC">8th</a> and <a href="/wiki/7th_century_BC" title="7th century BC">7th</a> centuries B.C. <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kashi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Kashi">Kashi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kosala" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosala">Kosala</a> fought against each other, which is stated in the <a href="/wiki/Jatakas" class="mw-redirect" title="Jatakas">Jatakas</a>, early in the <a href="/wiki/6th_century" title="6th century">sixth century</a>, Kashi kingdom completely collapsed in its struggle with Kosala. After the fall of the Kanvas (<a href="/wiki/27_BC" title="27 BC">27</a> BC) Kashi seems to have been occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Vatsa" title="Vatsa">Vatsas</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kaushambi_district" title="Kaushambi district">Kaushambi</a>. In the last of first century A.D. the <a href="/wiki/Kushan_Empire" title="Kushan Empire">Kushanas</a> had established a state kingdom in the greater part of the northern India. Kushans rules came to end in the beginning of 3rd century in this region and a branch of <a href="/wiki/Nagas_of_Padmavati" title="Nagas of Padmavati">Nagas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagas_of_Padmavati" title="Nagas of Padmavati">Bharashiva</a> took the region in their hand. For nearly two centuries (from about 325 to 535 AD) this region formed part of the <a href="/wiki/Gupta_Empire" title="Gupta Empire">Gupta Empire</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chandragupta_I" title="Chandragupta I">Chandragupta I</a> (320–355 AD), <a href="/wiki/Samudragupta" title="Samudragupta">Samundragupta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chandragupta_I" title="Chandragupta I">Chandragupta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vikramaditya" title="Vikramaditya">Vikramaditya</a> (376–415 AD), <a href="/wiki/Kumaragupta_I" title="Kumaragupta I">Kumargupta</a> (415–455 AD), <a href="/wiki/Skandagupta" title="Skandagupta">Skandagupta</a> ruled over this region. In the middle of sixth century the <a href="/wiki/Yashodharman" title="Yashodharman">Yashodharman</a> of <a href="/wiki/Malwa" title="Malwa">Malwa</a>, the district had come under his meteoric sovereignty after which it passed under the rule of the <a href="/wiki/Maukhari_dynasty" title="Maukhari dynasty">Maukharis</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kannauj" title="Kannauj">Kannauj</a>. In the first half of the 7th century A.D. it had come under the <a href="/wiki/Harsha" title="Harsha">Harsha</a>, after the death of Harsha it had gone to the hand of <a href="/wiki/Yashovarman" title="Yashovarman">Yashovarman</a> of Kannau (690–740 AD). In 770 AD the district had gone to the <a href="/wiki/Dharampal" title="Dharampal">Dharampala</a>, king of <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a> and there after <a href="/wiki/Devapala_(Pala_dynasty)" class="mw-redirect" title="Devapala (Pala dynasty)">Devapala</a> (810–850 AD). After him it gone under <a href="/wiki/Bhoja" title="Bhoja">Bhojadeva</a> (Cen. 836–882 AD) <a href="/wiki/Gurjara-Pratihara_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty">Gurjar Pratihar</a> king of <a href="/wiki/Kannauj" title="Kannauj">Kannauj</a>. About the close of the tenth century the hold of <a href="/wiki/Gurjara-Pratihara_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty">Gurjar Pratihar</a> king of Kannauj on <a href="/wiki/Ghazipur" title="Ghazipur">Ghazipur</a> became nominal. There after it had gone under the Pal king Mahipala I (992- 1040 AD), after him, it had gone to the <a href="/wiki/Kalachuris_of_Mahishmati" title="Kalachuris of Mahishmati">Kalchuri</a> or Chedi king <a href="/wiki/Gangeyadeva" title="Gangeyadeva">Gangeyadeva</a> (1015–1041). It was during the early part of this period that India suffered from the invasions of <a href="/wiki/Mahmud_of_Ghazni" title="Mahmud of Ghazni">Mahmud Ghazni</a> who sacked <a href="/wiki/Kannauj" title="Kannauj">Kannauj</a> in 1019. <a href="/wiki/Chandradeva" title="Chandradeva">Chandradeva</a>, the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Gahadavala_dynasty" title="Gahadavala dynasty">Gahadvala dynasty</a> who was, about 1090, occupied this region and Kannauj. His son <a href="/wiki/Madanapala_(Gahadavala_dynasty)" title="Madanapala (Gahadavala dynasty)">Madanpala</a> (1100–1114) and his son <a href="/wiki/Govindachandra_(Gahadavala_dynasty)" title="Govindachandra (Gahadavala dynasty)">Govind Chandra</a> (1114–1154) and his son <a href="/wiki/Vijayachander" title="Vijayachander">Vijay Chandra</a> (1154–1170) ruled over this region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_history">Medieval history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghazipur_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Medieval history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Iltutmish" title="Iltutmish">Iltutmish</a> conquered the region between 1210 and 1214 during his years as governor of <a href="/wiki/Budaun" title="Budaun">Budaun</a>. In 1322, it gone to the hand of <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_bin_Tughluq" title="Muhammad bin Tughluq">Muhammad Bin Tughlaq</a> and his successor <a href="/wiki/Firuz_Shah_Tughlaq" title="Firuz Shah Tughlaq">Firoz Shah</a>. In 1394 Khwaja Jahan in charge of <a href="/wiki/Jaunpur,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh">Jaunpur</a> government including the <a href="/wiki/Ghazipur" title="Ghazipur">Ghazipur</a> region, became independent and established <a href="/wiki/Jaunpur_Sultanate" title="Jaunpur Sultanate">Jaunpur Sultanate</a>, the Ghazipur remained under it till 1479, when <a href="/wiki/Bahlul_Lodi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahlul Lodi">Bahlul Lodi</a> defeated its last ruler Sultan Husain and conquered the Jaunpur Sultanate, his successor <a href="/wiki/Sikandar_Lodi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikandar Lodi">Sikandar Lodi</a> gave administration of <a href="/wiki/Jaunpur,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh">Jaunpur</a> to the hand of Mubarak Khan in which time the Ghazipur took good place. <a href="/wiki/Sikandar_Lodi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikandar Lodi">Sikandar Lodi</a> died on 21 November 1517, and <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Lodi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibrahim Lodi">Ibrahim Lodi</a> was crowned, his younger brother Jalal Khan declared himself king of Jaunpur and remained independent for a considerable time.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Panipat" title="First Battle of Panipat">battle of Panipat</a> (21 April 1526), the rule of <a href="/wiki/Lodi_dynasty" title="Lodi dynasty">Lodi dynasty</a> came to an end <a href="/wiki/Babur" title="Babur">Babur</a> became the ruler of Delhi. He sent <a href="/wiki/Humayun" title="Humayun">Humayun</a> to the east. He came to <a href="/wiki/Jaunpur,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh">Jaunpur</a> and punished Nasir Khan and obliged him to flee from <a href="/wiki/Ghazipur" title="Ghazipur">Ghazipur</a>, which came into Humayun possession, but he short stayed here as he was recalled by <a href="/wiki/Babur" title="Babur">the Emperor Babur</a> to fight against <a href="/wiki/Rajput" title="Rajput">Rajputs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Afghans" title="Afghans">Afghans</a>. District was soon recaptured by the Afghans, so Babur left <a href="/wiki/Agra" title="Agra">Agra</a> on 20 January 1529 and reached <a href="/wiki/Ghazipur" title="Ghazipur">Ghazipur</a>. Soon after his return Babur died and his successor Humayun had come to the east where Afghan was rising in which <a href="/wiki/Sher_Shah_Suri" title="Sher Shah Suri">Sher Shah</a> was also included. Humayun had defeated all Afghans including Sher Khan ( Sher Shah) and by an agreement the <a href="/wiki/Chunar_Fort" title="Chunar Fort">Chunar Fort</a> gave to him by Humayun. In 1539, the district once again fell to the Afghan under Sher Khan who defeated Humayun at <a href="/wiki/Chausa" title="Chausa">Chausa</a> and assumed the title of <a href="/wiki/Sher_Shah_Suri" title="Sher Shah Suri">Sher Shah</a> at <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a>. <a href="/wiki/Maharaja_Kam_Dev_Misir" title="Maharaja Kam Dev Misir">Kam Dev's</a> brother name as Dham Dev who lived at Maa khamakhya Dham near <a href="/wiki/Gahmar" title="Gahmar">Gahmar</a> also helped <a href="/wiki/Sher_Shah_Suri" title="Sher Shah Suri">Sher Shah Suri</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chausa" title="Battle of Chausa">battle of Chausa</a>. Ghazipur had gone to the <a href="/wiki/Sur_Empire" title="Sur Empire">house of Sur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the meanwhile <a href="/wiki/Humayun" title="Humayun">Humayun</a> reoccupied his lost kingdom but died soon after. His young son, <a href="/wiki/Akbar" title="Akbar">Akbar</a>, made himself the master of Hindustan after the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Panipat" title="Second Battle of Panipat">battle of Panipat</a>. The Afghans continued to hold sway in the east, including this district till 1559, Ali Quli Khan urf Khan Zaman subdued the region for his young sovereign and founded the town of <a href="/wiki/Zamania" title="Zamania">Zamania</a>, bringing the district of Ghazipur into his possession. In early 1565, Khan Zaman rebelled against Akbar, then Akbar crushed him and the government of <a href="/wiki/Ghazipur" title="Ghazipur">Ghazipur</a> was then given to <a href="/wiki/Khan-i-Khanan" class="mw-redirect" title="Khan-i-Khanan">Munim Khan Khan-i-Khanan</a> who administered his territories with great success for many years. After Munim Khan the charge was Given to Sarkar Dewan Raja Quttul Khan jagirdar during late rule of Akbar in 1600 and then to Quttul's cousin, Daud Khan. Quttul Khan was a Sarkar or Governor of Ghazipur Sarkar, <a href="/wiki/Dewan" title="Dewan">Dewan</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Jagir" title="Jagir">Jagirdar</a> of Ghazipur. After the death of Quttul his cousin handled all the post. Both brother belonged to Kamsar region of Ghazipur which back then was a large Raja Zamindarana estate and had many <a href="/wiki/Jagir" title="Jagir">jagirs</a> under it during Mughal and Nawab times. In Akbar's time the Ghazipur government had great importance. After the death of <a href="/wiki/Aurangzeb" title="Aurangzeb">Aurangzeb</a> in 1707, as his successor <a href="/wiki/Bahadur_Shah_I" title="Bahadur Shah I">Bahadur Shah I</a> he brought Ghazipur directly under his sway. During Aurangzeb a large part of Ghazipur and Kamsar-O-Bar jagirs were given to Raja Deendar Khan, the founder of <a href="/wiki/Dildarnagar,_Ghazipur" class="mw-redirect" title="Dildarnagar, Ghazipur">Dildarnagar</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nawabs_period">Nawabs period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghazipur_district&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Nawabs period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A considerable change occurred in this area when <a href="/wiki/Saadat_Ali_Khan_I" title="Saadat Ali Khan I">Sadat Ali Khan</a> was made <a href="/wiki/Subedar" title="Subedar">subedar</a> of <a href="/wiki/Awadh" title="Awadh">Avadh</a> in 1722. Ghazipur thus passed under the sway of the <a href="/wiki/Nawab" title="Nawab">Nawab</a> of <a href="/wiki/Awadh" title="Awadh">Awadh</a>.During Sadat Ali Khan the Ghazipur had its Nawab name as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nawab_Sheikh_Abdullah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nawab Sheikh Abdullah (page does not exist)">Nawab Sheikh Abdullah</a> and later his son <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nawal_Fazal_Ali_Khan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nawal Fazal Ali Khan (page does not exist)">Nawal Fazal Ali Khan</a>. While Sheikh Abdullah's uncle name Mir Rustam Ali Khan was a <a href="/wiki/Subahdar" title="Subahdar">Nizam</a> of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Banaras_Subah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Banaras Subah (page does not exist)">Banaras Subah</a>. Sheikh Abdullah's family were also the rulers of <a href="/wiki/Qasimabad_Estate" title="Qasimabad Estate">Qasimabad Estate</a>. After the defeat of combined armies of <a href="/wiki/Awadh" title="Awadh">Avadh</a>, emperor, <a href="/wiki/Mir_Qasim" title="Mir Qasim">Mir Qasim</a>, and administrator of <a href="/wiki/Ghazipur" title="Ghazipur">Ghazipur</a> <a href="/wiki/Balwant_Singh_of_Benares" class="mw-redirect" title="Balwant Singh of Benares">Balwant Singh</a> against British <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Buxar" title="Battle of Buxar">battle at Buxar</a> (23 October 1764) a treaty made between <a href="/wiki/Shah_Alam" title="Shah Alam">Shah Alam</a> and British at Varanasi on 29 October, whereby the province of Banaras including Ghazipur was transferred to <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>. In 1765, an agreement made between <a href="/wiki/Robert_Clive" title="Robert Clive">Robert Clive</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shuja-ud-Daula" title="Shuja-ud-Daula">Shuja-ud-Daula</a> whereby the latter agreed to restore the territory of Ghazipur to <a href="/wiki/Balwant_Singh_of_Benares" class="mw-redirect" title="Balwant Singh of Benares">Balwant Singh</a>. After death of Balwant Singh on 23 August 1770, his son <a href="/wiki/Chait_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Chait Singh">Chait Singh</a> succeeded. In September 1773, the confirmation of Chait Singh in his paternal state was made by the <a href="/wiki/Shuja-ud-Daula" title="Shuja-ud-Daula">Shuja-ud-Daula</a> in presence of <a href="/wiki/Warren_Hastings" title="Warren Hastings">Warren Haistings</a>. In 1775, a treaty between <a href="/wiki/Asaf-ud-Daula" title="Asaf-ud-Daula">Asaf-ud-Daula</a> and East India Company was made by which Ghazipur to cede to the company but the administrative power of Chait Singh remained much the same as before. But in 1781 he was deposed.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_era">British era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghazipur_district&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: British era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The administrative controls were transferred from a deposed Raja Chait Singh to the resident by the revenue policy of <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Duncan_(currency_reformer)" title="Jonathan Duncan (currency reformer)">Jonathan Dunean</a>. A police force was established at Ghazipur and by 1787 its control was vested in the newly appointed judge. Reforms were initiated by the legislation of 1795 and most important event is the constitution of Ghazipur district in 1818. In 1858, Ghazipur came under direct control of British. But the British also had to face a large rebel on 6th Jun 1858 by Sikarwar Rajputs, under the leadership of Thakur Meghar Singh of <a href="/wiki/Gahmar" title="Gahmar">Gahmar</a>, and rebels by <a href="/wiki/Dildarnagar_Kamsar" title="Dildarnagar Kamsar">Kamsaar Pathans</a> under the leadership of Raja Khuda Bhaksh Khan of <a href="/wiki/Dewaitha" title="Dewaitha">Dewaitha</a> etc. <a href="/wiki/Kunwar_Singh" title="Kunwar Singh">Kunwar Singh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Babu_Amar_Singh" title="Babu Amar Singh">Amar Singh</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jagdishpur_estate" title="Jagdishpur estate">Jagdishpur</a> also influenced the region. Meghar Singh personally presented Amar Singh with a nazrana or gift worth Rs 20,000. During the mutiny the garrison at Ghazipur, however was the 65th native infantry which had returned from <a href="/wiki/Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma">Burma</a> but had not been affected by the representatives of the rebel leaders. In spite of the bad example set in other stations the men remained loyal to the British. The company also established an <a href="/wiki/Opium" title="Opium">opium</a> factory in the main city of Ghazipur in year 1820.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghazipur_district&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;margin:0.5em auto;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1853</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">949,650</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1865</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">811,237</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.30%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1872</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">786,138</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.45%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1881</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">912,206</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.67%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1891</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">970,029</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.62%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">857,830</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.22%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">788,298</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.84%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">781,333</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.09%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">824,721</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.54%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1941</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">985,081</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.79%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,140,932</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.48%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,321,578</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.48%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,531,654</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.49%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,944,669</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.42%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2,416,617</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+2.20%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,037,582</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.31%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,620,268</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.77%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">source:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religions in Ghazipur district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:89.32%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">89.32%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Islam in Uttar Pradesh">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:10.17%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">10.17%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:grey; width:0.41%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.41%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2011_census_of_India" title="2011 census of India">2011 census</a> Ghazipur district has a <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_India" title="Demographics of India">population</a> of 3,620,268,<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> roughly equal to the nation of <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a><sup id="cite_ref-cia_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the US state of <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This gives it a ranking of 79th in India (out of a total of <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of India">640</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Out of the total population males are 1,856,584 and females are 1,766,143. The area of the district is 3,378 km<sup>2</sup> and it constitute 1.82% of the population of Uttar Pradesh. It has a population density of 1,072 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,780/sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/Family_planning_in_India" title="Family planning in India">population growth rate</a> over the decade 2001–2011 was 19.26%.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ghazipur has a <a href="/wiki/Sex_ratio" title="Sex ratio">sex ratio</a> of 951 <a href="/wiki/Women_in_India" title="Women in India">females</a> for every 1,000 males,<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">literacy rate</a> of 74.27% (higher than the national average of 74.04%). Male literacy is 85.77% and female literacy is 62.29%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 20.07% and 0.79% of the population respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 92.44% of the total population is rural and 7.56% is urban. Out of the total population of 3,622,727, rural population is 3,348,855 and urban population is 273,872 (7.56%). Average literacy of rural population is 73.62% and that of urban population is 82.05%.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghazipur_district&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:grey; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 26525.698184823px; border-left-color:green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:green"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 550.48291011344px; border-left-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:orange"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:84.967188770494px 52.731175147528px 0 0; border-top-color:gold"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:gold"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Languages in Ghazipur district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-languages_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a> (66.16%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> (30.98%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> (2.80%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> Others (0.06%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>At the time of the <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 Census of India</a>, 66.16% of the population in the district spoke <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a>, 30.98% <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> and 2.80% <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> as their first language.<sup id="cite_ref-languages_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The language of the district is <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a>, although some write their language as Hindi. The Bhojpuri variant of <a href="/wiki/Kaithi" title="Kaithi">Kaithi</a> is the indigenous script of Bhojpuri language.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_media">Local media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghazipur_district&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Local media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mostly all major English, Hindi and Urdu dailies including <a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Times" title="Hindustan Times">Hindustan Times</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dainik_Jagran" title="Dainik Jagran">Dainik Jagran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amar_Ujala" title="Amar Ujala">Amar Ujala</a>, Hindustan, Rashtree Sahara. Almost all big Hindi TV news channel have stringers in the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghazipur_district&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ghazipur_divisons_map.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/Ghazipur_divisons_map.jpeg/260px-Ghazipur_divisons_map.jpeg" decoding="async" width="260" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/Ghazipur_divisons_map.jpeg/390px-Ghazipur_divisons_map.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/Ghazipur_divisons_map.jpeg/520px-Ghazipur_divisons_map.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="848" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Map showing development blocks in Ghazipur District.</figcaption></figure> <p>Ghazipur District is present in the sub-tropical region and it is best known for rice and rose cultivation. The district is also famous for Black rice. The district forms the border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Rivers in the district include the <a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gomti_River" title="Gomti River">Gomati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaangi" title="Gaangi">Gaangi</a>, Beson, <a href="/wiki/Magai" title="Magai">Magai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhainsai" title="Bhainsai">Bhainsai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamsa_River" title="Tamsa River">Tons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karmanasa_River" title="Karmanasa River">Karmanasa River</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghazipur_district&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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title="Auraiya district">Auraiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etawah_district" title="Etawah district">Etawah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farrukhabad_district" title="Farrukhabad district">Farrukhabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannauj_district" title="Kannauj district">Kannauj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanpur_Nagar_district" title="Kanpur Nagar district">Kanpur Nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanpur_Dehat_district" title="Kanpur Dehat district">Kanpur Dehat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lucknow_division" title="Lucknow division">Lucknow division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hardoi_district" title="Hardoi district">Hardoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakhimpur_Kheri_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakhimpur Kheri District">Lakhimpur Kheri</a></li> <li><a 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India">Ghaziabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hapur_district" title="Hapur district">Hapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meerut_district" title="Meerut district">Meerut</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mirzapur_division" title="Mirzapur division">Mirzapur division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mirzapur_district" title="Mirzapur district">Mirzapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant_Ravidas_Nagar_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Sant Ravidas Nagar district">Sant Ravidas Nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonbhadra_district" title="Sonbhadra district">Sonbhadra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Moradabad_division" title="Moradabad division">Moradabad division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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title="Purvanchal">Purvanchal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banaras_Hindu_University" title="Banaras Hindu University">Banaras Hindu University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varanasi_Nagar_Nigam" class="mw-redirect" title="Varanasi Nagar Nigam">Varanasi Nagar Nigam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mythology, history</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Varanasi_bombings" title="2006 Varanasi bombings">2006 Varanasi bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Varanasi_bombing" title="2010 Varanasi bombing">2010 Varanasi bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaunpur_Sultanate" title="Jaunpur Sultanate">Jaunpur Sultanate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chandauli_district" title="Chandauli district">Chandauli</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ghazipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaunpur_district" title="Jaunpur district">Jaunpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varanasi_district" title="Varanasi district">Varanasi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tehsils</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kerakat" title="Kerakat">Kerakat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaunpur,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh">Jaunpur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers, dams, lakes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a></li> <li><a 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division">Aligarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayodhya_division" title="Ayodhya division">Ayodhya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azamgarh_division" title="Azamgarh division">Azamgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bareilly_division" title="Bareilly division">Bareilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basti_division" title="Basti division">Basti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitrakoot_division" title="Chitrakoot division">Chitrakoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devipatan_division" title="Devipatan division">Devipatan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorakhpur_division" title="Gorakhpur division">Gorakhpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhansi_division" title="Jhansi division">Jhansi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanpur_division" title="Kanpur division">Kanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucknow_division" title="Lucknow division">Lucknow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meerut_division" title="Meerut division">Meerut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirzapur_division" title="Mirzapur division">Mirzapur</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Amethi_district" title="Amethi district">Amethi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amroha_district" title="Amroha district">Amroha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auraiya_district" title="Auraiya district">Auraiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azamgarh_district" title="Azamgarh district">Azamgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagpat_district" title="Bagpat district">Bagpat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahraich_district" title="Bahraich district">Bahraich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballia_district" title="Ballia district">Ballia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balrampur_district,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh">Balrampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banda_district,_India" title="Banda district, India">Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barabanki_district" title="Barabanki district">Barabanki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bareilly_district" title="Bareilly district">Bareilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basti_district" title="Basti district">Basti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadohi_district" title="Bhadohi district">Bhadohi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bijnor_district" title="Bijnor district">Bijnor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budaun_district" title="Budaun district">Budaun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulandshahr_district" title="Bulandshahr district">Bulandshahr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandauli_district" title="Chandauli district">Chandauli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitrakoot_district" title="Chitrakoot district">Chitrakoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deoria_district" title="Deoria district">Devaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etah_district" title="Etah district">Etah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etawah_district" title="Etawah district">Etawah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farrukhabad_district" title="Farrukhabad district">Farrukhabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatehpur_district" title="Fatehpur district">Fatehpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firozabad_district" title="Firozabad district">Firozabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautam_Buddha_Nagar_district" title="Gautam Buddha Nagar district">Gautam Buddha Nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghaziabad_district" title="Ghaziabad district">Ghaziabad</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ghazipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonda_district" title="Gonda district">Gonda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorakhpur_district" title="Gorakhpur district">Gorakhpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamirpur_district,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh">Hamirpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardoi_district" title="Hardoi district">Hardoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hathras_district" title="Hathras district">Hathras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalaun_district" title="Jalaun district">Jalaun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaunpur_district" title="Jaunpur district">Jaunpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhansi_district" title="Jhansi district">Jhansi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannauj_district" title="Kannauj district">Kannauj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanpur_Dehat_district" title="Kanpur Dehat district">Kanpur Dehat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanpur_Nagar_district" title="Kanpur Nagar district">Kanpur Nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasganj_district" title="Kasganj district">Kasganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaushambi_district" title="Kaushambi district">Kaushambi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushinagar_district" title="Kushinagar district">Kushinagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakhimpur_Kheri_district" title="Lakhimpur Kheri district">Lakhimpur Kheri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalitpur_district,_India" title="Lalitpur district, India">Lalitpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucknow_district" title="Lucknow district">Lucknow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharajganj_district" title="Maharajganj district">Maharajganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahoba_district" title="Mahoba district">Mahoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mainpuri_district" title="Mainpuri district">Mainpuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathura_district" title="Mathura district">Mathura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mau_district" title="Mau district">Mau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meerut_district" title="Meerut district">Meerut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirzapur_district" title="Mirzapur district">Mirzapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moradabad_district" title="Moradabad district">Moradabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzaffarnagar_district" title="Muzaffarnagar district">Muzaffarnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilibhit_district" title="Pilibhit district">Pilibhit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratapgarh_district,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh">Pratapgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayagraj_district" title="Prayagraj district">Prayagraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raebareli_district" title="Raebareli district">Raebareli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rampur_district" title="Rampur district">Rampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saharanpur_district" title="Saharanpur district">Saharanpur</a></li> <li><a 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