Budaun district


Badaun district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Badaun town is the district headquarters. Badaun district is a part of Bareilly division. The district covers an area of 5168 km². According to the mythological stories, Budaun was named after Ahir prince Budh.

History

The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition wrote of Badaun:
It has been noted by Prof. Goti John that this city was named "Bedamooth" in an ancient inscription Then this region was called Panchal. According to the lines on Stone Writeup there was a village "Bhadaunlak" near the city. A Muslim Historian Mr. Roz Khan Lodhi said that here the Ashoka - The Great built a Buddh Vihar & Quila and he named it BuddhMau. Geographically Badaun City is located near Holy River GANGA.

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Badaun one of the country's 251 special funded cities. It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme In The Badaun.

Divisions

The district comprises five tehsils: Badaun, Bisauli, Bilsi, Dataganj and Sahaswan.
There are six Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Bisauli, Sahaswan, Bilsi, Badaun, Shekhupur and Dataganj. While Shekhupur and Dataganj are part of Aonla Lok Sabha constituency, rest are part of Badaun Lok Sabha constituency.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Badaun district has a population of 3,681,896, roughly equal to the nation of Liberia or the US state of Oklahoma. This gives it a ranking of 71st in India. The district has a population density of. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.96%. Badaun has a sex ratio of 859 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 52.91%.
The major urban areas In the district according to March 2015 estimates are Badaun, Ujhani, Sahaswan and Kakrala
About 27% population of Badaun district is urban, 28% suburban and remaining 45% rural.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 91.28% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 8.64% Urdu as their first language.

Religion

Muslims in Badaun district have not been adequately benefited under the Indira Awas Yojana.
The town of Badaun is half Hindu and half Muslim.

Major settlements