India
Uttra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh forms a major area of the Northern fertile plain or the Indo-Gangetic plain. This area is said to have been occupied by the group of people referred to as "Dasas" by the Aryans. Their main occupation of these inhabitants was agriculture. part of Uttar Pradesh has been separated and formed into a new state Uttaranchal on November 9th 2000. The details given here are before the separation.Uttar Pradesh is bounded by Nepal on the North, Himachal Pradesh on the north west, Haryana on the west, Rajasthan on the south west, Madhya Pradesh on the south and south- west and Bihar on the east.Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in the Indian Union. Kanpur is the biggest city in the state.Other big cities are Agra, Varanasi and Allahabad.The central fact of the social order in Uttar Pradesh is the existence of the caste system among the Hindus who constitute the vast majority of the population.The important Hindu festivals of Uttar Pradesh are Navaratri, Diwali, Shivaratri, Raksha Bandhan and Janmashtami.
| Uttar Pradesh | |
|---|---|
| Area | 2,36,286 sq km |
| Population | 166,052,859 (2001) |
| Capital City | Lucknow |
| Language | Hindi & Urdu |
| Religion | Majority Hindu, 16% Muslims |
| Literacy | 57. 36% |