Uttar Pradesh
Indian state
Indian state
Uttar Pradesh, lit. "Northern Province"; formerly known as United Provinces, abbr. UP is a state located in northern India. Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. On 9 November 2000, a new state, Uttarakhand, was carved from the mountainous Himalayan region of Uttar Pradesh.
The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the west, Haryana and Delhi to the northwest, Uttarakhand and the country of Nepal to the north, Bihar to the east, Jharkhand to the southeast, and Madhya Pradesh to the southwest. It covers 93,933 square miles (243,290 km2), equal to 6.88% of the total area of India, and is the fifth largest Indian state by area. With over 200 million inhabitants as of 2011, it is the most populous state in the country as well as the most populous country subdivision in the whole world.
Capital: Lucknow Population : (2011) 199,581,477
Districts : 75
total Literacy : 69.72%
Area: 243,286 km2
(93,933 sq mi) Official language : Hindi
,Urdu
Website: upgov.nic.in