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Uttar Pradesh at a Glance

Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state of India. It is situated in the northern part of India and shares boundary with Uttarakhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and an international border with Nepal. Uttar Pradesh was created on 1 April 1937 as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh during British rule and was renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950. Here, we are giving important information on Uttar Pradesh, which is very useful as GK study material for the preparation of competitive examinations like Banking/Insurance, UPSC-Prelims, SSC, State Services, NDA, CDS, Railways, and Other Exams.

Quick Facts about Uttar Pradesh-

	Capital city	Lucknow
	Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
	Governor	Ram Naik
	High Court	Allahabad High Court
	International Borders	Nepal
	Number of Districts	75
	Specialty of State	Agricultural Produce
	Hon’ble Justice of Allahabad High Court	Govind Mathur
	Formation	24th January 1950
	Total Area	243,290 km2 (93,930 sq mitre)
	Area Rank	4th
	Population	199,812,341
	Population rank	1st
	Literacy Rate	67.68%
	Sex Ratio	930 (female)/1000 (male)
	Legislative Assembly	404 Seats
	Lower House (Lok Sabha)	80 Seats
	Upper House (Rajya Sabha)	41 Seats
	Language	Hindi, Urdu, Awadhi, Braj, Bhojpuri, Bundelkhandi
	River	Betwa River, Chambal River, Dhasan River, Gandak, Ganga, Ghaghara, Gomti, Ken River, Ramganga, Son River, Tons, Yamuna
	Dam	Rihand Dam or Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar(Rihand River ), Matatila Dam(River Betwa), The Rajghat Dam (Betwa River)
	Stadium	The K D Singh Babu Stadium (Lucknow), Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium (Lucknow) Green park Stadium (Kanpur)
	Festival	Kumbh Mela, Taj Mahotsav
	Folk Dance	Mayur Nritya or Peacock Dance, Rasleela
	National Park	Dudhwa National park (Lakhimpur-Kheri district)
	State animal-	Swamp deer
	State bird	Sarus crane
	State tree	Ashoka
	State flower	Palash
	Famous Universities	Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
	State dance-	Kathak
	State sport	Field hockey
	Places of Historical and Tourist Interest	Agra, Mathura-Vrindavan, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Allahabad, Buddhist Circuit (Kaushambi, Kapilvastu, Kushinagar, Sankisa, Shravasti, Sarnath), Chitrakoot, Lucknow, Jhansi, etc.
	International Airport	Lucknow (Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport), Varanasi (Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport)
	Tribes	Agariya, Aheria, Baiga Tribe, Bind Tribe, Patari
	Waterfalls in UP	Mukkha Fall, Rajdari Waterfall, Devdari Waterfall, Lakhaniya Hills & Waterfall
	Famous Personalities Born in Uttar Pradesh	Amitabh Bachchan, Rajnath Singh, Piyush Chawla, Suresh Raina, Anushka Sharma, Ram Nath Kovind, Disha Patani, Naseeruddin Shah
	Highest Mountain Peaks in UP	Amsot Peak 957m (3,140 ft)
	UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Uttar Pradesh	Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri
	Geographical Indication of Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi Glass Beads, Lucknow Chikan Craft, Mango Malihabadi Dusseheri, Banaras Brocades, and Saris
	institutions of higher education in Uttar Pradesh	Indian Institute of Information Technology- Allahabad, National Institute of Fashion Technology- Raebareli, Central Drug Research Institute- Lucknow, SIDBI- Lucknow

Important Temples/Archeological Monuments/Sites:

Sl.No.	Temple/ Archeological Monument/ Site	Located in/near
1.	Taj Mahal	Agra
2.	Kashi Vishwanath Temple	Varanasi
3.	Tulsi Manas Temple	Varanasi
4.	Hanuman Setu Temple	Lucknow
5.	Sri Radha Govinda Temple	Vrindavan
6.	Ram Janmabhoomi	Ayodhya
7.	Triveni Sangam	Allahabad
8.	Sankat Mochan	Varanasi
9.	Sarnath Temple	Varanasi
10.	Manikarnika Ghat	Varanasi
11.	Tomb of Akbar the Great	Agra
12.	Agra Fort	Agra
13.	Banke Bihari Temple	Vrindavan
14.	Bharat Mata Mandir	Varanasi
15.	Bada Imambara	Lucknow
16.	Jhansi Fort	Jhansi
17.	Jama Mosque	Jaunpur
18.	Chunar Fort	Varanasi
19.	Residency	Lucknow
20.	Vicotria Memorial	Lucknow
21.	Dhamek Stupa	Varanasi
22.	Fatehpur Sikri	Agra
23.	Krishna Janmbhoomi	Mathura

Nick Names/Special Titles of Cities:

Sl.No.	City	Nick Name
1.	Agra	City of Taj
2.	Allahabad	Sangam City Abode of God
3.	Kannauj	Grasse of the East Perfume Capital of India Harsh Vardhan City
4.	Kanpur	Leather City of the World Manchester of the East
5.	Lucknow	City of Nawabs Shiraz-e-Hind Constantinople of the East
6.	Varanasi	Spiritual Capital of India The oldest city in the world

Thermal Power Plant- Singrauli Super Thermal Power Plant, National Capital Power Station (Dadri), Rihand Super Thermal Power Project (Sonbhadra district), Anpara Thermal Power Station (Anpara in Sonbhadra district), Obra Thermal Power Project, Rosa Power Plant (Shahjahanpur), Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant, National Capital Thermal Power Plant (Gautam Budh Nagar)

Nuclear Power Plant- Narora Atomic Power Station (NAPS)

Wildlife Sanctuary- The Bakhira Bird Sanctuary, The Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, The Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary, Kaimoor Wildlife Sanctuary, TheKishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary, Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary, Mahavir Swami Sanctuary, The Okhla Bird Sanctuary, The ParvatiAranga Bird Sanctuary , Patna Vihar Bird Sanctuary, Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary, Saman Bird Sanctuary, Samaspur Sanctuary, Sandi Bird Sanctuary, Sohagi Barwa Wildlife Sanctuary, Suhelwa Wildlife Sanctuary, Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Jai Prakash Narain Bird Sanctuary, Kachhua Sanctuary, Vijai Sagar Sanctuary , Pilibhit Tiger Reserve.

Lakes in Uttar Pradesh-

Ramgarhtaal and Chiluataal- Gorakhpur
Bakhira Jheel- Sant Kabir Nagar
Karela and Etauja Jheel- Lucknow
Nawabgunj Jheel, Kundra Samundra- Unnao
Badataal (Gokhur)- Shahjahanpur
Payag Jheel- Bahraich
Aranga Parvati Jheel Bird Sanctuary- Gonda
Jirgo and Tirsi Lake, Tanda darti Taal (Drargart)- Mirzapur
Bhugetaal and Visaithataal- Raibareli
Liloor Jheel- Bareli
Thithoora Jheel, Morai Taal- Fatehpur
Beti, Ajgara and Nuiya Jheel- Pratapgarh
Surha Taal- Balia
Moti and Gaur Jheel- Rampur
Shukrataal- Muzzafanagar
Raamtaal- Meerut
Kimath Taal- Agra
Sheikh Jheel (In the process to develop in the form of National Bird Sanctuary)- Aligarh
Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar (Artificial lake)- Sonbhadra
Alwara Jheel (The arrival site of foreign birds)- Koshambi
Aundhi Taal- Varanasi
Raja ka Bandh, laundhi and Bhojpur Taal- Sultanpur
Darwan Jheel- Faizabad
Bal Hapara- Kanpur
Lakshmi Taal, Baruasagar and Bhasneh- Jhansi
Sagar Taal- Badaun
Madan Sagar- Mahoba
Pangaili Fulhar or Gomti Taal- Pilibhit
Dahar Jheel, Bhijwaan Jheel- Hardoi
Devaria Taal- Kannauj
Bhakha Jheel- Etawah
Sita Kund (Misrikh), Chakra Kund (Naumish)- Sitapur
Bharatkund- Ayodhya
Radhakund, Shyamkund, Govindkund and Mansi Ganga Kund- Govardhan, Mathura
Nauh Jheel- Mathura

Union Ministers from Uttar Pradesh-

Narendra Modi- Varanasi (Prime Minister)
Raj Nath Singh- Lucknow (Minister of Home Affairs)
Uma Bharti- Jhansi (Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation)
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi- Pilibhit (Minister of Women and Child Development)
Mahesh Sharma- Gautam Buddha Nagar (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change)
Santosh Kumar Gangwar- Bareilly (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment)
Manoj Sinha- Ghazipur (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways)
Shiv Pratap Shukla- Rajya Sabha (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance)