| Lok Sabha Constituencies in Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh (MP Constituencies) | Barabanki Faizabad |
| MLA Assembly Constituencies in Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh | Barabanki Dariyabad Haidergarh Kursi Ram Nagar Zaidpur |
About Barabanki District :
The land of Barabanki district possesses a rich heritage in keeping with its glorious past. This district since its inception has been the meditorium for numerous saints and ascetics, sanctum sanctorum of ‘Sadhna’ for the literary intellectuals and battlefield for the freedom fighters. For bringing the whole world under one umbrella, Sufi Saint Haji Waris Ali Shah of international fame, motivated people through the message of JO RAB WAHI RAM i.e. the supreme power, God is One, is the flower of this fertile land. Satnami Saint Shri Jagjiwan Das and Saint Malamat Shah lit the torch of communal harmony for the countrymen at large. The place of pilgrimage of the KANWARIYAS’ Mahadeva, the Kurukshetra of Mahabharat and the Parijaat tree – the animate symbols of Mahabharat era are also present as mile stones of the spiritual tilt of this sacred land of Barabanki district
At a Glance :
| S No. | Item | Units | Year | Value |
| 1. | Geographical Area | Sq. Km. | 2011 | 3891.5 |
| 2. | Population | |||
| Male | In thousand | 2011 | 1707 | |
| Female | In thousand | 2011 | 1554 | |
| Total | In thousand | 2011 | 3261 | |
| Rural | In thousand | 2011 | 2930 | |
| Urban | In thousand | 2011 | 331 | |
| Schedule Caste | In thousand | 2011 | 865 | |
| Schedule Tribes | In thousand | 2011 | .61 | |
| 3. | No. of Literates | |||
| Total | In thousand | 2011 | 1692.46 | |
| Male | In thousand | 2011 | 1010.52 | |
| Female | In thousand | 2011 | 681.94 | |
| 4. | No. of Tehsils | No. | 2013-14 | 6 |
| 5. | Development Blocks | No. | 2013-14 | 15 |
| 6. | Nyay Panchayat | No. | 2013-14 | 136 |
| 7. | Gram Sabha | No. | 2013-14 | 1002 |
| 8. | No. of Village | |||
| No. of habitated Village | No. | 2013-14 | 1817 | |
| No. of Inhabitated Village | No. | 2013-14 | 22 | |
| Total | No. | 2013-14 | 1839 | |
| 9. | Towns and Cities | No. | 2013-14 | 15 |
| 10. | Municipal Corporation | No. | 2013-14 | – |
| 11. | Nagar Palika Parishad | No. | 2013-14 | 1 |
| 12. | Cantt. Area | No. | 2013-14 | 0 |
| 13. | Nagar Panchayat | No. | 2013-14 | 11 |
| 14. | Census Town | No. | 2011 | 3 |
| 15. | Police Station | |||
| Rural | No. | 2013-14 | 12 | |
| Urban | No. | 2013-14 | 10 | |
| 16. | Bus Station/Bus Stop | No. | 2013-14 | 93 |
| 17. | Railway Station/Halt | No. | 2013-14 | 19 |
| 18. | Length of Railway Line | |||
| Broad Gauge | Km. | 2013-14 | 131 | |
| Narrow Gauge | Km. | 2013-14 | – | |
| 19. | Post Office | |||
| Urban | No. | 2013-14 | 19 | |
| Rural | No. | 2013-14 | 341 | |
| 20. | Telegraph Office | No. | 2013-14 | 0 |
| 21. | Telephone Connections | No. | 2013-14 | 6541 |
| 22. | Commercial Branches | |||
| Nationalised Bank Branches | No. | 2013-14 | 111 | |
| Others | No. | 2013-14 | 33 | |
| 23. | Rural Bank Branches | No. | 2013-14 | 86 |
| 24. | Co-operative Bank Branches | No. | 2013-14 | 19 |
| 25. | Co-operative Agriculture and Village Development Branches | No. | 2013-14 | 6 |
| 26. | Fair Price Shops | |||
| Rural | No. | 2013-14 | 1168 | |
| Urban | No. | 2013-14 | 124 | |
| 27. | Bio-gas Plants | No. | 2013-14 | 5460 |
| 28. | Cold Storage | No. | 2013-14 | 20 |
| 29. | Agriculture | |||
| Net Sown Area | Thous.Hect. | 2012-13 | 256 | |
| Net Irrigated Area | Thous.Hect. | 2012-13 | 232 | |
| Gross Irrigated Area | Thous.Hect. | 2012-13 | 471 | |
| 30. | Agriculture Production | |||
| Food Grains | Thous. M.Ton | 2012-13 | 1197 | |
| Sugarcane | Thous. M.Ton | 2012-13 | 564 | |
| Oilseeds | Thous. M.Ton | 2012-13 | 15 | |
| Potato | Thous. M.Ton | 2012-13 | 245 | |
| 31. | Climate | |||
| General Rainfall | MM | 2013 | 738 | |
| Actual Rainfall | MM | 2013 | 831 | |
| Maximum Temperature | °C | 2011-12 | 44.5 | |
| Minimum Temperature | °C | 2011-12 | 5.1 | |
| 32. | Irrigation | |||
| Length of Canal | Km. | 2013-14 | 1706 | |
| Government Tubewell | No. | 2013-14 | 303 | |
| Personal Tubewells and Pump Sets | No. | 2013-14 | 104668 | |
| 33. | Animal Husbandry | |||
| Total Live Stock | No. | 2007 | 1097805 | |
| Veterinary Hospital | No. | 2013-14 | 46 | |
| Live Stock Service Center | No. | 2013-14 | 65 | |
| Artificial Insemination Center | No. | 2013-14 | 112 | |
| 34. | Co-operative | |||
| Primary Co-operative Agriculture Loan Societies | No. | 2013-14 | 136 | |
| Members of Societies | In Thousand | 2013-14 | 165.41 | |
| 35. | Industry | |||
| No. of Running Factories Registered under the Industrial Act 1948 | No. | 2010-11 | 106 | |
| Small Scale Industries | No. | 2013-14 | 506 | |
| Workers | 2013-14 | 1797 | ||
| 36. | Education | |||
| Primary Basic Schools | No. | 2013-14 | 2359 | |
| Senior Basic Schools | No. | 2013-14 | 932 | |
| Higher Secondary Schools | No. | 2013-14 | 209 | |
| Degree Colleges | No. | 2013-14 | 19 | |
| Post Graduate College | No. | 2013-14 | 3 | |
| University | No. | 2013-14 | 1 | |
| Teacher Training Centre | No. | 2013-14 | 2 | |
| Engineering College | No. | 2013-14 | 6 | |
| Medical College | No. | 2013-14 | 3 | |
| Industrial Training Institute | No. | 2013-14 | 3 | |
| 37. | Public Health | |||
| Hospitals | ||||
| Allopathic | No. | 2013-14 | 3 | |
| Ayurvedic | No. | 2013-14 | 22 | |
| Homeopathic | No. | 2013-14 | 17 | |
| Unani | No. | 2013-14 | 7 | |
| Primary Health Center | No. | 2013-14 | 74 | |
| Community Health Center | No. | 2013-14 | 25 | |
| Family Welfare Center | No. | 2013-14 | 29 | |
| Family Welfare Sub-Center | No. | 2013-14 | 372 | |
| Special Hospitals | ||||
| Tuberculosis | No. | 2013-14 | 1 | |
| Leprosy | No. | 2013-14 | 1 | |
| Communicable Diseases | No. | 2013-14 | 1 | |
| 38. | Length of Metal Road | Km. | 2013-14 | 3933 |
| Total Length of Road constructed by PWD | Km. | 2013-14 | 3101 | |
| 39. | Electricity | |||
| Total Electrified Villages | No. | 2013-14 | 1686 | |
| Total Electrified Towns/Cities | No. | 2013-14 | 15 | |
| Electrified Schedule Caste localities | No. | 2003-14 | 2056 | |
| 40. | Area covered under water supply using taps/ handpumps of India Mark-2 | |||
| Village | No. | 2013-14 | 1817 | |
| Towns/City | No. | 2013-14 | 14 | |
| Total No. of lacking villages | No. | 2013-14 | – | |
| 41. | Entertainment | |||
| Cinema Halls | No. | 2013-14 | 5 | |
| Total No. of seats in Halls | No. | 2013-14 | 1510 | |
Tourist Places :
Mahadeva :
Bam-bhole,bam-bam-bhole resounding with the devotees moving in groups with Kanwar on their shoulders is famous for Lord Shiva’s Lodheshwar temple where the wishes of the devotees are being fulfilled since time immemorial and continues to be so even today. Even today, the people flock in lakhs to this place in the month of Bam-bhole,bam-bam-bhole resounding with the devotees moving in groups with Kanwar on their shoulders is famous for Lord Shiva’s Lodheshwar temple where the wishes of the devotees are being fulfilled since time immemorial and continues to be so even today. Even today, the people flock in lakhs to this place in the month of
Mahadeva Temple
Phalgun every year i.e. on the occasion of Mahashivratri to worship and offer water to the famous shivling. This ancient Shiv temple is situated at village Mahadeva in tehsil Ram Nagar of district Barabanki on the banks of Ghaghra. Lodheshwar Mahadev has ancient history to its credit. The Shivling in this temple being one of the exotic and rarest of the 52 shivlings on the surface of earth.
Dewa :
The pilgrim town of Dewa is situated just 42 Kms. from Lucknow and 12 Kms. from the district headquarters of Barabanki in the heart of erstwhile ‘Awadh’. This is the birth place of Haji Waris Ali Shah who was to influence the lives of many generations of people with his message of universal love for humanity. Haji Waris Ali Shah came of a family of Husaini Syeds, and was born in thefirst quarter of the 19th century. His father Syed Qurban Ali Shah died in his early childhood. Hindus held him in high esteem and regarded him as a perfect Sufi and a follower of Vedanta. Haji Saheb left for his heavenly abode on 7th April, 1905. He was buried at the spot where he died and this place is marked by a splendid monument erected in his memory by some of his devoted followers, both Hindus and Muslims. Every year Urs is held at the scared tomb in the month of ‘Safar’ (July). Haji Waris Ali Shah organized ‘Urs’ of his father in the month of Kartik (October-November) where a big fair known by the name ‘Dewa Mela ‘ is held to commemorate the Saints. Pilgrims from all parts of the country and abroad come to pay their homage to the great Sufi Saints, Haji Waris Ali Shah and his father Qurban Ali Shah. A big cattle market is the highlight of the Fair. A good variety of cultural programmes are organized during the Fair including an All India Mushaira, Kavi Sammelan, Music Conference, Manas Sammelan, Seeratun Nabi etc. Sports loving people find great pleasure in events like Hockey, Volleyball, Badminton, Athletics, etc. Hundreds of brightly lit and decorated shops offer a variety of handicrafts, household utility items, toys, delicious snacks and exotic sweetmeats. A brilliant display of Fireworks marks the conclusion of the 10 days Fair.
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