Auraiya District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 2051.9 Km2
Population in Auraiya (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1,372,287
Male : 736,144
Female : 636,143
Under 6 population
Total : 193,969
Male : 102,380
Female : 91,589
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 24876
In seeing : 10177
In speech : 1978
In hearing : 1164
In movement : 9478
Mental : 2079
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 322
Sex Ratio Rank : 53 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 373 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : NA
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Auraiya District
On 17th September, 1997 two tehsils named Auraiya
and Bidhuna were seperated from district Etawah to form the new
district named as Auraiya. It is situated on National Highway no.
2 (Mughal Sarai Road) and 64 km. in the east of district headquarter
of Etawah and 105 km. in west of Kanpur city.
Boundaries and Area
The district of Auraiya lies in the southwestern portion of Uttar
Pradesh 26° 21" and 27° 01" north latitude and 78° 45" and 79° 45"
east longitude and forms a part of the Kanpur Division. It is bounded
on the north by the districts of Kannauj, western border adjoins
tehsil Bharthana of the Etawah district and the district of Gwalior.
The eastern frontier marches with the district of Kanpur Dehat,
and along the south lie Jalaun. The total area according to the
statistics of 1991-92 is calculated to be 2054 square kilometer.
Temperature
After February there is a steady increase in temperature. May is
generally the hottest month with the mean daily maximum temperature
at about 42 °C and the mean daily minimum at about 26 °C. The nights
are warmer in June than in May. The heat in the summer is intense
and the hot, dry and dust-laden westerly winds which are common
in the hot season make the weather severely trying. In this season
maximum temperatures on individual days sometimes reach 46 °C or
over. With the onset of the south-west mansoon over the district
by about the third week of June there is appreciable drop in the
day temperature and the weather becomes more bearable. But the nights
still continue to be as warm as in the latter part of the summer.
With the with drawl of the mansoon by about the end of September
there is a slight increase in the day temperature. There is a rapid
drop in the night temperature after the with drawl of the mansoon.
After November both day and night temperatures decrease rapidly
till January, which is usually the coldest month with the mean daily
maximum temperature about 23 °C and the mean daily minimum temperature
at about 8 °C. During the cold season the district as affected by
cold waves and fog and the minimum temperature occasionally goes
down to 3 °C.
Humidity
During the rainy season the relative humidity is generally high
being over 70%. Thereafter the humidity decreases and by summer
which is the driest part of the year the relative humidities in
the afternoons become less than 30%.
Winds
Winds are generally light and are mostly from directions between
south-west and north-west. In May, the south-west mansoon season
winds on many days blows also from directions between north-east
and south-east.
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