| Voice of Lucknow : Isha
Upadahya
Lucknow District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Analysis Geographical Area : 2528.0 Km2
Population in Lucknow (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 4,588,455
Male : 2,407,897
Female : 2,180,558
Under 6 population
Total : 521,815
Male : 272,810
Female : 249,005
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 68182
In seeing : 33202
In speech : 5672
In hearing : 2588
In movement : 18696
Mental : 8024
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : Does not figure in list of 447 backward
districts
Sex Ratio Rank : 125
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 66 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 221 (Census 2001)
Minority : Yes
Brief About Lucknow District
Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh
is situated 123 Mts. above sea level. It is situated
on 26.30 & 27.10 North latitude and 80.30 &
81.13 East longitude. Lucknow covers an area of 2544
sq.km. It is surrounded on the eastern
side by District Barabanki, on the western
side by district Unnao, on
the southern side by Raebareli and on the northern side by Sitapur
and Hardoi districts. River Gomti flows through the city. Some of
the tributries of this river are Kukrail, Loni,Beta etc. Sai river
flows from the south of the city and in the east enters district
Raebareli. Lucknow is accessible from every part of
Indiathrough Air,Rail and Road. It is directly connected with New
Delhi, Patna, Calcutta, Mumbai, Varanasi and other major cities
by Amausi airport. Similarly city is linked to north, east, south
and west through rail and road links. Infact rail link joins Lucknow
to Pakistan via Amritsar in the west and to Bangladesh railways
in the east. The population of district Lucknow as per census 1991
is 27,62,801 lacs.
CLIMATE, FLORA FAUNA
District Lucknow has almost uniformed
tropical climate. The temperature varies from 45 celcius maximum
in summer to 5 celcius minimum in winter season. Rainfall is 100
cm. per annum. The forest area is negligible in the district. Shisham,
Dhak, Mahua, Babul, Neem, Peepal, Ashok, Khajur, Mango and Gular
trees are grown here. In fact different varieties of mangoes specially
Dashari are grown in Malihabad block of the district and exported
to other countries too. The main crops are wheat, paddy, sugarcane,
mustard, potatos, and vegetables such as cauliflower,
cabbage, tomato, brinjals are grown here. Similarly sunflowers,
roses, and marigold are cultivated on quite a large area of the
land. Apart from this many medicinal and herbal plants are also
grown here.
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