Kasganj district

The district lies in the cultural region of Braj. Kasganj was established on 17 April 2008 by separating Kasganj, Patiali and Sahawar tehsils from Etah district. For a while, the district was named after a politician, Kanshi Ram. The decision taken by Mayawati, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and president of the BSP provoked protests by lawyers who had proposed to call it in honor of Sant Sant Tulsidas, who was born in the district, that place known as Soron (Sukarkshetra).{{Cite web |url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20080416/933585.html |title=Lawyers against naming new Kasganj district after Kanshi Ram |access-date=20 May 2015 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011244/http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20080416/933585.html |url-status=dead }} The district reverted to its original name in 2012.{{cite web|title=Important Cabinet Decisions|url=http://information.up.nic.in/View_engnews.aspx?id=54|publisher=Information and Public Relations Department|access-date=17 January 2013|location=Lucknow|archive-date=24 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024154715/http://information.up.nic.in/View_engnews.aspx?id=54|url-status=dead}} Adjacent districts of Kasganj are Aligarh, Budaun, Etah, Farrukhabad and Atrauli Tehsil.

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,86,383|13=1911|14=3,89,747|15=1921|16=3,71,135|17=1931|18=3,84,897|19=1941|20=4,40,490|21=1951|22=5,02,930|23=1961|24=5,88,879|25=1971|26=6,99,806|27=1981|28=826616|29=1991|30=9,91,289|31=2001|32=12,28,705|33=2011|34=14,36,719|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]|align=center}}

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According to the 2011 census Kasganj district has a population of 1,436,719,{{cite web |year=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Kasganj |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1240/download/3974/DH_2011_0971_PART_A_DCHB_KANSHIRAM_NAGAR.pdf |access-date= |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}} roughly equal to the nation of Eswatini{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Swaziland 1,370,424}} or the US state of Hawaii.{{cite web

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|archive-date=1 January 2011 }} This gives it a ranking of 345th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of {{convert|736|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 17.05%. Kasganj has a sex ratio of 879 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 62.3%. 20.06% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes make up 17.70% of the population.

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|label2 = Urdu |value2 = 8.27 |color2 = green

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At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 91.45% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 8.27% Urdu as their first language.{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10224/download/13336/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}} The local languages are Brajbhasha and Kannauji.

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://kasganj.nic.in/ Official Website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120905041746/http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/District/KanshiRamN.htm District Court of Kanshi Ram Nagar]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160910020110/http://www.kanshiramnagar.nic.in/election/pdf/1.pdf Detailed district profile]

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|Southeast = Farrukhabad district

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|Southwest = Hathras district

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