Sultanpur district is a district in the Awadh region of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Ayodhya division of the state. The administrative headquarters of the district is Sultanpur city. The total area of Sultanpur district is 2672.89 Sq. km.
As of 2011, Sultanpur district has a population of 2,249,036 people.
History
At the time of the Ain-i-Akbari, the area now covered by Sultanpur district was divided between the sarkars of Awadh, Lucknow, and Jaunpur, all in the subah of Awadh, as well as the sarkar of Manikpur in the subah of Allahabad. Sultanpur itself was one of the mahals, or parganas, that made up the sarkar of Awadh; it corresponded to the later pargana of Miranpur, minus its southern portion which in Akbar's day formed part of the Kathot mahal in Manikpur.|align=center
Sultanpur district (after bifurcation) had a population of 2,249,036. 6.53% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes made up 481,735 (21.42%) of the population.
The 2011 Indian census used the old district boundaries, where Sultanpur district consisted of Amethi, Gauriganj, Jaisinghpur, Kadipur, Lambhua, Musafirkhana, and Sultanpur sub-districts (tehsils). When Amethi district was created, Amethi, Gauriganj, and Musafirkhana sub-districts were moved to Amethi district. The effect of this change is shown in the table below as "new boundaries" - it does not take account of Baldirai sub-district, which did not exist at the time of the 2011 census. The language spoken by the denizens of the district is Awadhi, a dialect in the Hindi continuum spoken by over 38 million people in the Awadh region.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 70.03% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 25.38% Awadhi and 4.35% Urdu as their first language.
Religion
Sultanpur has a majority-Hindu population. Muslims are more concentrated in urban areas. The Amethi, Musafirkhana, and Gauriganj tehsils form part of the Amethi district, which was formed on 1 July 2010. District has one municipality, four town areas and 14 development blocks. Besides Sultanpur city, important towns are Dostpur, Kadipur, Koeripur, Lambhua. Sultanpur is divided into 19 police stations for the maintenance of law and order.
The subdivisions of Sultanpur district are:
- Baldirai tehsil
- Baldirai block
- Dhanpatganj block
- Sultanpur Sadar tehsil
- Kurebhar block (part)
- Kurwar block
- Dubeypur block
- Jaisinghpur tehsil
- Jaisinghpur block
- Motigarpur block
- Bhadaiya block
- Kurebhar block (part)
- Dostpur block (part)
- Lambhua tehsil
- Lambhua block
- Pratappur Kamaicha block
- Kadipur tehsil
- Dostpur block (part)
- Kadipur block
- Akhand Nagar block
- Karaundi Kala block
Municipalitites
The district has municipalities for one city and four towns.
1. Nagar Palika Parishad, Sultanpur (Sultanpur city)
2. Nagar Panchayat, Lambhua
3. Nagar Panchayat, Dostpur
4. Nagar Panchayat, Kadipur
5. Nagar Panchayat, Koiripur
Villages
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There are total 1727 villages in the 5 tehsils of Sultanpur district.
- Shukul Bazar
Education
Colleges
- Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology
- Government Polytechnic Kenaura Sultanpur
Notable people
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- Prem Adib, actor from Sultanpur city
- Sripati Mishra, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Kumar Kartikeya, Indian Cricketer, plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL since 2022
- Ajmal Sultanpuri, Urdu poet native of Harakhpur village
- Majrooh Sultanpuri, Urdu poet and lyricist in India's Hindi language film industry
- Sanjay Singh, politician and Rajya Sabha member
- D. P. Tripathi, politician and former general secretary of the Nationalist Congress Party, from Sultanpur city
See also
- Ayodhya district
- Jaunpur district