International Research journal of Management Sociology & Humanities
( ISSN 2277 - 9809 (online) ISSN 2348 - 9359 (Print) ) New DOI : 10.32804/IRJMSH
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ECONOMIC CONDITION IN U.P
1 Author(s): DR. S. SHUJAT HUSAIN
Vol - 6, Issue- 5 , Page(s) : 209 - 213 (2015 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH
Uttar Pradesh is often described as the “Hindi– speaking heartland” of India. The State has a population of 16.61 crore as per 2001 census and a geo graphical area of 2.41 lakh sq. km. Its share in total area of the Country is 7.3 per cent, while its share in country’s population is 16.2 per cent. Nearly 80 per cent population of U.P. resides in rural area spread over 97942 inhabited villages. The State is now organized into 71 districts, 311 tehsils and 820 development blocks. It is divided into four economic regions viz. Western region, Central region, Eastern region and Bundelkhand. The first three regions fall in the Gangetic plains, while Bundelkhand forms part of the southern plateau.