Uttar Pradesh
state in northern India
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Summary
Uttar Pradesh is a state of India[1]. It draws 44,017 Wikipedia views per month (state of india category, ranking #5 of 44).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: India[3]
- Country: India[4]
- Head of government: Yogi Adityanath[5]
- Continent: Asia[6]
- Head of state: Anandiben Patel[7]
- Capital: Lucknow[8]
- Official language: Hindi[9], Urdu[10]
- Shares border with: National Capital Territory of Delhi[11], Haryana[12], Rajasthan[13], Madhya Pradesh[14], Bihar[15], Uttarakhand[16], Himachal Pradesh[17], Chhattisgarh[18], Jharkhand[19]
- Named after: north[20]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bareilly division[21], Agra division[22], Prayagraj division[23], Saharanpur division[24], Kanpur division[25], Devipatan division[26], Gorakhpur division[27], Basti division[28], Jhansi division[29], Meerut division[30], Mirzapur division[31], Azamgarh division[32], Varanasi division[33], Lucknow division[34]
- Followed by: Uttarakhand[35]
- Legislative body: Uttar Pradesh Legislature[36]
- Commons category: Uttar Pradesh[37]
- Licence plate code: UP[38]
- Inception: January 26, 1950[39]
- Official website: http://www.up.gov.in/[40]
- Topic's main category: Category:Uttar Pradesh[41]
- Population: 246,270,000[42]
- Office held by head of government: Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh[43]
- Replaced by: Uttarakhand[44]
- Official name: उत्तर प्रदेश[45], اتر پردیش[46]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Uttar Pradesh[47]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Uttar Pradesh[48]
- Female population: 95,331,831[49]
- Male population: 104,480,510[50]
Why It Matters
Uttar Pradesh has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]