Sultanpur is a district in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The district is a part of Faizabad Division.It's administrative head is Sultanpur. It has an area of 1713 sq. rn. The surface is generally level, being broken only by ravines in the neighborhood of the rivers. The central portion is highly cultivated, while in the south are widespread arid plains and swampy jhils or marshes. The principal river is the Gomti River, which passes through the centre of the district and affords a valuable highway for commerce. Minor streams are the Kandu, Pili, Tengha and Nandhia, the last two being of onieimiiortanee, as their channels form the outlet for the superfluous water of the jhils, draining into the Sai. There: are ner the decade. o forests in the district, only stunted dhdk jungles used for fuel. In the population was 1,083,904, showing an increase of less than 1% over the decade.Due to its plain fertile land and irrigation facilities It has got an agricultural importance .Primarily an agricultural district, its principal crops are rice, pulses, wheat, barley, sugarcane and a little poppy. Jagdishpur is the main industrial area in the district with BHEL(Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited), Indo gulf (urea factory) and some leather factories established in that area . Apart from these the district also has Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) testing centre located in Korwa near Munshiganj and ACC cement factory in Gauriganj. The main line of the Oudh & Rohilkhand railway from Lucknow to Rae Bareli and Mogul Serai serves the south-western portion. Politically the district is famous for its Amethi constituency due to its association with Gandhi family. The divisions of a district. ... India is subdivided into 28 states, 6 union territories and a national capital territory. ... , Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: , translation: Northern Province, IPA: ,  ), [often referred to as U.P.], is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Republic of India. ... Faizabad division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. ... Sultanpur is a city and a municipal board in Sultanpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... The Gomti River is one of the tributaries of the river Ganga. ... The Chhota Imambara in Lucknow , Lucknow ( , Hindi: लखनऊ, Urdu: لکھنؤ, ) is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state of India. ... Rae Bareli is a town and district which was part of British India, in the Lucknow division of the United Provinces. ... Amethi is a place in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in the south-western part of Sultanpur. ...

The only incident worthy of note in the 19th century history of the district since the British annexation of Oudh is the revolt of the native troops stationed at Sultanpur during the Mutiny. The troops rose in rebellion on the 9th of June 1857, and, after murdering two of their officers, sacked the station. Upon the restoration of order, Sultanpur cantonment was strengthened by a detachment of British troops; but in 1861 it was entirely abandoned as a military station.

See also

• Districts of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh state is made up of 70 districts, which are grouped into 17 divisions. ...

External links

• Official Sultanpur District Website
• Map of Sultanpur District

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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