[269] The state is also facing challenges such as a shortage of healthcare professionals, increasing cost of healthcare, the mushrooming of private healthcare and a lack of planning. All India Radio is a public radio station.
Svanga is a dance drama of semi-historical tales and ballads. [148][162] The President of India appoints the chief justice of the High Court of the Uttar Pradesh judiciary on the advice of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India as well as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. Scrubland trees such as the Babool (Vachellia nilotica) and animals such as the Chinkara (Gazella bennettii) are found in the arid Vindhyas.
According to a survey conducted by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), Uttar Pradesh's unemployment rate increased 11.4 percentage points, rising to 21.5 per cent in April 2020. The High Court of the state is located in Allahabad.
Buddha Purnima, which marks the birth of Gautama Buddha, is a major Hindu and Buddhist festival, while Christmas is celebrated by the minority Christian population. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. Varanasi a major religious hub, is the holiest of the seven sacred cities (Sapta Puri) in Hinduism and Jainism. Some sports are designed to display martial skills such as using a sword or 'Pata' (stick). The 2006 Varanasi bombings were a series of bombings that occurred across the Hindu holy city of Varanasi on 7 March 2006. Uttar Pradesh civil judicial services and Uttar Pradesh higher judicial service is another vital part of the judiciary of Uttar Pradesh.
The Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands support cattle.
Renowned Indian writers who have resided in Uttar Pradesh were Kabir, Ravidas, and Tulsidas, who wrote much of his Ram Charit Manas in Varanasi.
[185] The blasts came a week after the Uttar Pradesh police and central security agencies busted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists who had planned to abduct Rahul Gandhi.
[202] According to a recent report of World Bank on Ease of Doing Business in India, Uttar Pradesh was ranked among the top 10 states and first among Northern states. The people of Uttar Pradesh dress in a variety of traditional and Western styles.
[215] In May 2013 Uttar Pradesh had the largest number of mobile subscribers in the country, a total of 121.60 million mobile phone connections out of 861.66 million in India, according to the telecom regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). [124] The state contributes 16.16% of India's population. [65] The smaller Vindhya Range and plateau region is in the south. [28] Many communities in various parts of India claim descent from the migrants of Kannauj. [274] State has the highest child mortality indicators,[275] from the neonatal mortality rate (NNMR) to the under-five mortality rate of 64 children who die per 1,000 live births before five years of age, 35 die within a month of birth, and 50 do not complete a year of life. [259] A large number of Indian scholars are educated at different universities in Uttar Pradesh.
[136][137] The literacy rate for men is 79% and for women 59%. It has rich forests, cutting across it are innumerable streams which swell into raging torrents during the monsoon. [77] Summers are extreme with temperatures fluctuating anywhere between 0 °C and 50 °C in parts of the state coupled with dry hot winds called the Loo.
[45] Its capital shifted twice between Agra and Allahabad. [227], The state has a large, multimodal transportation system with the largest road network in the country.
Taj Mahotsav, held annually at Agra, is a colourful display of the culture of the Braj area. The Bhabhar tract gives place to the terai area which is covered with tall elephant grass and thick forests interspersed with marshes and swamps.
Its southern region is known as the Energy Capital of India. The tomb is maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India. Food grain production in the state in 2014–15 stood at 47,773.4 thousand tonnes. Each district is divided into subdivisions, governed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate, and again into Blocks. [279], The state is sometimes called the 'Hindi heartland of India'. [255] The presence of such institutions provides the students of the state with ample opportunities for higher education.[256][257]. The entire alluvial plain is divided into three sub-regions.
[41] In the 18th century, after the fall of Mughal authority, the power vacuum was filled by the Maratha Empire, in the mid-18th century, the Maratha army invaded the Uttar Pradesh region, which resulted in Rohillas losing control of Rohilkhand to the Maratha forces led by Raghunath Rao and Malharao Holkar.
[168] In 2014, the state recorded 365 judicial deaths out of a total 1,530 deaths recorded in the country.
The historically important towns of Sarnath where Gautama Buddha gave his first sermon after his enlightenment and died at Kushinagar; both are important pilgrimage sites for Buddhists.
Mughlai cuisine is a style of cooking developed in the Indian subcontinent by the imperial kitchens of the Mughal Empire. The forest cover in the state is 6.09% of the state's geographical area.
[11] The state's 2001–2011 decennial growth rate (including Uttrakhand) was 20.09%, higher than the national rate of 17.64%. [33][34], In the 16th century, Babur, a Timurid descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan from Fergana Valley (modern-day Uzbekistan), swept across the Khyber Pass and founded the Mughal Empire, covering India, along with modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. {{familyColorButtonText(colorFamily.name)}}, View {{carousel.total_number_of_results}} results. A typical festive thali consists of Puri, Kachauri, sabji, pulav, papad, raita, salad and desserts (such as sewai or Kheer). Some animal species in Uttar Pradesh have gone extinct in recent years, while others, like the lion from the Gangetic Plain, the rhinoceros from the Terai region, Ganges river dolphin primarily found in the Ganges have become endangered. Other prominent rivers are Gomti and Saryu. This repository is populated with tens of thousands of assets and should be your first stop for asset selection. Greater Noida Cricket Stadium is another newly built international cricket stadium with a capacity of around 20,000 spectators. [182] Between 2006 and 2010, the state has been hit with three terrorist attacks, including explosions in a landmark holy place, a court and a temple. [138], Hindi is the official language of Uttar Pradesh and is spoken by the majority of the population (94.08%), although different regions have their own dialects.
[195] About 70% of India's sugar comes from Uttar Pradesh. [285] Four of the six schools of this dance form, Lucknow gharana, Ajrara gharana, Farukhabad gharana and Benares gharana, are situated in Uttar Pradesh.
[46], Due to dissatisfaction with British rule, a serious rebellion erupted in various parts of North India, which became known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857; Bengal regiment's sepoy stationed at Meerut cantonment, Mangal Pandey, is widely considered as its starting point. After summer it is the south-west monsoon which brings most of the rain here, while in winters rain due to the western disturbances and north-east monsoon also contribute small quantities towards the overall precipitation of the state. The Lucknow Airport is the second-busiest airport in North India after the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. [194] The state has experienced a high rate of economic growth in the past few years. There are also certain sub-regional delicacies. A month later, Hemu died in the Second Battle of Panipat, and Uttar Pradesh came under Emperor Akbar's rule. [24] According to the Hindu legend, the divine king Rama of the Ramayana epic reigned in Ayodhya, the capital of Kosala. The monument earned almost ₹78 crore (US$11 million) in ticket sales in 2018-19.
Notable scholars who were born, worked or studied in the geographic area of the state include Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Motilal Nehru, Harish Chandra and Indira Gandhi. Divisional Commissioner, an IAS officer is the head of administration on the divisional level. The total number of literates in Deoria was 99,562, which constituted 76.9% of the population with male literacy of 81.1% and female literacy of 72.3%. The Secretariat headed by the Chief Secretary assists the council of ministers. Many communities have their own particular style of cuisines, such as the Jains, Kayasths and Muslims. [101][102][103][104][105][106][107], Other animals in the state include reptiles such as lizards, cobras, kraits, and gharials. The state stretches from Ghaziabad near Delhi till Benaras and Gorakhpur on the Bihar Border. Among males the most important reason for migration was Work / Employment.[208]. The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation was established in 1972 to provide economical, reliable, and comfortable transportation in the state with connecting services to adjoining states[229] and boasts as being the only State Transport Corporation that runs in profit in the entire nation. Uttar Pradesh is a favoured tourist destination in India due to the location of Taj Mahal, nearly 69 lakhs (6.9 million) people visited the Taj Mahal in 2018-19, up an 6% from the previous year when the number stood at 64 lakhs (6.4 million). [197], The Uttar Pradesh Financial Corporation (UPFC) was established in the year 1954 under the SFCs Act of 1951 mainly to develop small- and medium-scale industries in the state. [150] Hitesh C. Awasthy is the current Director General of Police.[151]. [20][21][22], Out of the sixteen mahajanapadas (lit. [243] It can also boast of routinely having three or four players on the national side. More small-scale industrial units are situated in Uttar Pradesh than in any other state, with 12 per cent of over 2.3 million units.
[78] The Gangetic plain varies from semiarid to sub-humid. The state has more than 32 large and small rivers; of them, the Ganges, Yamuna, Saraswati, Sarayu, Betwa, and Ghaghara are larger and of religious importance in Hinduism. [35] The Mughals were descended from Persianised Central Asian Turks (with significant Mongol admixture). [203], According to the Uttar Pradesh Budget Documents (2019–20), Uttar Pradesh’s debt burden is 29.8 per cent of the GSDP. People make distinctive sweetmeats from milk products, including khurchan, peda, gulabjamun, petha, makkhan malai, and chamcham. [235][236] Two more international airports have been proposed to be built at Kushinagar and Jewar, Greater Noida.