Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state of India. Let us tell you that in the year 2011, the population here was recorded as 19 crore 98 lakh 12 thousand 341. Which was about 16 and a half percent of entire India. However, at present this figure has crossed 24 crores. This state of India is also the state with the largest number of districts. Not only this, each district here has its own specialty, due to which that district gets identity. Today we are going to tell you about Diamond City of Uttar Pradesh.
a large region
Uttar Pradesh, being a big state, is also a big center of politics. But do you know today that there is a district of Uttar Pradesh which is also known as the diamond city. Let us tell you that there are a total of 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh, which come in 18 divisions. The easternmost district of the state is Ballia, the northernmost district is Saharanpur, the southernmost district is Sonbhadra, the westernmost district is Shamli and the easternmost district is Ballia. The largest district of the state is Lakhimpur Kheri, which is spread over 7680 square kilometers. Apart from this, the smallest district is Hapur, which is 660 square kilometers.
diamond city
The question arises that which district of Uttar Pradesh is also known as the diamond city. Let us tell you that Banda district is known as the diamond city in Uttar Pradesh, it comes in the Bundelkhand region. Uttar Pradesh is divided into different regions, which include Rohilkhand, Bundelkhand, Awadh and Baghelkhand. We also know the western region of the state as Western Uttar Pradesh and the eastern part as Purvanchal. But we call Banda district Diamond City.
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Let us tell you that diamonds are extracted from deep mines in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh. Diamond is obtained in the mines in the form of stone, which is then cut with the help of diamond. Whereas polishing of diamond is done through diamond only. Because of the abundance of diamond mines here, this city is also called City of Diamond.
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