Chandauli district

Chandauli district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Chandauli town is the district headquarters. Chandauli district is a part of Varanasi Division. Chandauli became a separate district on 20 May 1997.

Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar, a city in the district has the busiest railway station in the North East of Uttar Pradesh. The district includes the Chandraprabha (nature) Sanctuary and a number of waterfalls, including at Devdari and Rajdari. The District contributes to Indian GDP by providing the various cereals from the district including paddy and wheat. Popularly known as the "Dhaan Ka Katora of Uttar Pradesh" because of fertile lands of the Gangetic Plain. Chanduali district made big contributions at the time of freedom movements. In Chanduali there is a village named Ghoswan and Khakhara which is known for the protest against the British for the freedom of India. Chandauli district has its own railway station named Chandauli Majhwar railway station near to district headquarters.

The district has five Vidhan Sabha seats and one member of parliament seat.

Economy
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Chandauli one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Demographics
According to the 2011 census Chandauli district has a population of 1,952,756, roughly equal to the nation of Lesotho or the US state of New Mexico. This gives it a ranking of 238th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 768 PD/sqkm. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.83%. Chandauli has a sex ratio of 913 females for every 1,000 males. 12.42% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 22.88% and 2.14% of the population respectively.

Languages
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 81.06% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 17.60% Bhojpuri and 1.16% Urdu as their first language.

Bhojpuri is the local language of Chandauli. The Bhojpuri variant of Kaithi is the indigenous script of Bhojpuri language.

Administrative divisions
The Chandauli district is divided into 5 Tehsils: Chandauli Sadar, Sakaldiha, Chakia. Mughalsarai and Naugarh.

These 5 Tehsils are divided into 9 Blocks: Barahani, Chandauli, Niyamatabad, Chahaniya, Sakaldiha, Dhanapur, Chakia, Shahabganj and Naugarh.