Uttar Pradesh Day

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Uttar Pradesh State Day is celebrated on 24 January.

An overview of the news

• On 24 January 1950 itself, United Provinces or United Provinces was renamed as Uttar Pradesh.

• In 2017, the state government announced to celebrate January 24 every year as Uttar Pradesh Day.

• It was celebrated for the first time in 2018.

General information about Uttar Pradesh

• State Reorganisation - 1st November, 1956

Naming of the state

State Symbol

• Official language – Hindi (second Urdu)

• State Animal - Barasingha

• State Bird - Stork / Cronch

• State Flower - Palash (since 2011)

• State symbol - two fish inside a circle and an arrow bow

First in the state

• The first Chief Minister of the state – Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant

• First Deputy Chief Minister of the state - Chaudhary Narayan Singh

• The first woman Chief Minister of the state and the country - Sucheta Kriplani

• The first woman governor of the state and the country - Sarojini Naidu

• Current Chief Minister - Yogi Adityanath

• Current Governor – Anandiben Patel

Geographical Situation

• District - 75

• Area of Uttar Pradesh -2,40,928 sq km. (about 7.33% of the area of India)

• Largest district (in area) - Lakhimpur Kheri (7680 sq.km.)

• The smallest district (in area) - Hapur (660 sq.km.)

• Number of states adjacent to the state-9 (8 states and 1 union territory)

• Legislative Assembly Seats - 403

• Lok Sabha seats - 80

• Rajya Sabha seats - 31

• State Legislative Council Seats - 100

Census-2011

• Total population -19,98,12,341 (16.51% of the total population of the country)

• Population density -829 persons per sq km.

• Total Literacy -67.72%

• Male literacy -77.30%,

• Female literacy -57.20%

• Most populated district - (1) Prayagraj (2) Moradabad (3) Ghaziabad

• Districts with minimum population - (1) Mahoba (2) Chitrakoot (3) Hamirpur