Sant Kabir Nagar
Sant Kabir Nagar district profile
Sant Kabir Nagar (area: 1,659 sq km) is one of the districts covered by PACS in eastern Uttar Pradesh. It is a part of Basti divsion. Khalilabad town is the district headquarters.
The district is bordered to the north by Siddharthnagar and Maharajganj districts, to the east by Gorakhpur district, to the south by Ambedkar Nagar district, and to the west by the district of Basti.
Sant Kabir Nagar is named after the 15th century mystic poet Kabir, who lived in Maghar town in the district. It was created on September 5, 1997.
The district is divided topographically into several distinct tracts: the low valley of the Ghaghra in the south, the central uplands, and the low paddy belt between the Rapti and other rivers.
Around 21% of the population belongs to the scheduled castes. Muslims constitute around 24% of the population.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 1,420,226 | |
| Male | 719,465 | |
| Female | 700,761 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 192,455 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 23.64% | |
| Rural | 1,319,675 (92.92%) | |
| Urban | 100,551 (7.08%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 974 | |
| Household size (per household) | 7 | |
| SC population | 300,902 (21.19%) | |
| ST population | 307 (0.02%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 50.88 | |
| Male | 66.57 | |
| Female | 34.92 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 1,073,646 | |
| Muslims | 341,154 | |
| Buddhists | 3,775 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Khalilabad | 39,559 | |
| Mehdawal | 24,662 | |
| Maghar | 15,850 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 1,576 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 1,551 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 784 | |
| Primary schools | 691 | |
| Medical facility | 262 | |
| Paved approach road | 832 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 24.7% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 83.7% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 26.0% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 46.0% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 40.8% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 132,567 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 1,430,115 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 289 | |
Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 11, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Basic Data Sheet, Census of India 2001http://censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-0945.pdf
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. Uttar Pradesh. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 11, 2010
