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Prayagraj division Allahabad division | |
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| Coordinates (Prayagraj (city)):25°27′00″N81°51′00″E / 25.4500°N 81.8500°E /25.4500; 81.8500 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Government | |
| • Divisional Commissioner | Sanjay Goyal,IAS[1] |
Prayagraj division, formerly known asAllahabad division, is one of the 18administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northernIndianstate ofUttar Pradesh, with the city ofPrayagraj being the administrative divisional headquarters.[2]
In 2000, when Uttar Pradesh was reorganised by formingUttaranchal out of its northern areas, Allahabad division and the district was majorly reorganised too. TheEtawah,Farrukhabad,Kanpur Nagar andKanpur Dehat districts of the Allahabad division were made into a separateKanpur division. Parts of the western areas of Allahabad district were carved out to create a new district namedKaushambi. At the same time,Pratapgarh district, that falls in theAwadh region, was included in the Allahabad division.
Since 2000, Prayagraj division consists of the following districts:-
Prior to 2000, Allahabad division consisted of all the districts of the lower Doab:-
| Allahabad division: mother-tongue of population, according to the2011 Census.[3] | |||||||
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| Mother tongue code | Mother tongue | People per district | Allahabad division | ||||
| Fatehpur | Pratapgarh | Kaushambi | Allahabad | people | percentage | ||
| 001002 | Assamese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 320 | 0.002% |
| 002007 | Bengali | 48 | 308 | 46 | 6,782 | 7,184 | 0.054% |
| 004001 | Dogri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 170 | 0.001% |
| 005018 | Gujarati | 6 | 0 | 0 | 298 | 304 | 0.002% |
| 006030 | Awadhi | 0 | 193,030 | 1,199 | 110,468 | 304,697 | 2.275% |
| 006042 | Bagheli/Baghel Khandi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 920 | 920 | 0.007% |
| 006102 | Bhojpuri | 2 | 428 | 2,645 | 8,946 | 12,021 | 0.090% |
| 006142 | Chhattisgarhi | 0 | 1,198 | 0 | 1,135 | 2,333 | 0.017% |
| 006235 | Haryanvi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 128 | 0.001% |
| 006240 | Hindi | 2,566,474 | 2,911,957 | 1,576,776 | 5,651,508 | 12,706,715 | 94.856% |
| 006311 | Khari Boli (Kauravi) | 160 | 14 | 0 | 59 | 233 | 0.002% |
| 006400 | Marwari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 131 | 0.001% |
| 006489 | Rajasthani | 37 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 186 | 0.001% |
| 007016 | Kannada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 348 | 352 | 0.003% |
| 010008 | Maithili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 294 | 294 | 0.002% |
| 011016 | Malayalam | 19 | 26 | 7 | 1,016 | 1,068 | 0.008% |
| 013071 | Marathi | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1,519 | 1,537 | 0.011% |
| 014011 | Nepali | 19 | 8 | 5 | 379 | 411 | 0.003% |
| 015043 | Odia | 4 | 260 | 328 | 1,172 | 1,764 | 0.013% |
| 016038 | Punjabi | 152 | 363 | 9 | 3,328 | 3,852 | 0.029% |
| 019014 | Sindhi | 0 | 42 | 0 | 635 | 677 | 0.005% |
| 020027 | Tamil | 6 | 5 | 0 | 685 | 696 | 0.005% |
| 021046 | Telugu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 843 | 849 | 0.006% |
| 022015 | Urdu | 65,600 | 100,588 | 17,670 | 159,916 | 343,774 | 2.566% |
| 022016 | Bhansari | 0 | 159 | 440 | 0 | 599 | 0.004% |
| 028001 | Arabic/Arbi | 4 | 140 | 18 | 481 | 643 | 0.005% |
| 030073 | Tadavi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 411 | 411 | 0.003% |
| 040001 | English | 59 | 181 | 46 | 487 | 773 | 0.006% |
| N.A. | Others | 126 | 424 | 404 | 1,865 | 2,819 | 0.021% |
| Total | 2,632,733 | 3,209,141 | 1,599,596 | 5,954,391 | 13,395,861 | 100.000% | |
Places adjacent to Prayagraj division | |
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