Everything About Uttar Pradesh All about Uttar Pradesh
The word Uttar Pradesh actually means 'Northern Province' and is located in the northern part of India. The capital of Uttar Pradesh is Lucknow, Kanpur is its industrial and economic capital. The state of Uttar Pradesh is surrounded by the neighboring country of Nepal and the state of Uttarakhand in the north. It is bounded by Delhi and Haryana in the north-west, Rajasthan in the west, Madhya Pradesh in the south-west, Bihar in the east and Jharkhand in the south-east. The state is spread over 2,40,928 square kilometers and consists of 75 districts. According to the 2011 census, more than 19,98,12,341 people live here and it is the most populous state in the country. Uttar Pradesh has many historical, religious, natural and man-made tourist destinations, such as Taj Mahal, Kaushambi, Varanasi, Kushinagar, Chitrakoot, Lucknow, Jhansi, Meerut, Allahabad and Mathura etc. Uttar Pradesh's old name Uttar Pradesh has been an important state since ancient times, due to the land i...