Geography

Demography

• Agra
• Allahabad
• Ayyodhya
• Balrampur
• Faizabad
• Fathepur sikri
• Gorakhpur
• Jaunpur
• Jhansi
• Kanpur
• Kapilavastu
• Kushinagar
• Lucknow
• Lumbini
• Mathuraa
• Meerut
• Sarnath
• Sravasti
• Vaishali
• Varanasi
• Vrindavan

Demography

The climate of Uttar Pradesh is tropical monsoon in character, but variations exist because of dissimilarity in altitudes. The Himalayan region is moderately cold. The standard temperature varies in the plains from 3-4°C in January to 43-45°C in May and June. Uttar Pradesh mainly experiences three distinct seasons - the cold season from October to February, summer from March to Mid June and the rainy season from March to September.

Uttar Pradesh has made significant contributions in the field of Education and Social Welfare. The State has made major investments over the past few years at all levels of education and has achieved significant success. U.P. has recognized & supported the continuing critical-role of private-sector in the expansion of education in the State.

Uttar Pradesh has 4 central universities, 20 state universities, 8 deemed universities, one institute of national importance and several polytechnics, engineering colleges and industrial training institutes. Prestigious institutes like Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Kanpur and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - Lucknow are known worldwide for their quality education and research in respective fields. This provides the State with a firm basis for providing opportunities for higher education to its youth.

The most famous cuisines in Oudh are Kabobs, Biryani and Nihari. Due to Muslim dominance and influence on the culture and cuisine of this region, you will find that most of the items are meat based. Among the kabobs Shami and Galawati kabobs are the specialty of Lucknow and so are Kulcha-Nihari and Biryani. It should be kept in mind that the Biryani that is cooked in Oudh is quite different from its cousins of Hyderabad and Karachi in Pakistan.

Civilization and culture reached its apogee in the territory of Uttar Pradesh. Some scholars are of the view that the Rig Veda was composed in the Gangetic valley. But even if this be not true, it is generally accepted that a substantial portion of the Vedic literature had its origin here in its many hermitages, which were seats of learning. Some of the big names in Hindu sacred literature, such as Yajnavalkya, Vashishtha, Vishwamitra, Valmiki, Attriyea, Bharadwaja, Kapil and Vyas lived in these sylvan retreats of Uttar Pradesh and inspired millions through the ages.

The history of Uttar Pradesh is very old and fascinating and it had a great impact on Indian culture and civilization. Uttar Pradesh was known as Brahma Fishi Deshi (meaning the land of sages and saints) in the later Vedic Age because of the identity as a dwelling of spirituality. Great epics Rama and Krishna (Ramayana and the Mahavharata) have been inspired by UP. Buddhism and Jainism appeared during sixth century B.C. in UP. Great Buddha gave his first sermon at Saranath, and he set foundations of his order in UP. It is said that Mahavira, who founded Jainism, died at Doora in UP. In third century B.C., the entire area of UP was in the empires of the Great Mauryan Monarchs. The rich culture of UP brought new proportions to the Middle Age Indian history.

The state language is Hindi, while Urdu has the status of second language. The dialects of Hindi spoken in different regions are distinct. The language of the western parts, called (Khadiboli) is the basis for the official Hindi language of UP, which is also one of the official languages of India. The most commonly spoken language in urban areas is Hindi/Urdu.