Bareilly district

Bareilly district
Bareilly district
District of Uttar Pradesh
	Clockwise from top-left: Ahichchhatra Jain temples, shrine of Imam Ahmad Raza, skyline of Rajendra Nagar in Bareilly, Ramganga, Trivatinath Temple
	Location of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Bareilly
Headquarters	Bareilly
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Bareilly, Aonla (partly)
Area
• Total	4,120 km2 (1,590 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,448,359
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
• Urban	1,568,409
Demographics
• Literacy	85%
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	bareilly.nic.in

The Bareilly district pronunciation^ⓘ belongs to the state Uttar Pradesh in northern India. Its capital is Bareilly city and it is divided in six administrative division or tehsils: Aonla, Baheri, Bareilly city, Faridpur, Mirganj, and Nawabganj. The Bareilly district is a part of the Bareilly Division and occupies an area of 4120 km² with a population of 4,448,359 people (previously it was 3,618,589) according to the census of 2011.^[2]

The modern City of Bareilly was founded by Mukrand Rai in 1657. Later it became the capital of the Rohilkhand region before getting handed over to Nawab Vazir of Awadh and then to the East India Company, becoming an integral part of India.

^ Cite error: The named reference districtcensus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "District Census Handbook - Pune - Part XII-B" (PDF). Census of India. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2016.

[districtcensus-1] Cite error: The named reference districtcensus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[censusindia.gov.in-2] "District Census Handbook - Pune - Part XII-B" (PDF). Census of India. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2016.

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