Uttar Pradesh is bounded by Nepal on the North, Himachal Pradesh on the northwest, Madhya Pradesh on the south, Haryana on the west, Rajasthan on the southwest, and Bihar on the east.
Wheat, rice, sugar cane, apples, mango, pulses, oil seeds and potatoes are the main crops of Uttar Pradesh.
The service sector comprises of travel and tourism, hotel industry, real estate, insurance and financial consultancies.
Uttar Pradesh attracts a large number of tourists. The famous Taj Mahal of Agra is located in this state. It also hosts the world famous 'Kumbh Mela'.
It has many state of the art hotels to cater to the lodging needs of visitors, both national and international.
Other important cities in Uttar Pradesh are Allahabad, Varanasi, Ayodhya and Mathura.
The state of Uttar Pradesh shares its borders with Nepal and the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Delhi.
Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state with a population of over 190 million people. The state covers total area of 243,286 km2 with population density of 792 per km2 .
Lucknow is the administrative and legislative capital of Uttar Pradesh whereas Kanpur is the financial and industrial capital. Few other big cities of Uttar Pradesh are Meerut, Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Allahabad, Ghaziabad and Noida.
The 70 districts of Uttar Pradesh are clubbed under 18 divisions which are Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Azamgarh, Bareilly, Basti, Chitrakoot, Devipatan, Faizabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur , Lucknow , Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Varanasi.
A New District Namely Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar has been created in Uttar Pradesh which is carved out of Sultanpur and Rae Bareli districts. Gauriganj, an Assembly segment of the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, will serve as the headquarters of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar. (dated 1st July 2010)
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Uttar-pradesh-Map
Aagra-district aligarh allahabad
Aambedkarnagar auriya azamgarh
baghpat bahraich ballia
banda barabanki bareilly
basti bijnor budaun
bulandshahr chandauli chitrakut
deoria etah etawah
faizabad farrukhabad fatehpur
firozabad gautambudhnagar ghaziabad
ghazipur gonda gorakhpur
hamirpur hardoi hatras
jalaun jaunpur jhansi
jyotibaphulenagar kannauj kanpur
kaushambi kheri kushinagar
lalitpur lucknow maharajganj
mahoba mainpuri mathura
maunathbhanjan meerut mirzapur
moradabad muzaffarnagar pilibhit
pratapgarh raebareli rampur
saharanpur santkabirnagar santravinagar
shahjahanpur shravasti sidharthnagar
sitapur sonbhadra unnao varanasi
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