Country – India

Time zone – IST +05:30

Coordinates – 26*51’N  80*55’E  / 26.85*N  80.91*E

Region – awadh, Bundelkhand, braj, doab, purvanchal, rohilkhand

Border – with the country – Nepal

              With states – Uttrakhand, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan , Madhya Pradesh

                                  Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar

Established – 1807 as ceded and conquered provinces

                     ( jeeta huwa adhin pardesh )

independent India – 15 aug 1947

renamed -  26 jan 1950 as uttar Pradesh

Capital – luckhnow

Area – 243286 sqkm

Area rank – 4th

Distt – 75

Divisions – 18

1.saharanpur, 2.agra, 3.kanpur, 4.moradabad, 5.bareilly

6.faizabad, 7.azamgarh, 8.lucknow, 9.jhansi, 10chitrakoot

11.devpatan, 12.basti, 13.allahabad, 14.gorakhpur

15.mirzapur, 16.meerut, 17.aligarh, 18.varanasi

Vidhansabha - 113

Rajyasabha members – 31

Loksabha members – 80

High court – Allahabad high court

Population – 199581477 as 2011 census

Sex ratio – 908 females / 1000 males

Density – 820/sqkm

State code – IN-UP

Vehicle registration – UP 01-XX

Literacy rate – 69%

                   Male – 78%

                  Female – 58%

Language – Bhojpuri, Hindi, Urdu, braj, Awadhi, bundelkhandi

Official language – Hindi, Urdu

Website – www.up.gov.in

States symbols =

State Animal – swamp dear

State Bird – sarus crane

State tree – Ashoka

State flower – Palash

State dance – kathak

State sport – field hockey 

Mountain – 1.vindhya 2.shivalik 3.kamur

Lakes – 1.ramgarh 2.keethem 3.balasagar 4.barua sagar

Rivers – 1.ganga 2.yamuna 3.ramganga 4.ghagra 5.gomti 6.gandak 7.betwa

                8.tons 9.kali 10.sindh 11.can 12.chamble 13.soun 14.rapti

Bird sanctuary – Nawabganj

Forts – 1.agra 2.aligarh 3.allahbad 4.chunar 5.hathras 6.shaniqila 7.jhansi

              8.kaling 9.ramnagar 10.sasni 11.tajmahal

Dance – notanki

Airport – 1.allahbad 2.luckhnow 3.kanpur 4.varanasi 5.jhansi 6.bareli 7.gorakhpur

                  8.hidang gaziyabad 9.sarswa Saharanpur 10.fursatganj raibareli