Back Lucknow Afrikaans لكهنؤ Arabic لكناو (تجمع سكان فى لكناو) ARZ Lucknow AST लखनऊ AWA Lakhnau Azerbaijani لاکنوو AZB Лакхнаў Byelorussian Лакнау Bulgarian लखनऊ Bihari
Lucknow | |
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 Seal of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation | |
| Nickname(s): The City of Nawabs, The Golden City of India, Constantinople of the East, Shiraz-e-Hind | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Lucknow | |
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| Coordinates: 26°51′N 80°57′E / 26.850°N 80.950°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Lucknow |
| District | Lucknow |
| Named for | Lakshmana |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Lucknow Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | Sushma Kharakwal (BJP) |
| • Municipal Commissioner | Inderjeet Singh IAS |
| Area | |
| • Total | 631 km2 (244 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5th in India |
| Elevation | 123 m (404 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,500,000 |
| • Rank | 11th in India |
| • Density | 5,500/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
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| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[3] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[3] |
| • Regional | Awadhi[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Pincode(s) | 2260xx /2270xx |
| Telephone code | +91-522 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-32 |
| GDP Nominal | $16 billion[5] |
| Percapita | $2, 800 or ₹2.29 lakh[5] |
| GDP Nominal (Lucknow District) | ₹1,31,200 cr(2022–23)[6] |
| Sex ratio | 915 ♀/1000 ♂ |
| Effective literacy rate (2011) | 85.5% |
| HDI |  0.665[7] (medium) |
| Website | Official website |
Lucknow (/ˈlʌknaʊ/, Hindustani: [ˈləkʰnəuː] ⓘ Lakhnaū) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division. Having a population of 2.8 million as per 2011 census, it is the eleventh most populous city and the twelfth-most populous urban agglomeration of India. Lucknow has always been a multicultural city that flourished as a North Indian cultural and artistic hub, and the seat of power of Nawabs in the 18th and 19th centuries.[8] It continues to be an important centre of governance, administration, education, commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, information technology, design, culture, tourism, music, and poetry.[9][10][11]
Lucknow, along with Agra and Varanasi, is in the Uttar Pradesh Heritage Arc, a chain of survey triangulations created by the Government of Uttar Pradesh to boost tourism in the state. Lucknow ranks 7th in the state in GDP per capita. The top two cities of the state are Noida and Meerut.
- ^ a b "Lucknow to expand, 88 new villages under LMC wings". Times of India. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011" (PDF). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Awadhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ a b "District Domestic Product Per Capita" (PDF). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Records, Official. "District Domestic Product Estimates Uttar Pradesh Year 2020–21" (PDF). Directorate of Economics And Statistics Government Of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ Singh, Padam; Keshari, Satyendra (8 March 2016). "Development of Human Development Index at District Level for EAG States" (PDF). Statistics and Applications. 14 (1–2): 43–61. ISSN 2454-7395. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Lucknow directory of service". Lucknow Online. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "LDA begins process to expand Lucknow's territory". The Times of India. Lucknow. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Lucknow gets bigger by 380 sq km in 10 yrs". The Times of India. Lucknow. 12 February 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Cole, Juan Ricardo. "Sacred space and holy war" (PDF). Divine Conspiracy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.