Kushinagar district | |
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| Kushinagar district | |
 Buddha cremation stupa, Kushinagar | |
 Location of Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Gorakhpur |
| Established as Padrauna | 13 May 1994 |
| Name Changed from Padrauna to Kushinagar | 19 June 1997 |
| Headquarters | Padrauna |
| Tehsils | Padrauna Sadar, Khadda, Kushinagar/Kasia, Hata, Tamkuhiraj, Captanganj |
| Government | |
| • Member of Parliament (Kushinagar) | Vijay Kumar Dubey |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Kushinagar |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Padrauna Sadar, Khadda, Ramkola, Hata, Fazilnagar, Tamkuhiraj, Kushinagar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,873.5 km2 (1,109.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,564,544 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4.87% |
| Language
Official=Hindi,Urdu Regional=Bhojpuri Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 67.66 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 955 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UP 57 |
| Major highways | NH 27 and NH 727 (previously NH 28 and NH 28B) |
| Website | kushinagar |
Kushinagar is a district of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India situated in the easternmost part of the state. It has the administrative headquarters at Ravindra Nagar Dhoos. The district is named such after the town Kushinagar, a Buddhist pilgrimage site where Gautama Buddha attained parinirvana in the 5th century BCE. Since the independence of India, Kushinagar district was a part of Deoria District and came into existence on 13 May 1994 as a separate district division. It was earlier known as Padrauna and thereafter was renamed Kushinagar on 19 June 1997.