Lucknow

This article is about the city in India. For other uses, see Lucknow (disambiguation).

Lucknow
Lakhanaū
Metropolis
Skyline in Gomti Nagar
Hussainabadi Clock Tower
Official logo of Lucknow
Seal of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation
Nickname(s): 
The City of Lakshmana, The City of Nawabs, The Golden City of India, Constantinople of the East, Shiraz-e-Hind
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Lucknow
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Location in Uttar Pradesh
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Location in India
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Location in Earth
Coordinates: 26°51′N 80°57′E / 26.850°N 80.950°E / 26.850; 80.950
Country India
State Uttar Pradesh
DivisionLucknow
DistrictLucknow
Named forLakshmana
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • Body Lucknow Municipal Corporation
 • MayorSushma Kharakwal (BJP)
 • Municipal CommissionerInderjeet Singh
IAS
Area
[1]
 • Total
631 km2 (244 sq mi)
 • Rank5th in India
Elevation
123 m (404 ft)
Population
 (2024)[1][2]
 • Total
4,000,000
 • Rank11th in India
 • Density6,300/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Demonyms
  • Lakhnawi
  • Lucknowite
Language
 • OfficialHindi[3]
 • Additional officialUrdu[3]
 • RegionalAwadhi[4]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Pincode(s)
2260xx /2270xx
Telephone code+91-522
Vehicle registrationUP-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 ratio915 ♀/1000 ♂
Effective literacy rate (2011)85.5%
International Cricket StadiumBRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium
Rapid TransitUPMRC Logo Lucknow Metro
International AirportLucknow Airport Logo Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
HDIIncrease 0.665[7] (medium)
WebsiteOfficial website
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Lucknow (/ˈlʌknaʊ/; Hindustani: [ˈləkʰnəuː] ⓘ; ISO: Lakhanaū) 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,[8] 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.[9] It continues to be an important centre of governance, administration, education, commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, information technology, design, culture, tourism, music, and poetry.[10][11][12] 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.

  1. ^ a b "Lucknow to expand, 88 new villages under LMC wings". Times of India. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Awadhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b "District Domestic Product Per Capita" (PDF). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Lucknow directory of service". Lucknow Online. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ Cole, Juan Ricardo. "Sacred space and holy war" (PDF). Divine Conspiracy. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)