in the district is 1,679,99 which constitute 48.9% of the total population. Population in the age range of 0 to 6 years was 572,386. The effective literacy (population 7 years and above) was 58.7%. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 24.17%, higher than the average of Uttar Pradesh (20.09%). Gonda has a sex ratio of 921 females for every 1000 males, and a sex ratio among children 0–6 years old of 926, both higher than the state average (908 and 899 respectively). Scheduled Castes made up 15.49% of the population. The human development index of the Gonda district is very low. Tehsils (Sub-district) There are four Tehsils in Gonda district. Colonelganj Gonda Mankapur Tarabganj Blocks Gonda district comprises 16 Blocks: Babhanjot Belsar Chhapia Colonelganj Haldharmau Itiathok Jhanjhari Katra Bazar Mankapur Mujehana Nawabganj Pandri Kripal Paraspur Rupaidih Tarabganj Wazirganj Religion Gonda district is Hindu-majority, but with a significant Muslim minority. Languages The official language of the district is Hindi and additional official language is Urdu. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 81.03% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 16.04% Awadhi and 2.68% Urdu as their first language. Languages spoken in the district include Awadhi, a tongue of the Hindi continuum spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the Awadh region; and Hindi. Education The effective literacy rate (7+) is 58.71%, the state average (69.72%). The government of India has created a special scheme for underdeveloped districts through the "Backward Region Grant Fund". Gonda is one of the recipients of this fund. Public health Gonda has 15 hospitals, 27 Ayurvedic hospitals, 11 Homeopathic hospitals and 2 Unani hospitals, in addition to 66 Government Primary Health Centres. Gonda is one of the districts in the list of top 100 districts in order of Infant Mortality Rate in 2011 census data. It also comes in the top 57 districts with the highest maternal mortality rate Gonda has been listed as cleanest Nagar Palika in entire Uttar Pradesh according to the Swachhta Sarvekshan 2022 overturning its last position in the country as per the 2017 survey. Notable people Adam Gondvi Avadh Ojha Sir Vinod Singh (Gonda politician) Bawan Singh Ketki Devi Singh Fasi-ur-Rehman Munnan Khan Mahboob Meena Shah Raja Devi Bakhsh Singh References External links Alternative Web Site Of the Gonda District Gonda District at The Imperial Gazetteer