Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state with a population of over 190 million people. The state covers total area of 243,286 km2 with population density of 792 per km2 .
Lucknow is the administrative and legislative capital of Uttar Pradesh whereas Kanpur is the financial and industrial capital. Few other big cities of Uttar Pradesh are Meerut, Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Allahabad, Ghaziabad and Noida.
The 70 districts of Uttar Pradesh are clubbed under 18 divisions which are Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Azamgarh, Bareilly, Basti, Chitrakoot, Devipatan, Faizabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur , Lucknow , Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Varanasi.
