Gonda, Uttar Pradesh

Gonda
City
Gonda
Gonda
Coordinates: 27°08′N 81°56′E / 27.13°N 81.93°E / 27.13; 81.93
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictGonda
RegionAnga or Angdesh[1]
Government
 • TypeGovernment of Uttar Pradesh
 • BodyBharatiya Janata Party
 • Member of ParliamentKirti Vardhan Singh
Elevation
120 m (390 ft)
Population
 (2025)[2]
 • Total
168,000
Language
 • OfficialHindi[3]
 • Additional officialUrdu[3]
 • Regional languageAwadhi[4]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal code
271001
Vehicle registrationUP-43
Sex Ratio944 /
Websitegonda.nic.in

Gonda is a city and a municipal board in the Gonda district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the district. The city is located about 125 km (78 mi) north-east of the state capital, Lucknow.[5]

The district of Gonda is administratively divided into four tehsils: -

  1. Gonda
  2. Colonelganj
  3. Tarabganj
  4. Mankapur.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Karna's Angadesh of the Ancient region of the Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh"www.speakingtree.in". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ Oldenburg, Veena Talwar. The Making of Colonial Lucknow, 1856-1877. Princeton University Press. p. 5.
  5. ^ "District Census Handbook: Gonda" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  6. ^ "District Gonda, Government of Uttar Pradesh". Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 9 November 2025.