Lucknow district

Lucknow district
Lucknow district
District of Uttar Pradesh
	Clockwise from top-left: Bara Imambara, Ruin of Lucknow Residency Hall, Husainabad Clock Tower, Outer roads of Lucknow City, Gomti River in Lucknow
	Location of Lucknow district in Uttar Pradesh
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Lucknow
Established	1856
Headquarters	Lucknow
Tehsils	Lucknow; Bakshi Ka Talab; Malihabad; Mohanlalganj;
Government
• Body	Lucknow Municipal Corporation
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Lucknow & Mohanlalganj
• Mayor	Shushma Kharakwal; (BJP)
• District Magistrate	Surya Pal Gangawar; (IAS)
• DIG	Prabhakar Chaudhary; (IPS)
• MPs (Lok Sabha)	Rajnath Singh; (Lucknow); R. K. Chaudhary; (Mohanlalganj);
Area
• Total	2,528 km2 (976 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,589,838
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
• Urban	3,038,996
Demographics
• Literacy	82%
• Sex ratio	910 ♀/ 1000 ♂
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-32
Major Highways and Expressway	NE-6; NH-28; NH-27; NH-30; NH- 731; Agra–Lucknow Expressway; Purvanchal Expressway; Lucknow Outer Ring Road; Gomti Expressway; Lucknow Ghaziabad Expressway;
Website	lucknow.nic.in

Lucknow district is a district located in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The city of Lucknow is the district headquarters and the district is part of Lucknow division. It is also the capital city of Uttar Pradesh.^[1] Lucknow is bounded on the east by Barabanki district, on the west by Unnao and Hardoi districts, on the south by Raebareli district and in the north by Sitapur district.