RANKING OF DISTRICTS BY POPULATION SIZE IN 1991 AND 2001

Rank in 2001	District	Population 2001	Percent to total population of the State 2001	Population 1991	Percent to total population of the State 1991	Rank in 1991
-	UTTAR PRADESH	166052859	100.00	131998804	100.00	-
1	ALLAHABAD	4941510	2.98	3899516	2.95	1
2	KANPUR NAGAR	4137489	2.49	3253572	2.46	2
3	AZAMGARH	3950808	2.38	3128623	2.37	4
4	JAUNPUR	3911305	2.36	3214636	2.44	3
5	GORAKHPUR	3784720	2.28	3066002	2.32	5
6	MORADABAD	3749630	2.26	2965293	2.25	6
7	LUCKNOW	3681416	2.22	2762801	2.09	10
8	SITAPUR	3616510	2.18	2857009	2.16	7
9	AGRA	3611301	2.17	2751021	2.08	11
10	BAREILLY	3598701	2.17	2834616	2.15	9
11	MUZAFFARNAGAR	3541952	2.13	2842543	2.15	8
12	HARDOI	3397414	2.05	2747082	2.08	12
13	GHAZIABAD	3289540	1.98	2230634	1.69	27
14	KHERI	3200137	1.93	2419234	1.83	18
15	SULTANPUR	3190926	1.92	2569238	1.95	13
16	VARANASI	3147927	1.90	2508110	1.90	14
17	BIJNOR	3130586	1.89	2461935	1.87	15
18	BUDAUN	3069245	1.85	2448338	1.85	17
19	GHAZIPUR	3049337	1.84	2416617	1.83	20
20	MEERUT	3001636	1.81	2417513	1.83	19
21	ALIGARH	2990388	1.80	2449597	1.86	16
22	BULANDSHAHR	2923290	1.76	2391855	1.81	21
23	KUSHINAGAR *	2891933	1.74	2256334	1.71	25
24	RAE BARELI	2872204	1.73	2322664	1.76	22
25	SAHARANPUR	2848152	1.72	2309029	1.75	23
26	ETAH	2788270	1.68	2244998	1.70	26
27	GONDA	2765754	1.67	2204445	1.67	29
28	BALLIA	2752412	1.66	2262273	1.71	24
29	DEORIA	2730376	1.64	2183690	1.65	31
30	PRATAPGARH	2727156	1.64	2210700	1.67	28
31	UNNAO	2700426	1.63	2200397	1.67	30
32	BARA BANKI	2673394	1.61	2115007	1.60	32
33	SHAHJAHANPUR	2549458	1.54	1987395	1.51	33
34	BAHRAICH	2384239	1.44	1840373	1.39	35
35	FATEHPUR	2305847	1.39	1899387	1.44	34
36	MAHARAJGANJ	2167041	1.31	1676378	1.27	38
37	MIRZAPUR	2114852	1.27	1657139	1.26	39
38	FAIZABAD	2087914	1.26	1685544	1.28	37
39	MATHURA	2069578	1.25	1630295	1.24	40
40	BASTI	2068922	1.25	1686327	1.28	36
41	FIROZABAD	2045737	1.23	1533054	1.16	43
42	SIDDHARTHNAGAR	2038598	1.23	1607964	1.22	42
43	AMBEDAKER NAGAR *	2025373	1.22	1629353	1.23	41
44	RAMPUR	1922450	1.16	1502141	1.14	44
45	MAU	1849294	1.11	1445782	1.10	45
46	JHANSI	1746715	1.05	1417463	1.07	46
47	BALRAMPUR *	1684567	1.01	1368630	1.04	47
48	PILIBHIT	1643788	0.99	1283103	0.97	51
49	CHANDAULI *	1639777	0.99	1274839	0.97	52
50	MAINPURI	1592875	0.96	1311026	0.99	48
51	KANPUR DEHAT	1584037	0.95	1303232	0.99	49
52	FARRUKHABAD	1577237	0.95	1284419	0.97	50
53	BANDA	1500253	0.90	1266143	0.96	53
54	JYOTIBA PHULE NAGAR *	1499193	0.90	1155742	0.88	56
55	SONBHADRA	1463468	0.88	1075041	0.81	61
56	JALAUN	1455859	0.88	1219377	0.92	54
57	SANT KABIR NAGAR *	1424500	0.86	1152116	0.87	57
58	KANNAUJ *	1385227	0.83	1158394	0.88	55
59	SANT RAVIDAS NAGAR BHADOHI *	1352056	0.81	1077633	0.82	60
60	ETAWAH	1340031	0.81	1102088	0.83	59
61	HATHRAS *	1333372	0.80	1126906	0.85	58
62	KAUSHAMBI *	1294937	0.78	1021797	0.77	64
63	GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR *	1191263	0.72	877853	0.67	67
64	AURAIYA *	1179496	0.71	1028287	0.78	63
65	SHRAWASTI *	1175428	0.71	923377	0.70	65
66	BAGHPAT *	1164388	0.70	1030399	0.78	62
67	HAMIRPUR	1042374	0.63	884512	0.67	66
68	LALITPUR	977447	0.59	751998	0.57	68
69	CHITRAKOOT *	800592	0.48	595996	0.45	69
70	MAHOBA *	708831	0.43	581979	0.44	70