The Backward Regions Grant Fund(BRGF)Â Programme is designed to redress regional
imbalances in development by providing funds for supplementing and converging
existing developmental inflows in the identified districts. The Government has
identified 250 districts in 27 States as backward and is implementing the
district component of the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) Programme in these
districts since 2006-07. List of the
districts covered under BRGF is at Annexure.
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           The
annual budget allocation for BRGF is divided into two components, namely Capacity
Building (CB) Grant and Development Grant (DG).Â
The CB grant is provided to the States @ Rs. 1 crore
per district. The DG component is
provided to the States for onward transfer to the
districts as per the following formula:-
v A base amount of Rs.
10 crore is earmarked for each of the 250 districts.
v The balance budget
allocation, after providing for Rs. 250 crore towards
the Capacity Building component and Rs. 10 crore for
each district towards the base amount of DG component, is distributed among the
250 districts in the ratio of area and population (2001 Census), giving equal
weight to the two parameters.
           This
Ministry has received references regarding irregularities/ mismanagement in
respect of some States. Such complaints have been referred to the State
Governments concerned for necessary action.Â
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           The
Central Government monitors utilization of grants through progress reports,
utilization certificates, audit reports, periodic communications and visits of
senior officials to States. The Ministry
has also prepared PlanPlus software for facilitating
online plan preparation and reporting the execution status.
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           Government
have constituted a Working Group on Area Development Programmes, including
BRGF, in the context of the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017). The Working Group is expected to review these
programmes and suggest a blue print for restructuring of BRGF aimed at
improving its performance.
The above information was given
by the Minister of Panchayati Raj Shri
V. Kishore Chandra Deo in
reply to a question in the Lok  Sabha
today.
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Annexure
LIST
BRGF DISTRICTS
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Sl.
No.
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District
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Sl.
No.
|
District
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Sl.
No.
|
District
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1.
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Andhra Pradesh
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1
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Adilabad
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2
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Anantapur
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3
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Chittoor
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4
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Cuddapah
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5
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Karimnagar
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6
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Khammam
|
|
7
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Mahbubnagar
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8
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Medak
|
9
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Nalgonda
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10
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Nizamabad
|
11
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Rangareddi
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12
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Vizianagaram
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13
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Warangal
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|
|
|
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2.
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Arunachal
Pradesh
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1
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Upper Subansiri
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|
|
|
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3.
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Assam
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1
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Barpeta
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2
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Bongaigaon
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3
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Cachar
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4
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Dhemaji
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5
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Goalpara
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6
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Hailakandi
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7
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Karbi Anglong
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8
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Kokrajhar
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9
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Lakhimpur
|
|
10
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Marigaon
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11
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North Cachar Hills
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|
|
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4.
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Bihar
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1
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Araria
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2
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Aurangabad
|
3
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Banka
|
|
4
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Begusarai
|
5
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Bhagalpur
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6
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Bhojpur
|
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7
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Buxar
|
8
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Darbhanga
|
9
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Gaya
|
|
10
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Gopalganj
|
11
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Jamui
|
12
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Jehanabad
|
|
13
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Kaimur (Bhabua)
|
14
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Katihar
|
15
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Khagaria
|
|
16
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Kishanganj
|
17
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Lakhisarai
|
18
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Madhepura
|
|
19
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Madhubani
|
20
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Munger
|
21
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Muzaffarpur
|
|
22
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Nalanda
|
23
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Nawada
|
24
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Pashchim Champaran
|
|
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Patna
|
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Purbi Champaran
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Purnia
|
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28
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Rohtas
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29
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Saharsa
|
30
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Samastipur
|
|
31
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Saran
|
32
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Sheikhpura
|
33
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Sheohar
|
|
34
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Sitamarhi
|
35
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Supaul
|
36
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Vaishali
|
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5.
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Chhattisgarh
|
|
1
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Bastar
|
2
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Bilaspur
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3
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Dantewada
|
|
4
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Dhamtari
|
5
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Jashpur
|
6
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Kabirdham
|
|
7
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Kanker
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8
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Korba
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9
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Korea
|
|
10
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Mahasamund
|
11
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Raigarh
|
12
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Rajnandgaon
|
|
13
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Surguja
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|
|
|
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6.
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Gujarat
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|
1
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Banas Kantha
|
2
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Dahod
|
3
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Dang
|
|
4
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Narmada
|
5
|
Panch Mahals
|
6
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Sabar Kantha
|
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7.
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Haryana
|
|
1
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Mahendragarh
|
2
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Sirsa
|
|
|
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8.
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Himachal Pradesh
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|
1
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Chamba
|
2
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Sirmaur
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|
|
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9.
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Jammu And Kashmir
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|
1
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Doda
|
2
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Kupwara
|
3
|
Poonch
|
|
10.
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Jharkhand
|
|
1
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Bokaro
|
2
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Chatra
|
3
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Deoghar
|
|
4
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Dhanbad
|
5
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Dumka
|
6
|
Garhwa
|
|
7
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Giridih
|
8
|
Godda
|
9
|
Gumla
|
|
10
|
Hazaribagh
|
11
|
Jamtara
|
12
|
Koderma
|
|
13
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Latehar
|
14
|
Lohardaga
|
15
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Pakur
|
|
16
|
Palamu
|
17
|
Ranchi
|
18
|
Sahebganj
|
|
19
|
Saraikela Kharsawan
|
20
|
Simdega
|
21
|
West Singhbhum
|
|
11.
|
Karnataka
|
|
1
|
Bidar
|
2
|
Chitradurga
|
3
|
Davangere
|
|
4
|
Gulbarga
|
5
|
Raichur
|
|
|
|
12.
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Kerala
|
|
1
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Palakkad
|
2
|
Wayanad
|
|
|
|
13.
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Madhya Pradesh
|
|
1
|
Balaghat
|
2
|
Barwani
|
3
|
Betul
|
|
4
|
Chhatarpur
|
5
|
Damoh
|
6
|
Dhar
|
|
7
|
Dindori
|
8
|
Guna
|
9
|
Jhabua
|
|
10
|
Katni
|
11
|
Khandwa
|
12
|
Khargone
|
|
13
|
Mandla
|
14
|
Panna
|
15
|
Rajgarh
|
|
16
|
Rewa
|
17
|
Satna
|
18
|
Seoni
|
|
19
|
Shahdol
|
20
|
Sheopur
|
21
|
Shivpuri
|
|
22
|
Sidhi
|
23
|
Tikamgarh
|
24
|
Umaria
|
|
14.
|
Maharashtra
|
|
1
|
Ahmednagar
|
2
|
Amravati
|
3
|
Aurangabad
|
|
4
|
Bhandara
|
5
|
Chandrapur
|
6
|
Dhule
|
|
7
|
Gadchiroli
|
8
|
Gondia
|
9
|
Hingoli
|
|
10
|
Nanded
|
11
|
Nandurbar
|
12
|
Yavatmal
|
|
15.
|
Manipur
|
|
1
|
Chandel
|
2
|
Churachandpur
|
3
|
Tamenglong
|
|
16.
|
Meghalaya
|
|
1
|
Ri Bhoi
|
2
|
South Garo Hills
|
3
|
West Garo Hills
|
|
17.
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Mizoram
|
|
1
|
Lawngtlai
|
2
|
Saiha
|
|
|
|
18.
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Nagaland
|
|
1
|
Mon
|
2
|
Tuensang
|
3
|
Wokha
|
|
19.
|
Orissa
|
|
1
|
Balangir
|
2
|
Boudh
|
3
|
Deogarh
|
|
4
|
Dhenkanal
|
5
|
Gajapati
|
6
|
Ganjam
|
|
7
|
Jharsuguda
|
8
|
Kalahandi
|
9
|
Kandhamal
|
|
10
|
Keonjhar
|
11
|
Koraput
|
12
|
Malkangiri
|
|
13
|
Mayurbhanj
|
14
|
Nabarangpur
|
15
|
Nuapada
|
|
16
|
Rayagada
|
17
|
Sambalpur
|
18
|
Sonepur
|
|
19
|
Sundargarh
|
|
|
|
|
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20.
|
Punjab
|
|
1
|
Hoshiarpur
|
|
|
|
|
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21.
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Rajasthan
|
|
1
|
Banswara
|
2
|
Barmer
|
3
|
Chittorgarh
|
|
4
|
Dungarpur
|
5
|
Jaisalmer
|
6
|
Jalore
|
|
7
|
Jhalawar
|
8
|
Karauli
|
9
|
Sawai Madhopur
|
|
10
|
Sirohi
|
11
|
Tonk
|
12
|
Udaipur
|
|
22.
|
Sikkim
|
|
1
|
North
District
|
|
|
|
|
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23.
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
|
1
|
Cuddalore
|
2
|
Dindigul
|
3
|
Nagapattinam
|
|
4
|
Sivaganga
|
5
|
Tiruvannamalai
|
6
|
Villupuram
|
|
24.
|
Tripura
|
|
1
|
Dhalai
|
|
|
|
|
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25.
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
1
|
Ambedkar Nagar
|
2
|
Azamgarh
|
3
|
Bahraich
|
|
4
|
Balrampur
|
5
|
Banda
|
6
|
Barabanki
|
|
7
|
Basti
|
8
|
Budaun
|
9
|
Chandauli
|
|
10
|
Chitrakoot
|
11
|
Etah
|
12
|
Farrukhabad
|
|
13
|
Fatehpur
|
14
|
Gonda
|
15
|
Gorakhpur
|
|
16
|
Hamirpur
|
17
|
Hardoi
|
18
|
Jalaun
|
|
19
|
Jaunpur
|
20
|
Kaushambi
|
21
|
Kheri
|
|
22
|
Kushi Nagar
|
23
|
Lalitpur
|
24
|
Maharajganj
|
|
15
|
Mahoba
|
16
|
Mirzapur
|
27
|
Pratapgarh
|
|
28
|
Rae
Bareli
|
29
|
Sant Kabeer Nagar
|
30
|
Shravasti
|
|
31
|
Siddharth Nagar
|
32
|
Sitapur
|
33
|
Sonbhadra
|
|
34
|
Unnao
|
|
|
|
|
|
26.
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
1
|
Chamoli
|
2
|
Champawat
|
3
|
Tehri Garhwal
|
|
27.
|
West
Bengal
|
|
1
|
24 Paraganas South
|
2
|
Bankura
|
3
|
Birbhum
|
|
4
|
Dinajpur Dakshin
|
5
|
Dinajpur
Uttar
|
6
|
Jalpaiguri
|
|
7
|
Maldah
|
8
|
Medinipur East
|
9
|
Medinipur West
|
|
10
|
Murshidabad
|
11
|
Purulia
|
|
|