Draft Annual Plan 1989-90 Vol. I General Profile (Uttar Pradesh)

Abstract

The State of Uttar Pradesh is located between 26" and 31" north latitude and 77“ and 84" east longitude. It is surrounded by the state of Bihar in the east, states of Haryana and Rajasthan and union territory of Delhi in the west, Himalayas in the north and Madhya Pradesh in the south. Geographically, the state can be broadly divided into three main regions (i) the Gangetic alluvial plain (ii) the hilly region of Himalayas, and (iii), the Bundelkhand region. Of the three, Gangetic plain is the largest region running across the State, it is also the richest being watered by the river Ganga and several of its important tributaries viz., Yamuna, Ram-Ganga, Gomti, Sarda, Ghaghra and Gandak. The hilly region comprises the Garhwal and Kumaun division’s of the State. The Bundelkhand region comprises the southern hills and the part of the Central Indian plateau.