Administrative divisions and districts

The state of Uttar Pradesh consists of seventy two districts, which are grouped into eighteen divisions:-

Agra Division, Aligarh Division, Allahabad Division, Azamgarh Division, Bareilly Division, Basti Division, Chitrakoot Division, Devipatan Division, Faizabad Division, Gorakhpur Division, Jhansi Division, Kanpur Division,Lucknow Division, Meerut Division, Mirzapur Division, Moradabad Division, Saharanpur Division and Varanasi Division.

Municipal Corporations Following are Municipal Corporations (Nagar Nigam) in UP:

1. Agra
2. Aligarh
3. Allahabad
4. Bareilly
5. Ghaziabad
6. Gorakhpur
7. Jhansi
8. Kanpur
9. Lucknow
10. Meerut
11. Moradabad
12. Varanasi

Special Status

• Noida

Major cities

• The largest district in terms of area is Lakhimpur Kheri.
• The largest district in terms of population is Allahabad, followed by Azamgarh (Census 2011).
• The largest city (urban area) is Kanpur (Census 2011).

As per Re-classification of cities/towns on the basis of 2001 Census by Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure (as of 18 November 2004), following are major cities:
A class cities-

• Lucknow
• Kanpur

B-1 class cities-

• Agra
• Allahabad
• Meerut
• Varanasi

B-2 class cities-

• Aligarh
• Barielly
• Ghaziabad
• Gorakhpur
• Basti
• Moradabad

C class cities- Saharanpur, Gangoh, Deoband, Kairana, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Khatauli, Kiratpur, Najibabad, Bijnor, Nagina, Sherkot, Chandpur, Sambhal, Chandausi, Rampur, Amroha, Hasanpur, Mawana, Baraut, Modinagar, Muradnagar, Loni, Behta Hajipur, Pilkhuwa, Hapur, Noida, Dadri, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahar, Jahangirabad, Khurja, Hathras, Mathura , Vrindavan, Firozabad, Shikohabad, Kasganj, Etah, Mainpuri, Sahaswan, Ujhani, Budaun, Baheri, Faridpur, Pilibhit, Bisalpur, Tilhar, Shahjahanpur, Gola Gokarannath, Lakhimpur, Sitapur, Laharpur, Shahabad, Hardoi, Unnao, Gangaghat, Rae Bareli, Farrukhabad-cum-Fatehgarh , Chhibramau, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Jalaun, Orai, Konch, Mauranipur, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Rath, Mahoba, Banda, Fatehpur, Bela Pratapgarh, Barabanki, Faizabad, Tanda, Sultanpur, Bahraich, Balrampur, Gonda, Basti, Deoria, Mubarakpur, Azamgarh, Maunath Bhanjan, Ballia, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Mughalsarai, Bhadohi, Mirzapur-cum-Vindhyachal, Obra, Renukoot.