Prayagraj

Prayagraj
Prayagraj
Metropolis
	Clockwise from top left: Montage of Prayagraj: clockwise from top left: All Saints Cathedral, Muir Central College of Prayagraj University, Khusro Bagh, New Yamuna Bridge, Anand Bhavan, Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj High Court, Thornhill Mayne Memorial
	Nicknames: The Sangam City,[1]
	Prayagraj Location of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh Prayagraj Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh)
	Coordinates: 25°27′N 81°51′E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Prayagraj division
District	Prayagraj district
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Prayagraj municipal corporation
• Mayor	Abhilasha Gupta (BJP)
• Divisional Commissioner	Ashish Kumar Goel, IAS
• District Magistrate	Bhanu Chandra Goswami, IAS
• Inspector General, Allahabad Range	Mohit Aggarwal, IPS
• Senior Superintendent of Police	Nitin Tiwari, IPS
Area [2]
• Metropolis	82 km2 (32 sq mi)
Elevation	98 m (322 ft)
Population (2011)[3]
• Metropolis	1,112,544
• Rank	36th
• Density	14,000/km2 (35,000/sq mi)
• Metro [4]	1,216,719
• Metro rank	40th
Demonyms	Prayagraji
Language
• Official	Hindi[5]
• Additional official	Urdu[5]
• Regional	Awadhi[6]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	211001-18
Telephone code	+91-532
Vehicle registration	UP-70
Sex ratio	852 ♀/1000♂
Website	Official district website

Prayagraj (Hindi: प्रयागराज), is a city in Uttar Pradesh state of India. It is located where three Ganges and Yamuna and Saraswati rivers join. This city is a holy city for Hindus. It is best known for Kumbha Mela. This fair occurs every 12th year in Prayagraj. The city was named Allahabad by the Mughal emperor Akbar.

Previously Prayagraj known as Allahabad. The name has changed in Yogi Government Uttar Pradesh in 2018.[7][8]

Administration

A civic body called Prayagraj Nagar nigam adminiters the whole city,City comprises 1 police zone and 3 circles of district. And yes its administration is very strict

Roadways

As a main city, various roads connecting the other places. G.T road passes through the city.

Railways

There are 7 main stations in the city. Prayagraj junction is the headquarter of North Central Railway Zone. Daily thousands of trains go to the different routes.

Proposed Rapid transit

In city , there are 7 lines are proposed for better connections a light rail metro is proposed, Two lines will be priority line.

Line 1 Prayagraj airport - Trivenipuram
Line 2 Shantipuram-State university
Line 3 Kareli-Govindpur via High court
Line 4 Nawabganj - Naini(chheoki)
Line 5 Iradatganj- Jhunsi
Line 6 Khusrubag(Prayagraj railway station) - Chungi point via Johnsenganj
Line 7 Transportnagar- Naini

Airways

Thirthraj Prayag International airport: There is one domestic/Military airport in Prayagraj Airport that holds various routes. There been has a proposal to develop as airport into international airport.

Waterways(riverine)

River Port (near naini) in karchana a starting point of N.W 1 city connects to the Haldia.

References

Mani, Rajiv (21 May 2014). "Sangam city, Allahabad". Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
"Allahabad". allahabadmc.gov.in. Government of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
"Census 2011" (PDF). Census India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
"Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Census India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
"52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
"Awadhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
"Allahabad becomes Prayagraj: How Yogi Adityanath decides names of places". The Times of India. 17 October 2018.
"Allahabad becomes Prayagraj: Before claiming saffronisation, historical and cultural imperative must be examined-India News , Firstpost". 17 October 2018.

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[sangam-1] Mani, Rajiv (21 May 2014). "Sangam city, Allahabad". Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.

[2] "Allahabad". allahabadmc.gov.in. Government of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

[population-3] "Census 2011" (PDF). Census India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

[UA_population-4] "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Census India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

[langoff-5] "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2018.

[6] "Awadhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[7] "Allahabad becomes Prayagraj: How Yogi Adityanath decides names of places". The Times of India. 17 October 2018.

[8] "Allahabad becomes Prayagraj: Before claiming saffronisation, historical and cultural imperative must be examined-India News , Firstpost". 17 October 2018.