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.
|
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
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7
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Mahbubnagar
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8
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Medak
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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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|
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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
|
|
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
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|
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
|
|
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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|
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Patna
|
|
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
|
|
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
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6
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Kabirdham
|
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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
|
Sabar Kantha
|
|
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
|
|
1
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Chamba
|
2
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Sirmaur
|
|
|
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9.
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Jammu
And Kashmir
|
|
1
|
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
|
Dumka
|
6
|
Garhwa
|
|
7
|
Giridih
|
8
|
Godda
|
9
|
Gumla
|
|
10
|
Hazaribagh
|
11
|
Jamtara
|
12
|
Koderma
|
|
13
|
Latehar
|
14
|
Lohardaga
|
15
|
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.
|
Kerala
|
|
1
|
Palakkad
|
2
|
Wayanad
|
|
|
|
13.
|
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.
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Meghalaya
|
|
1
|
Ri Bhoi
|
2
|
South
Garo Hills
|
3
|
West Garo Hills
|
|
17.
|
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.
|
Rajasthan
|
|
1
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Banswara
|
2
|
Barmer
|
3
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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
|
|
|