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{{short description|Administrative division of Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Prayagraj division
| native_name = Allahabad division
| settlement_type = [[Divisions of Uttar Pradesh|Division]]
| image_map = Allahabad division.svg
| coordinates = {{coord|25.4500|N|81.8500|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:IN|display=title,inline}}
| coor_pinpoint = Prayagraj (city)
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| leader_name = [[Abhilasha Gupta]]
| leader_title1 = [[Divisional commissioner (India)|Divisional Commissioner]]
| leader_name1 = Sanjay Goyal, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Shri Sanjay Goyal, IAS {{!}} District Prayagraj, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India |url=https://prayagraj.nic.in/whoswho/divisional-commissioner/ |website=prayagraj.nic.in |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref>
| total_type = Total
}}

'''Prayagraj division''', formerly known as '''Allahabad division''', is one of the 18 [[Administrative divisions of Uttar Pradesh|administrative geographical units]] (i.e. division) of the northern [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], with the city of [[Prayagraj]] being the administrative divisional headquarters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zone |url=http://uppwd.gov.in/pages/en-about-us-en/organization-structure/zone |publisher=Public Works Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh|website=UPPWD |access-date=20 March 2020}}<br />{{cite web |title=Name of the districts under the Public Works Department area |url=http://uppwd.gov.in/site/writereaddata/siteContent/201902201703481177Districts-latest.pdf |publisher=Public Works Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh|website=UPPWD |access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref>

In 2000, when Uttar Pradesh was reorganised by forming [[Uttarakhand|Uttaranchal]] out of its northern areas, Allahabad division and the district was majorly reorganised too. The [[Etawah]], [[Farrukhabad]], [[Kanpur Nagar district|Kanpur Nagar]] and [[Kanpur Dehat district|Kanpur Dehat]] districts of the Allahabad division were made into a separate [[Kanpur division]]. Parts of the western areas of Allahabad district were carved out to create a new district named [[Kaushambi district|Kaushambi]]. At the same time, [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]] district, that falls in the [[Awadh]] region, was included in the Allahabad division.

Since 2000, Prayagraj division consists of the following districts:-
* [[Prayagraj district|Prayagraj]]
* [[Fatehpur district|Fatehpur]]
* [[Kaushambi district|Kaushambi]]
* [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]]

Prior to 2000, Allahabad division consisted of all the districts of the lower Doab:-
* [[Prayagraj district|Allahabad]]
* [[Etawah district|Etawah]]
* [[Farrukhabad district|Farrukhabad]]
* [[Fatehpur district|Fatehpur]]
* [[Kanpur district (disambiguation)|Kanpur]]

== Languages ==
{|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! colspan=8| Allahabad division: mother-tongue of population, according to the [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]].<ref name="census2011-C16">{{cite report |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh |url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX |publisher = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
!rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Mother<br/>tongue<br/>code
!rowspan=2| Mother <br/>tongue
!colspan=4| People per district
!colspan=2| Allahabad division
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
!| Fatehpur <!-- district -->
!| Pratapgarh <!-- district -->
!| Kaushambi <!-- district -->
!| Allahabad  <!-- district -->
!| people <!-- Allahabad district -->
!| percentage <!-- Allahabad district -->
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 001002 || [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 319
| style="text-align:right;" | 320
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.002%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 002007 || [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 308
| style="text-align:right;" | 46
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,782
| style="text-align:right;" | 7,184
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.054%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 004001 || [[Dogri language|Dogri]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 170
| style="text-align:right;" | 170
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.001%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 005018 || [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 6
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 298
| style="text-align:right;" | 304
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.002%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 006030 || [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 193,030
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,199
| style="text-align:right;" | 110,468
| style="text-align:right;" | 304,697
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.275%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 006042 || [[Bagheli language|Bagheli/Baghel Khandi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 920
| style="text-align:right;" | 920
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.007%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 006102 || [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2
| style="text-align:right;" | 428
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,645
| style="text-align:right;" | 8,946
| style="text-align:right;" | 12,021
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.090%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 006142 || [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,198
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,135
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,333
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.017%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 006235 || [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 128
| style="text-align:right;" | 128
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.001%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 006240 || [[Hindi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,566,474
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,911,957
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,576,776
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,651,508
| style="text-align:right;" | 12,706,715
| style="text-align:right;" | 94.856%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 006311 || [[Kauravi dialect|Khari Boli (Kauravi)]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 160
| style="text-align:right;" | 14
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 59
| style="text-align:right;" | 233
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.002%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 006400 || [[Marwari language|Marwari]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 1
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 130
| style="text-align:right;" | 131
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.001%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 006489 || [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 37
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 149
| style="text-align:right;" | 186
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.001%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 007016 || [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 4
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 348
| style="text-align:right;" | 352
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.003%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 010008 || [[Maithili language|Maithili]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 294
| style="text-align:right;" | 294
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.002%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 011016 || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 19
| style="text-align:right;" | 26
| style="text-align:right;" | 7
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,016
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,068
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.008%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 013071 || [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 6
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
| style="text-align:right;" | 3
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,519
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,537
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.011%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 014011 || [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 19
| style="text-align:right;" | 8
| style="text-align:right;" | 5
| style="text-align:right;" | 379
| style="text-align:right;" | 411
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.003%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 015043 || [[Odia language|Odia]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 4
| style="text-align:right;" | 260
| style="text-align:right;" | 328
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,172
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,764
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.013%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 016038 || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 152
| style="text-align:right;" | 363
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,328
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,852
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.029%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 019014 || [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 42
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 635
| style="text-align:right;" | 677
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.005%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 020027 || [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 6
| style="text-align:right;" | 5
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 685
| style="text-align:right;" | 696
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.005%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 021046 || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 6
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 843
| style="text-align:right;" | 849
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.006%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 022015 || [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 65,600
| style="text-align:right;" | 100,588
| style="text-align:right;" | 17,670
| style="text-align:right;" | 159,916
| style="text-align:right;" | 343,774
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.566%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 022016 || Bhansari
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 159
| style="text-align:right;" | 440
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 599
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.004%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 028001 || [[Arabic language|Arabic/Arbi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 4
| style="text-align:right;" | 140
| style="text-align:right;" | 18
| style="text-align:right;" | 481
| style="text-align:right;" | 643
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.005%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 030073 || Tadavi
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 411
| style="text-align:right;" | 411
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.003%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || 040001 || [[English language|English]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 59
| style="text-align:right;" | 181
| style="text-align:right;" | 46
| style="text-align:right;" | 487
| style="text-align:right;" | 773
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.006%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 || N.A. || [[Languages of India|Others]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 126
| style="text-align:right;" | 424
| style="text-align:right;" | 404
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,865
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,819
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.021%
|-valign=top class="sortbottom"
| colspan=2 | Total
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,632,733
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,209,141
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,599,596
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,954,391
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,395,861
| style="text-align:right;" | 100.000%
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Districts of Uttar Pradesh]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Geographic location
| North     = [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]]
| Northeast = [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]]
| West      = [[Kaushambi district|Kaushambi]]
| Northwest = [[Raibareli]]
| Center    = Prayagraj
| South     = [[Rewa, Madhya Pradesh|Rewa]]
| Southwest = [[Chitrakoot district|Chitrakoot]]
| Southeast = [[Mirzapur]]
| East      = [[Bhadohi]]
}}
{{Districts of Uttar Pradesh}}
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