LIST OF DISTRICTS
Purvanchal includes following districts from Uttar Pradesh:
In the year 2000, the Mayawati government, at the time of reorganisation of the Uttar Pradesh state, formed the Purvanchal Economic Zone and rather arbitrarily included the Non-Purvanchali districts into the zone like Allahabad, Pratapgarh, Faizabad and eight more. There is growing unrest and anger among the people of Allahabad and other districts on being included in the Pruvanchal zone. Agitation has started taking shape, through media and internet. Ironically Faizabad-Ayodhya is also included under this zone, ignoring the fact that the state of Awadh derives its name from Ayodhya and it was once the capital of Awadh.
- Azamgarh
- Ballia
- Basti
- Chandauli
- Deoria
- Ghazipur
- Gorakhpur
- Jaunpur
- Kushinagar
- Maharajganj
- Mau
- Mirzapur
- Sant Kabir Nagar
- Sant Ravidas Nagar-Bhadohi
- Siddharth Nagar
- Sonbhadra
- Varanasi
In the year 2000, the Mayawati government, at the time of reorganisation of the Uttar Pradesh state, formed the Purvanchal Economic Zone and rather arbitrarily included the Non-Purvanchali districts into the zone like Allahabad, Pratapgarh, Faizabad and eight more. There is growing unrest and anger among the people of Allahabad and other districts on being included in the Pruvanchal zone. Agitation has started taking shape, through media and internet. Ironically Faizabad-Ayodhya is also included under this zone, ignoring the fact that the state of Awadh derives its name from Ayodhya and it was once the capital of Awadh.