Geography of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh {UP} is in northern part of India. The state is divided into 18 divisions and 75 districts, with the capital being Lucknow. With a total area of 243,290 square kilometres (93,935 sq mi), UTTAR PRADESH is India's fourth-largest state in terms of land area

The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the west, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi to the northwest, Uttarakhand and an international border with Nepal to the north, Bihar to the east, Madhya Pradesh to the south and touches the states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to the southeast.

On the basis of its physiography, the main regions of Uttar Pradesh are the central plains of the Ganga and its tributaries, the southern uplands, the Himalayan region and the submontane region between the Himalayas and the plains. The Gangetic Plain occupies about three-fourths of the total area of Uttar Pradesh.

UP is divided into four economic regions viz. Western region, Central region, Eastern region and Bundelkhand region. The first three regions fall in the Gangetic plains, while Bundelkhand forms a part of the plateau region.

UP is gifted with many natural resources such as minerals, forests, flora and fauna. Land is the single most important resource of the state which is limited and unexpandable in nature.