What will happen if UP is split?

What will happen if UP is split into four parts? What will the administrative units look like? What will the chessboard of politics in these new states look like?

Paschim Pradesh: 26 Districts

This part of UP includes Jat land and has gained prosperity due to rich agriculture & sugarcane cultivation. Proximity to Delhi has developed Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar & Meerut into industrial hubs

Population: 7.674 Cr

Per Capita Income: 15,869.99

All UP: 12136.69

Meerut division: Meerut, Bulandshahr, Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Baghpat and Panchsheel Nagar

Saharanpur division: | Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar, Prabuddha Nagar

Moradabad division: Moradabad, Bijnor, Rampur, Jyotiba Phule Nagar and Bhim Nagar

Bareilly division: Bareilly, Badaun, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur

Agra division: Agra, Ferozabad, Mainpuri, Mathura

Aligarh division: Aligarh, Etah, Mahamaya Nagar, Kanshiram Nagar

Seats Assembly: 151

Lok Sabha Seats: 30

Awadh Pradesh: 21 Districts

The area includes Awadh region once ruled by nawabs and taluqdars and known as granary of India because of its fertile Gangetic plain. The area has given three prime ministers to the country — Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. But most districts are still backward

Population: 3.654 Cr

Per Capita Income: 13,150.81

Faizabad division: Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Sultanpur, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar, Barabanki

Devipatan division: Gonda, Balrampur, Shravasti, Bahraich

Kanpur division: Kanpur, Ramabai Nagar, Auraiya, Farrukkhabad, Kannauj, Etawah

Lucknow division: Lakhimpur, Lucknow, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli

Seats Assembly: 70

LS Seats: 14

Purvanchal: 21 Districts

The area is predominantly a Bhojpuri-speaking belt. The region also gave four PMs to India — Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, VP Singh and Chandra Shekhar. The land is favourable for agriculture but lack of resources has kept the area backward for years

Population: 7.653 Cr

Per Capita Income: 9,288.12

Allahabad division: Allahabad, Kaushambi, Fatehpur, Pratapgarh

Mirzapur division: Sant Ravidas Nagar, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra

Varanasi division: Varanasi, Jaunpur, Chandauli, Ghazipur

Azamgarh division: Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia

Gorakhpur division: Gorakhpur, Deoria, Kushinagar, Maharajganj

Basti division: Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Siddharth Nagar

Seats Assembly: 150

LS Seats: 32

Bundelkhand: 7 Districts

Known for its warrior queen, Jhansi’s Rani Laxmi Bai, the region has faced neglect after Independence . Reeling under drought for last five years, over 80% of its people live in poverty

Population: 0.803 Cr

Per Capita Income: 12,878.02 People of Bundelkhand have been demanding separate statehood since long. It is the most backward region of the state with high poverty rate. The region also witnessed UP’s first of farmer suicide cases due to crop failure & debt. The division of the state can benefit BSP the most as the region has a strong dalit base. Congress and SP will give BSP a tough fight. Smaller parties like Bundelkhand Congress can also get a few seats

Jhansi division: Lalitpur, Jalaun, Jhansi

Chitrakoot Dham division: Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur

Seats Assembly: 32

LS Seats: 4