Allahabad

India · Uttar Pradesh

Prayagraj, formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Prayagraj district, the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India and the Prayagraj division. The city is the judicial capital of Uttar Pradesh with the Allahabad High Court being the highest judicial body in the state. As of 2011, Prayagraj is the seventh most populous city in the state, thirteenth in Northern India and thirty-sixth in India, with an estimated population of 1.53 million in the city.

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Practical facts

Local time

UTC+5:30 · 11.5 h ahead of Costa Rica

Region

Uttar Pradesh

On the map

25.47° N, 81.85° E

Near Allahabad

• Varanasi · 114 km away
• Ayodhya · 151 km away
• Lucknow · 178 km away
• Khajuraho · 207 km away
• Kushinagar · 247 km away
• Nepalgunj · 288 km away

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