Divisions
Unnao district is divided into 5 tehsils: Hasanganj, Safipur, Purwa, and Bighapur. There are 16 development blocks: Ganj Moradabad, Bangarmau, Fatehpur Chaurasi, Safipur, Miyanganj, Auras, Hasanganj, Nawabganj, Purwa, Asoha, Hilauli, Bighapur, Sumerpur, Bichia, Sikandarpur Sirausi, and Sikandarpur Karan.
The current elected representative from Unnao to the Lok Sabha in the Parliament of India is Annu Tandon. The district had 6 Vidhan Sabha seats, namely Unnao, Purwa, Bhagwantnagar, Mohan, Safipur and Bangarmau. However, after de-limitation in 2008, areas under Harha have been merged with other Vidhan Sabha seats. Thus, the district now has only 6 Vidhan Sabha seats. Other prominent Qasba of Unnao include Karowan, Safipur, Neotani, Asiwan, Bangarmau, Mohaan, Purwa Maurawan and Baksar . The district magistrate is Sheetal verma, IAS.
The Unnao Lok Sabha Constituency has the highest number of registered voters for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, post de-limitation, with about 19 lakh voters. Nirbhay singh 'lala' is a famous person of the district.He is a famous leader of S.P.
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