Purvanchal

E108501
cultural region geographical region region

Purvanchal is the eastern cultural and geographic region of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, known for its Bhojpuri-speaking population and rich folk traditions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Purvanchal canonical 15
Purvanchal region 5
eastern Purvanchal 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
region ⓘ
borderedBy Bihar ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
country India ⓘ
hasAgriculture rice cultivation ⓘ
sugarcane cultivation ⓘ
wheat cultivation ⓘ
hasCity Azamgarh ⓘ
Ballia ⓘ
Basti ⓘ
Bhadohi ⓘ
Chandauli ⓘ
Deoria district ⓘ
surface form: Deoria

Ghazipur ⓘ
Gorakhpur ⓘ
Jaunpur ⓘ
Kushinagar ⓘ
Maharajganj ⓘ
Mau ⓘ
Mirzapur ⓘ
Allahabad ⓘ
surface form: Prayagraj

Sant Kabir Nagar ⓘ
Siddharthnagar ⓘ
Sonbhadra district ⓘ
surface form: Sonbhadra

Varanasi ⓘ
hasCuisine Bhojpuri cuisine ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition Bhojpuri folk songs ⓘ
Biraha folk genre ⓘ
Chaita songs ⓘ
Kajri songs ⓘ
Nautanki folk theatre ⓘ
hasDemographicFeature high population density ⓘ
predominantly rural population ⓘ
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Bhojpuri people ⓘ
hasFestival Chhath Puja ⓘ
Diwali ⓘ
Holi ⓘ
Rama Navami ⓘ
surface form: Ram Navami
hasLanguage Bhojpuri ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage Bhojpuri ⓘ
hasPoliticalConcept Purvanchal statehood demand ⓘ
hasReligion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
hasRiver Ganges ⓘ
Ghaghara ⓘ
Gomti ⓘ
Rapti River ⓘ
surface form: Rapti

Sarayu ⓘ
surface form: Saryu
knownFor Bhojpuri folk dance ⓘ
Bhojpuri folk music ⓘ
Bhojpuri-speaking population ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ
rich folk traditions ⓘ
rural culture ⓘ
locatedIn Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
eastern Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
partOf Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
surface form: North India

Uttar Pradesh ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uttar Pradesh → hasCulturalRegion → Purvanchal ⓘ
Kashi → locatedInRegion → Purvanchal ⓘ
Mirzapur → region → Purvanchal ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Uttar Pradesh
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport → servesRegion → Purvanchal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Purvanchal region
Purvanchal Expressway → connectsRegion → Purvanchal ⓘ
Ballia district → locatedIn → Purvanchal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Purvanchal region
Varanasi district → locatedIn → Purvanchal ⓘ
Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency) → locatedIn → Purvanchal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Purvanchal region
present-day Sultanpur → locatedInEconomicRegion → Purvanchal ⓘ
present-day Chandauli → locatedIn → Purvanchal ⓘ
subject surface form: Chandauli district
Assi River → region → Purvanchal ⓘ
Bhojpuri people → nativeTo → Purvanchal ⓘ
VIBN → regionServed → Purvanchal ⓘ
Ghazipur district → partOf → Purvanchal ⓘ
Mau district → region → Purvanchal ⓘ
Mau district → locatedIn → Purvanchal ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Purvanchal
Mau district → partOfRegion → Purvanchal ⓘ
Ghazipur → historicalRegion → Purvanchal ⓘ
Azamgarh district → region → Purvanchal ⓘ
Jaunpur → partOf → Purvanchal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Purvanchal region
Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh → locatedIn → Purvanchal ⓘ
Jaunpur district → locatedIn → Purvanchal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Purvanchal region