| Sant Kabir Nagar district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Uttar Pradesh |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Native Name: | Sant Kabir Nagar |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Khalilabad, India |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Basti |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Khalilabad |
| Parts Type: | Tehsils |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | Khalilabad, Mehdawal, Ghanghata |
| Area Total Km2: | 1646 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 1,715,183 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Language |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi[1] |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Urdu |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Regional |
| Demographics1 Info3: | Bhojpuri |
| Demographics Type2: | Demographics |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Literacy |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 66.72 per cent |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Sex ratio |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 969 |
| Leader Title1: | Lok Sabha constituencies |
| Leader Name1: | Sant Kabir Nagar,(Khalilabad, Dhanghata, Alapur, Khajni, Mehdawal) |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
| Registration Plate: | UP-58 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Major highways |
| Blank Info Sec1: | National Highway 28 (India) |
| Official Name: | Sant Kabir Nagar |
Sant Kabir Nagar district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Khalilabad is the district headquarters. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of Basti division. The total area of Sant Kabir Nagar district is .[2]
In 2007 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sant Kabir Nagar one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[3]
According to the 2011 census Sant Kabir Nagar district has a population of 1,715,183,[4] roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia[5] or the US state of Nebraska.[6] This gives it a ranking of 283rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 1041PD/sqkm. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.71%. Sant Kabir Nagar has a sex ratio of 969 females for every 1000 males and a literacy rate of 69.01%. 7.49% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 21.52% and 0.09% of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 53.67% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 36.42% Hindi and 9.49% Urdu as their first language.[7]
Bhojpuri is the native language of the district.[8] The Bhojpuri variant of Kaithi is the indigenous script of Bhojpuri language.[9]