Bhadohi District was created on 30 June 1994 as the 65th district of the State. It is the smallest district by area of Uttar Pradesh. Sant Ravidas Nagar’s old name was Bhadohi. It was part of Varanasi district prior to its creation on 30 June 1994.

This district is divided into three tehsils, Aurai , Bhadohi and Gyanpur, and six blocks, Bhadohi, Gyanpur, Aurai Suriyawan, Abholi, and Deegh. Bhadohi is a city under Lok Sabha constituency and a municipal board in Sant Ravidas Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also known as the “Carpet City,” the largest hand-knotted carpet weaving industry hub in South Asia. The Indian Institute of Carpet Technology (IICT), the only institute of its kind in Asia, was established there in 2001 by the Ministry of Textiles and offers B.Tech. courses in carpet and textiles technology.

Bhadohi is mainly famous for Carpets. Carpet weaving in Bhadohi-Mirzapur region dates back to the 16th century, during the reign of Mughal Emperor, Akbar and is believed to have established when centuries ago, some Iranian master weavers stopped at Madhosingh village, near Khamaria, in Bhadohi while travelling in India, and subsequently set up looms there.

The present day Bhadohi district is the biggest carpet manufacturing centres in India, most known for its hand-knotted carpet. While the Bhadohi –Mirzapur region has the largest number of weavers involved in handmade carpet weaving cluster, engaging around 3.2 million people in the industry, Bhadohi alone employs 2.2 million rural artisans in its 100 percent export-oriented industry. Bhadohi based organisations account for about 75%t of the Rs 44 billion of total carpet exports from India,The annual turnover of carpet exports from Bhadohi was Rs 25 billion (approx) in 2010.

In 2010, the carpets of the region received the Geographical Indication tag, which means carpets manufactured in 9 districts of the region, Bhadohi, Mirzapur, Varanasi,Ghazipur, Sonebhadra, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Jaunpur and Chandauli would be tagged with ‘handmade carpet of Bhadohi’. Most of the production is aimed at foreign countries.

Well-known carpet types from Bhadohi includes cotton Dhurries, Chhapra Mir carpets, Abusan, Persian, Loribaft, Indo Gabbeh, Nepalese carpets and more recent shaggy type carpets. They are manufactured in various qualities.