Kanpur District

Population: 4,572,951 (2011)

State: Uttar Pradesh

Language: Hindi, Urdu

Headquarters: Kanpur

 

Area: 3156 square kilometers

Density of Population: 1449 people per square kilometer

Literacy Rate: 81.31 % - Male: 85.07 %, Female: 76.89 %

Male Female Ratio: 1000:852

 

Boundaries of Kanpur District

 

North: Kannauj District and Hardoi District, Uttar Pradesh

South: Hamirpur District and Fatehpur District, Uttar Pradesh

East: Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh

West: Ramabai Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh

 

Kanpur District Average Rainfall: 725.2 mm 

Kanpur District Average Temperature in Summer: 34.45 deg C 

Kanpur District Average Temperature in Winter: 15.53 deg C

 

KANPUR DISTRICT MAP

 

 

Major Rivers: River Ganges, River Yamuna

River Ghats: Sarsayya Ghat, Aanandeshwar Ghat, Bhagwatdas ghat, Siddheshwar Ghat, Bhairon Ghat, Rani Ghat

Tehsils: Bilhaur, Kanpur Nagar, Ghatampur

Blocks: Bhitargaon, Bilhaur, Chaubepur, Ghatampur, Kakwan, Kalyanpur, Patara, Sarsi, Shivrajpur, Vidhunu

Assembly Constituencies: Bilhaur, Bithoor, Kalyanpur, Govindnagar, Sishamau, Arya Nagar, Kidwai Nagar, Kanpur Cantonment, Maharajpur, Ghatampur

Parks: Moti Jheel, Green Park Stadium, Buddha Park, Nanarao Park, Kidwai Nagar Park, Jungle Water Park, Company Bagh, Phool Bagh, Japanese Garden, Mahatma Gandhi Park

 

Kanpur District Nearby Attractions

 

1. Gora Kabristan

2. ISKON Temple

3. Gandhi Hall

4. St.Patrick Church

5. Kanpur Sangrahalaya Museum

6. Lav Kush Barrage

7. Anandeshwar Temple

8. Panki Mandir

9. Massacre Ghat

10. Nanarao Fort

11. Boodha Bargad Banyan Tree

12. Allen Forest Zoo

 

Kanpur District Facts:            This is the part of Kanpur Division. NH 2, NH 25, NH 86 and NH 91 pass through this district.

 

Major Industries: Soaps, pan masala, fertilizer, chemicals, textile industry, machinery, leather industry

 

Major Educational Institutions: Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur University, Chandra Sekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute, National Sugar Institute, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Halim Muslim Degree College, PPN Degree College

 

What is Kanpur District Famous For: Kanpur Zoo and leather industry

 

Famous People From Kanpur District: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Abhishek Yadav, Anirvan Ghosh, Poonam Dhillon, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Virendra Swarup, Azimullah Khan, Subhashini Ali, Abhishek Avasthi, Lakshmi Sahgal, Nana Sharma, Gopal Sharma, Rajeev Shukla, Shyam Shrivastava, Anurag Singh, Sucheta Kriplani

 

Kanpur District Pin Codes

Last Updated : Tuesday Jun 12 , 2012

 

Places in Kanpur District