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Kanpur is also home to several historical sites such as the Kanpur Museum, Bhitargaon Temple, European Cemetery and Nanarao Park. It is the 12th most populous city and the 11th most populous urban agglomeration in India (Census of India, 2011). Kanpur was an important British garrison town until 1947, when
Kanpur Nagar district, meaning Urban Kanpur District is one of the districts of the Uttar Pradesh state of India. It is a part of Kanpur division and its district headquarters is Kanpur . Kanpur was formerly spelled Cawnpore.
According to the 2011 census Kanpur Dehat district has a population of 1,795,092, [1] roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia [15] or the US state of Nebraska. [16] This gives it a ranking of 268th in India (out of a total of 640 districts). [1] The district has a population density of 594 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,540/sq mi). [1]
In the year 2000, the Mayawati government did a major reshuffle of the Allahabad division, and a separate Kanpur division was created. The Kanpur district itself was bifurcated into Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur Nagar. Kanpur Dehat was renamed as Ramabai Nagar, after Ramabai (1896-1935), the wife of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. In 2012, the name was ...
Kanpur Sangrahalaya (Hindi: कानपुर पुरातत्व संग्रहालय), also known as Kanpur Museum, is the official museum in Kanpur, the industrial hub of Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built by the British as King Edward Memorial Hall in honour of Edward VII. It is a storehouse of artifacts and exhibits that tell ...
New Kanpur City is a satellite city of Kanpur, India. The new city spreads over 10,000 acres of prime land on the banks of the Ganges . Co-operative housing societies will get preference for allotment of plots in this new city.
Chaubepur is a suburb in Kanpur, India, situated about 25 km from Kanpur on the Grand Trunk Road to Delhi. It is 7 km from Mandhana, a Kanpur suburb. It comes under Kanpur Metropolitan Area. The population was 4000 at the 2011 census. It has 75% of literacy.
Panki is a suburb of metropolitan Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, situated about 12 km from Kanpur Central on the NH 2 to Delhi.The region is home to the Panki Temple, to Panki Thermal Power Station which is among the few thermal energy units in Northern India, and to Panki Logistics Park which is among the largest logistics park of Northern India.