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Kanpur had been the major financial and industrial centre of North India and also the ninth-largest urban economy in India. [9] [10] Today it is famous for its colonial architecture, gardens, sweets, dialect, lively culture and fine quality leather, plastic and textile products which are exported mainly to the West.
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 ...
According to the 2011 census Kanpur Nagar district has a population of 4,581,268, [1] roughly equal to the nation of Costa Rica [4] or the US state of Louisiana. [5] This gives it a ranking of 32nd in India (out of a total of 640). [1]
The Kanpur Nagar Police Commissionerate (Hindi: कानपुर नगर पुलिस आयुक्तालय, popularly Kanpur Nagar Police) is the police department within the municipal limits of Kanpur. It is a part of Uttar Pradesh Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation in Kanpur city.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 96.62% of the population in the district spoke Hindi (or a related language) and 2.89% Urdu as their first language. [6] The District's population was 1,388,923 in 2001. Of these, 1,156,951 (or 83.3%) lived in rural areas, while 231,972 (or 16.7%) lived in urban areas. [7]
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]
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 ...
Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.The constituency covers almost one-fourth of the area of Kanpur city and is hundred percent urban.