Kanpur Nagar district


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.

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According to the 2011 census Kanpur Nagar district has a population of 4,581,268, roughly equal to the nation of Costa Rica or the US state of Louisiana. This gives it a ranking of 32nd in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.72%. Kanpur Nagar has a sex ratio of 852 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 81.31%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 92.63% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 5.76% Urdu and 0.79% Punjabi as their first language.
RankMetropolitan AreaArea 2011/2001 Coverage
1Kanpur4502,920,067Includes Kanpur Cantonment and Chakeri
2Kanpur Cantonment50108,035
3Armapur Estate2020,797
4Northern Railway Colony1529,708
5Ghatampur1235,496
6Bilhaur1018,056
7Chakeri59,868
8Bithoor59,647
9Choubepur Kalan58,352
10Shivrajpur37548