Kanpur division


Kanpur division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Kanpur is the administrative headquarters of the division. Kanpur was formerly spelled Cawnpore. The division consists of six districts:
Kanpur division is the most literate division in Uttar Pradesh with literacy rates as followed:
Kanpur division was earlier part of the Allahabad division. 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, the wife of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. In 2012 the name was changed back to Kanpur Dehat.
RankMetropolitan AreaArea 2011 Coverage
1Kanpur4502,920,067Includes Kanpur Cantonment and Chakeri
2Farrukhabad40275,754Includes Fatehgarh
3Etawah35256,790
4Auraiya2564,598
5Kannauj2071,530
6 Ghatampur 1235,496
7Chhibramau1050,279
8Bharthana1038,781

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