Kanpur division is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Kanpur city is the administrative headquarters of the division. Kanpur was formerly spelled Cawnpore. The division consists of 6 districts:-

Kanpur division
Location of Kanpur division in Uttar Pradesh
Location of Kanpur division in Uttar Pradesh
CountryIndia
StateUttar Pradesh
Area
 • Total14,810 km2 (5,720 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total12,873,369
 • Density870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)

Literacy rates

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Kanpur division is the most literate division in Uttar Pradesh with literacy rates of:-[citation needed]

  • Auraiya - 78.95%
  • Etawah - 78.41%
  • Farrukhabad - 73.4%
  • Kanpur Dehat - 75.78%
  • Kanpur Nagar - 79.65%
  • Kannauj - 72.70%

History of administrative districts in Kanpur Division

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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 (1896-1935), the wife of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. In 2012, the name was changed back to Kanpur Dehat (though the 2011 Indian census uses the name "Kanpur Dehat").

Rank Urban Area Area (km sq.) 2011 (Provisional figures) Coverage
1 Kanpur 450 2,920,067 Includes Kanpur Cantonment and Chakeri
2 Farrukhabad 40 275,754 Includes Fatehgarh
3 Etawah 35 256,790
4 Auraiya 25 64,598
5 Kannauj 20 71,530
6 Ghatampur 12 35,496
7 Chhibramau 10 50,279
8 Bharthana 10 38,781

Cities by GDP

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Demographics

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Kanpur division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.[2]
Mother tongue code Mother tongue Districts Kanpur division
Farrukhabad Kannauj Etawah Auraiya Kanpur Dehat Kanpur Nagar Total people Percentage
002007 Bengali 466 198 151 337 1,069 14,341 16,562 0.13%
005018 Gujarati 11 13 54 104 6 576 764 0.01%
006102 Bhojpuri 701 736 27 26 16 5,008 6,514 0.05%
006240 Hindi 1,790,275 1,600,677 1,553,087 1,359,181 1,777,683 4,234,664 12,315,567 95.61%
006340 Kumauni 1 0 0 0 0 823 824 0.01%
006489 Rajasthani 116 25 39 85 18 747 1,030 0.01%
010008 Maithili 151 31 0 1 1 583 767 0.01%
011016 Malayalam 78 8 61 122 5 1,667 1,941 0.02%
013071 Marathi 39 16 55 77 7 4,024 4,218 0.03%
014011 Nepali 28 3 34 4 2 1,865 1,936 0.02%
015043 Odia 125 12 32 57 12 1,289 1,527 0.01%
016038 Punjabi 2,644 73 134 163 51 36,228 39,293 0.31%
017002 Sanskrit 0 2 4 3 0 932 941 0.01%
019014 Sindhi 140 4 212 14 0 6,603 6,973 0.05%
020027 Tamil 267 2 25 95 3 549 941 0.01%
021046 Telugu 24 22 6 134 0 709 895 0.01%
022015 Urdu 88,252 47,877 27,532 18,863 16,829 263,375 462,728 3.59%
040001 English 41 22 85 45 64 2,484 2,741 0.02%
Others 1,845 6,895 272 234 418 4,801 14,465 0.11%
Total 1,885,204 1,656,616 1,581,810 1,379,545 1,796,184 4,581,268 12,880,627 100.00%

References

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  1. ^ "Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census".
  2. ^ C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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