Kanpur Nagar district | |
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Location of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh | |
Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
Division | Kanpur |
Headquarters | Kanpur |
Tehsils | Kanpur, Bilhaur, Ghatampur, |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | 1. Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)- Kidwai Nagar, Cantt., Sishamau, Arya Nagar, Govindnagar
2. Misrikh (Lok Sabha constituency)- Bilhaur 3. Akbarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)- Ghatampur, Kalyanpur, Maharajpur, Bithoor |
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | 1. Sishamau 2. Arya Nagar 3. Kidwai Nagar 4. Govind Nagar 5. Kanpur Cantonment 6. Bithoor 7. Kalyanpur 8. Maharajpur 9. Ghatampur 10. Bilhaur |
Area | |
• Total | 3,155 km2 (1,218 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,581,268[1] |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 70.78% |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Major highways | NH 2 |
Website | http://kanpurnagar.nic.in/ |
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.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1901 | 860,367 | — |
1911 | 780,691 | −0.97% |
1921 | 785,046 | +0.06% |
1931 | 828,506 | +0.54% |
1941 | 1,063,602 | +2.53% |
1951 | 1,325,778 | +2.23% |
1961 | 1,647,150 | +2.19% |
1971 | 2,099,164 | +2.45% |
1981 | 2,655,191 | +2.38% |
1991 | 3,253,572 | +2.05% |
2001 | 4,167,999 | +2.51% |
2011 | 4,581,268 | +0.95% |
source:[2] |
According to the 2011 census Kanpur Nagar district has a population of 4,581,268,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Costa Rica[3] or the US state of Louisiana.[4] This gives it a ranking of 32nd in India (out of a total of 640).[1] The district has a population density of 1,449 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,750/sq mi) .[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.72%.[1] Kanpur Nagar has a sex ratio of 852 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 81.31%.[1]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 92.63% of the population in the district spoke Hindi (or a related language), 5.76% Urdu and 0.79% Punjabi as their first language.[5]
Kanpur Nagar district: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.[5] | |||
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Mother tongue code | Mother tongue | People | Percentage |
001002 | Assamese | 360 | 0.01% |
002007 | Bengali | 14,341 | 0.31% |
005018 | Gujarati | 576 | 0.01% |
006030 | Awadhi | 544 | 0.01% |
006102 | Bhojpuri | 5,008 | 0.11% |
006240 | Hindi | 4,234,664 | 92.43% |
006340 | Kumauni | 823 | 0.02% |
006400 | Marwari | 524 | 0.01% |
006489 | Rajasthani | 747 | 0.02% |
007016 | Kannada | 447 | 0.01% |
010008 | Maithili | 583 | 0.01% |
011016 | Malayalam | 1,667 | 0.04% |
013071 | Marathi | 4,024 | 0.09% |
014011 | Nepali | 1,865 | 0.04% |
015043 | Odia | 1,289 | 0.03% |
016038 | Punjabi | 36,228 | 0.79% |
017002 | Sanskrit | 932 | 0.02% |
019014 | Sindhi | 6,603 | 0.14% |
020027 | Tamil | 549 | 0.01% |
021046 | Telugu | 709 | 0.02% |
022015 | Urdu | 263,375 | 5.75% |
028001 | Arabic/Arbi | 388 | 0.01% |
040001 | English | 2,484 | 0.05% |
– | Others | 2,538 | 0.06% |
Total | 4,581,268 | 100.00% |
Rank | Metropolitan Area | Area (km sq.) | 2011/2001 (Provisional figures) | Coverage |
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1 | Kanpur | 450 | 2,920,067 | Includes Kanpur Cantonment and Chakeri |
2 | Kanpur Cantonment | 50 | 108,035 | |
3 | Armapur Estate | 20 | 20,797 | |
4 | Northern Railway Colony | 15 | 29,708 | |
5 | Ghatampur | 12 | 35,496 | |
6 | Bilhaur | 10 | 18,056 | |
7 | Chakeri | 5 | 9,868 | |
8 | Bithoor | 5 | 9,647 | |
9 | Choubepur Kalan | 5 | 8,352 | |
10 | Shivrajpur | 3 | 7548 |