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Kanpur

Administration
Native ameKanpur
Other nameCawnpore
कानपुर
Nickname"Leather City of the world" ; "Economic Capital of U.P" ; "Manchester of East"
TypeMetropolitan city
RegionAwadh
Lower Doab
DistrictKanpur Nagar District
Kanpur Dehat District
Government
MayorRavindra Patni
(Member of Bharatiya Janata Party)
Geography
Total Area633.8 sq mi (1642.0000 km2)
Altitude126 m
Coastline0 km
Demography
Total Population6368043 (9) (2011)
Density (pop.)1366/km2 (3537.9/sq mi)
Metro Population4572951 (9)
Official languagesHindi, English, Avadhi, Urdu
Other information
Time zoneIST (UTC+5:30)
Pincode208 0xx
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Telephone0512
VehicleUP-78

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Kanpur ( , ), spelled as Cawnpore before 1948, is the ninth most populous city in India and the largest within the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the second largest city of the Hindi-speaking belt after Delhi. It remains one of the oldest industrial townships of North India, although it has not kept pace with IT industry growth in the rest of India due to political indifference.

It has a metropolitan area of over 1640 km2 (1640000000 m2) and a city area of around 829 km2 with an approximate population of 5 million inhabitants. The status of the city was upgraded when it was included in the "Counter Magnets" of National Capital Region (NCR).

To tackle the traffic problem state government and local administration have planned to set up metro service in city known as Kanpur Metro. Owing to the city's industrial importance, one of the few branches of the Reserve Banks of India and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India were established in the city. It is also home to the globally recognized institution IIT Kanpur.

Kanpur is one of the fastest growing cities of India. The industrial growth in the first decade of the 21st century is phenomenal and supported by the fact that the number of industrial units that were around 14,000 in the year 1998 has almost more than doubled to nearly 29,000 by 2009 in within a period of 10 years which is exceptional growth.

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Highlights of Shahid Afridi's sensational 45-ball century in Kanpur from Pakistan's 2005 tour of India. The assault featured 10 fours and 9 sixes, in what was the joint second-fastest century in the history of the game. Enjoy!
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A documentary movie on IIT and its brand reputation. The world's toughest educational institute to get into. Acceptance rate- less than 1.7%. Its a famous saying that combine Harvard, MIT and Princeton - then you will get a feel of the level of IIT. It is very economical and students pay only $700 to study the best-in-the-world education. There are 15 IIt in India, the best ones being Mumbai, Delhi, Kharagpur, Chennai, Kanpur and Roorkee. Some of Notable alumni include Vinod Khosla, Shailesh Mehta, Narayan Murthy, Rajat gupta, Arun Sarin and many more The biggest Indian hit movie, '3 Idiots', was based on author Chetan Bhagat's experiences in his engineering life at IIT Delhi. Students all over India start dreaming of IIt when they are 10 and when they finish their 10th class, they join specialized coaching institutes and study for 10 hours everyday (minimum) for next 2-3 years, and then if they do well then some lucky 3000 people are accepted at these top institutes out of almost 200000 plus applicants. Its a dream.. a way of life.. the best of life.. its best of the India. The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are a group of 15 autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education established and declared as Institutes of National Importance by the Parliament of India. The IITs were created to train only scientists and engineers. In order of establishment, they are located in Kharagpur (1950; as IIT 1951[2]), Mumbai (1958), Chennai (1959 <b>...</b>
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At the Kanpur cricket ODI, Afridi misbehaved with Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir responded with a mouthful, which left Afridi stunned!!!
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iNewsOne---Kanpur-, July 17 (IANS) It's a problem of hearth-shaking proportions! You need to hire a new maid but don't know where to begin and whom to trust and also hate having to haggle about wages. What if an agency did all that - and all for - Date : Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:14:24 GMT+00:00
Lord Shiva temples attract devotees on first day of Shrawan - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India---KANPUR-: Thousands of devotees visited various temples of Lord Shiva across the city. Ganga 'Aarti' was also performed on the first day of month of 'Shrawan' on Saturday. The devotees offered 'bel patra', mil - Date : Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:06:58 GMT+00:00
BJP leader shot dead in Kanpur - Daijiworld.com Tweet this news
Daijiworld.com---Kanpur- (Uttar Pradesh), July 16 (IANS) A local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead by unidentified assailants here Saturday night, police said. Yogendra Singh, a member of the party's district unit, was gunned down by - Date : Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:16:20 GMT+00:00
Male Hippo kills female partner in Sakkarbaug zoo - IBNLive.com Tweet this news
IBNLive.com--A pair of Hippo was brought to Sakkarbaug zoo in March 2010 from the -Kanpur- zoo under an animal exchange programme.The male hippo got enraged after it failed to get co-cooperation from female hippo for mating and injured her seriously last - Date : Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:15:24 GMT+00:00
Pregnant woman dies at LLR Hospital - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India---KANPUR-: A day after the death of a pregnant woman in Dufferin Hospital, another pregnant woman died at Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) Hospital in the absence of immediate and proper treatment on Saturday. On Friday, Shafikun, a resident of Shukla - Date : Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:27:17 GMT+00:00
CCRS meets passengers of Kalka Mail - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India---KANPUR-: Chief commissioner for railway safety (CCRS) Prashant Kumar continued the probe into the Kalka train mishap for the third day on Friday and met the passengers to get a 'first hand account' of the mishap. "Chief - Date : Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:21:16 GMT+00:00
Waterlogging, jams take away fun from rain - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India---KANPUR-: Traffic jams have become the main characteristic of city during monsoons. The fact was reinforced on Saturday afternoon when half the city was crawling due to waterlogging, slippery roads and undue haste on part of drivers. ... - Date : Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:15:43 GMT+00:00
Heavy rains break 10-day dry spell - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--Etawah recorded 185 mm rains, Hathras 67 mm, Fatehgarh 75.6 mm, Bareilly 21.4, -Kanpur- 54 mm and Varanasi 8.2 mm. The state Met department has predicted that rains will continue in west UP and Bundelkhand on Sunday but will decline in eas - Date : Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:52:14 GMT+00:00
Youth molests, assaults girl - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India---KANPUR-: A 17-year-old girl was molested and attacked by a youth in Makanpur village, under the limits of Kotwali police in Bilhaur on Friday, officials said. Raeesa (name changed) was on her way to her fields when she was stopped by a yo - Date : Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:11:58 GMT+00:00
Jajmau bridge opens for public - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India---KANPUR-: The newly constructed bridge on the Ganga at Jajmau, falling on national highway 25, was thrown open for public on Saturday. The 720-metre long two-lane bridge was inaugurated by minister of state for road transport and highways - Date : Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:22:15 GMT+00:00

Economy :
Kanpur City officials
Divisional Commissioner
Amit Ghosh
Mayor
Ravindra Patni
District Magistrate
Dr. Hariom

Roadways : Inter-state bus service
NH No Route Total Length
NH 2 Delhi » Mathura » Agra » Kanpur » Allahabad » Varanasi » Mohania » Barhi » Palsit » Dankuni (near Kolkata) 2542
NH 25 Lucknow » Kanpur » Jhansi » Shivpuri 352
NH 86 Kanpur » Hamirpur » Chhatarpur » Sagar » Bhopal » Dewas 674
NH 91 Ghaziabad » Aligarh » Etah » Kannauj » Kanpur 405

Kanpur

UniversitiesChhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (Kanpur Univeristy) * Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology
Medical CollegesGanesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College
Technological institutesIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur-(Antaragni, Techkriti, RNSoM, IIT Kanpur, P K Kelkar library * IIT Kanpur Airport ) * Harcourt Butler Technological Institute-(Odyssey (HBTI, Kanpur)) * Govt. Central Textile Institute * University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kanpur University
Private technological
institutes
Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology * Maharana Pratap Engineering College * Kanpur Institute of Technology
North West KanpurCivil Lines * Tilak Nagar * Arya Nagar * Swaroop Nagar * Chunni Ganj * Azad Nagar * Nawab Ganj
Central KanpurKakadeo * Geeta Nagar * Pandu Nagar * Sarvodya Nagar * Sharda Nagar * Shastri Nagar
East KanpurJajmau * Lal Bangla
West KanpurIndira Nagar * Kalyanpur * Panki
South KanpurBarra * Govind Nagar * Gujanini * Kidwai Nagar * Ratan Lal Nagar * Naubasta * Yashoda Nagar
UnsortedBithoor * Armapur Estate * Chakeri * Shyam Nagar * Cantt * Jaurali * Tatya Tope Nagar * Hanspuram * Keshavpuram * Ravidas Puram Shivaji Nagar
Left BankShuklaganj * Gangotri Township

Cities and towns in Kanpur district

Census Towns in
Kanpur District
Armapur Estate * Bilhaur * Bithoor * Chakeri * Choubepur Kalan * Ghatampur * Kanpur * Northern Railway Colony * Shivrajpur
Other TownsBhitargaon * Gajner * Kakwan * Karbigwan * Makanpur
Cities and towns
in other districts
Agra * Aligarh * Allahabad * Ambedkar Nagar * Auraiya * Azamgarh * Badaun * Bagpat * Bahraich * Ballia * Balrampur * Banda * Barabanki * Bareilly * Basti * Bijnor * Bulandshahr * Chandauli * Chitrakoot * Deoria * Etah * Etawah * Faizabad * Farrukhabad * Fatehpur * Firozabad * Gautam Buddha Nagar * Ghaziabad * Ghazipur * Gonda * Gorakhpur * Hamirpur * Hardoi * Jalaun * Jaunpur * Jhansi * Jyotiba Phule Nagar * Kannauj * Kanpur Dehat * Kanshi Ram Nagar * Kaushambi * Kushinagar * Lakhimpur Kheri * Lalitpur * Lucknow * Mahamaya Nagar * Maharajganj * Mahoba * Mainpuri * Mathura * Mau * Meerut * Mirzapur * Moradabad * Muzaffarnagar * Pilibhit * Pratapgarh * Raebareli * Rampur * Saharanpur * Sant Kabir Nagar * Sant Ravidas Nagar * Shahjahanpur * Shravasti * Siddharthnagar * Sitapur * Sonbhadra * Sultanpur * Unnao * Varanasi |

* State of Uttar Pradesh

TopicsHistory - Geography - Economy - Culture - Tourism - Demographics
DivisionsAgra * Aligarh * Allahabad * Azamgarh * Bareilly * Basti * Chitrakoot * Devipatan * Faizabad * Gorakhpur * Jhansi * Kanpur * Lucknow * Mirzapur * Moradabad * Saharanpur * Varanasi
DistrictsAgra * Aligarh * Allahabad * Ambedkar Nagar * Auraiya * Azamgarh * Badaun * Bagpat * Bahraich * Ballia * Balrampur * Banda * Barabanki * Bareilly * Basti * Bijnor * Bulandshahr * Chandauli * Chitrakoot * Devaria * Etah * Etawah * Faizabad * Farrukhabad * Fatehpur * Firozabad * Gautam Buddha Nagar * Ghaziabad * Ghazipur * Gonda * Gorakhpur * Hamirpur * Hardoi * Jalaun * Jaunpur * Jhansi * Jyotiba Phule Nagar * Kannauj * Kanpur Dehat (Akbarpur) * Kanpur Nagar * Kanshiram Nagar * Kaushambi * Kushinagar (Padrauna) * Lakhimpur Kheri * Lalitpur * Lucknow * Mahamaya (Hathras) * Maharajganj * Mahoba * Mainpuri * Mathura * Mau * Meerut * Mirzapur * Moradabad * Muzaffarnagar * Pilibhit * Pratapgarh * Raebareli * Rampur * Saharanpur * Sant Kabir Nagar * Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi) * Shahjahanpur * Shravasti * Siddharthnagar * Sitapur * Sonbhadra * Sultanpur * Unnao * Varanasi
Major citiesAgra * Allahabad * Kanpur * Lucknow * Meerut * Varanasi * Bareilly



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