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.

This article is about the district. For the town, see Kanpur.

Kanpur Nagar district
District of Uttar Pradesh
Location of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh
CountryIndia
StateUttar Pradesh
DivisionKanpur
HeadquartersKanpur
TehsilsKanpur, Bilhaur, Ghatampur,
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituencies1. 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 constituencies1. Sishamau
2. Arya Nagar
3. Kidwai Nagar
4. Govind Nagar
5. Kanpur Cantonment
6. Bithoor
7. Kalyanpur
8. Maharajpur
9. Ghatampur
10. Bilhaur
Area
 • Total3,155 km2 (1,218 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total4,581,268[1]
Demographics
 • Literacy70.78%
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highwaysNH 2
Websitehttp://kanpurnagar.nic.in/

Notable Poets
  • Kavi Bhushan an Indian poet in the courts of the Bundeli king Chhatrasal and the Maratha king Shivaji. Bhushan resided in the Tikwapur village in Ghatampur tehsil of Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh.

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901860,367—    
1911780,691−0.97%
1921785,046+0.06%
1931828,506+0.54%
19411,063,602+2.53%
19511,325,778+2.23%
19611,647,150+2.19%
19712,099,164+2.45%
19812,655,191+2.38%
19913,253,572+2.05%
20014,167,999+2.51%
20114,581,268+0.95%
source:[2]
Religions in Kanpur Nagar District
Religion Percent
Hindus
 
 82.78%
Muslims
 
 15.73%

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]
Mother tongue code Mother tongue People Percentage
001002Assamese 360 0.01%
002007Bengali 14,341 0.31%
005018Gujarati 576 0.01%
006030Awadhi 544 0.01%
006102Bhojpuri 5,008 0.11%
006240Hindi 4,234,664 92.43%
006340Kumauni 823 0.02%
006400Marwari 524 0.01%
006489Rajasthani 747 0.02%
007016Kannada 447 0.01%
010008Maithili 583 0.01%
011016Malayalam 1,667 0.04%
013071Marathi 4,024 0.09%
014011Nepali 1,865 0.04%
015043Odia 1,289 0.03%
016038Punjabi 36,228 0.79%
017002Sanskrit 932 0.02%
019014Sindhi 6,603 0.14%
020027Tamil 549 0.01%
021046Telugu 709 0.02%
022015Urdu 263,375 5.75%
028001Arabic/Arbi 388 0.01%
040001English 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
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

See also

References
  1. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  3. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 1 October 2011. Costa Rica 4,576,562 July 2011 est
  4. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Louisiana 4,533,372
  5. 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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