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{{About|the district|the town|Kanpur}}
{{original research|date=April 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kanpur Nagar district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Kanpur Nagar.svg
| map_caption = Location of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Kanpur
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kanpur division|Kanpur]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Kanpur]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = [[Kanpur]], [[Bilhaur]], [[Ghatampur]],
| area_total_km2 = 3,155
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 4,581,268<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref>
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 70.78%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = 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
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 1. [[Sishamau Assembly constituency|Sishamau]] 2. [[Arya Nagar Assembly constituency|Arya Nagar]] 3. [[Kidwai Nagar Assembly constituency|Kidwai Nagar]] 4. [[Govind Nagar Assembly constituency|Govind Nagar]] 5. [[Kanpur Cantonment Assembly constituency|Kanpur Cantonment]] 6. [[Bithoor Assembly constituency|Bithoor]] 7. [[Kalyanpur, Kanpur Assembly constituency|Kalyanpur]] 8. [[Maharajpur, Kanpur Assembly constituency|Maharajpur]] 9. [[Ghatampur Assembly constituency|Ghatampur]] 10. [[Bilhaur Assembly constituency|Bilhaur]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 2 (India)|NH 2]]
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = http://kanpurnagar.nic.in/
}}
'''Kanpur Nagar district''', meaning Urban Kanpur District is one of the [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|districts]] of the [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[India]]. It is a part of [[Kanpur division]] and its district headquarters is [[Kanpur]]. Kanpur was formerly spelled Cawnpore.

==Notable People==
*[[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 populations|11=1901|12=8,60,367|13=1911|14=7,80,691|15=1921|16=7,85,046|17=1931|18=8,28,506|19=1941|20=10,63,602|21=1951|22=13,25,778|23=1961|24=16,47,150|25=1971|26=20,99,164|27=1981|28=26,55,191|29=1991|30=32,53,572|31=2001|32=41,67,999|33=2011|34=45,81,268|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|style="text-align:right;"}}{{bar box
|title=Religions in Kanpur Nagar District
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|82.78}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|15.73}}
}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Kanpur Nagar district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 4,581,268,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Costa Rica]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Costa Rica 4,576,562 July 2011 est
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Louisiana 4,533,372
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/619lRoKht?url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=23 August 2011
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 32nd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 1449 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.72%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Kanpur Nagar has a [[sex ratio]] of 852 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 81.31%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

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 language|Punjabi]] as their first language.<ref name="census2011-C16"/>
{|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! colspan=4| Kanpur Nagar district: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C16">{{cite report |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh |url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX |publisher = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! Mother tongue code
! Mother tongue
! People
! Percentage
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 001002 || [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 360
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 002007 || [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 14,341
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.31%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 005018 || [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 576
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006030 || [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 544
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006102 || [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,008
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.11%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006240 || [[Hindi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,234,664
| style="text-align:right;" | 92.43%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006340 || [[Kumauni language|Kumauni]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 823
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006400 || [[Marwari language|Marwari]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 524
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 006489 || [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 747
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 007016 || [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 447
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 010008 || [[Maithili language|Maithili]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 583
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 011016 || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,667
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.04%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 013071 || [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,024
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.09%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 014011 || [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,865
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.04%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 015043 || [[Odia language|Odia]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,289
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.03%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 016038 || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 36,228
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.79%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 017002 || [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 932
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 019014 || [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,603
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.14%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 020027 || [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 549
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 021046 || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 709
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 022015 || [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 263,375
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.75%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 028001 || [[Arabic language|Arabic/Arbi]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 388
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.01%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|| 040001 || [[English language|English]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,484
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.05%
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:center;" | –
|| [[Languages of India|Others]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,538
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.06%
|- style="vertical-align:top;" class="sortbottom"
| colspan=2 | Total
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,581,268
| style="text-align:right;" | 100.00%
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
|-
! width=5%| Rank
! style="width:25%;"| Metropolitan Area
! style="width:25%;"| Area (km sq.)
! style="width:10%;"| 2011/2001 (Provisional figures)
! style="width:35%;"| Coverage
|-
| 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 ||
|}

==See also==
*[[Anei (village)]]
*[[Bithoor]]
*[[Lakshmi Villa]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|https://kanpurnagar.nic.in/}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Kanpur district
|North = [[Hardoi district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Unnao district]]
|Southeast = [[Fatehpur district]]
|South = [[Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh|Hamirpur district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Kanpur Dehat district]]
|Northwest = [[Kannauj district]]
}}

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