Kanpur Dehat district

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Kanpur Dehat district

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Settlement type District of Uttar Pradesh
Country India
State
District
Subdivision

Kanpur Dehat (Kanpur Rural) district is a district in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The administrative headquarters of the district are at Mati-Akbarpur. This district is part of Kanpur division. Kanpur was formerly spelled Cawnpore.

History

The site of the Battle of Madarpur, fought between the Bhumihar zamindars and the Mughal Empire in 1528CE took place within the present-day Kanpur Dehat district.

Kanpur District was divided into two districts, namely Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat in year 1977. The two were reunited again in 1979 and again separated in 1981. Uttar Pradesh government decided to rename Kanpur Dehat district as Ramabai Nagar district on 1 July 2010.[1] In July 2012, it was returned to Kanpur Dehat.

Tehsils in Kanpur Dehat district

  1. Akbarpur
  2. Bhognipur
  3. Derapur
  4. Rasulabad
  5. Sikandara
  6. Maitha

Political representatives

Legislative Council

Name Member[2] Party
Kanpur Graduate Constituency Arun Pathak Bharatiya Janata Party

Legislative Assembly

Name Member[3] Party
Akbarpur-Raniya Pratibha Shukla[4] Bharatiya Janta Party
Bhognipur Vinod Kumar Katiyar[5] Bharatiya Janta Party
Sikandra Ajit Pal[6] Bharatiya Janta Party
Rasulabad Nirmala Sankhwar[7] Bharatiya Janta Party

Parliamentary constituencies

Name Member[8] Party
Akbarpur Devendra Singh Bhole Bharatiya Janta Party
Kannauj Subrat pathak Bhartiya Janta party
Etawah Dr RAM Shankar katheriya Bharatiya Janta Party
Jalaun Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma Bharatiya Janta Party

Transport

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An airplane at Kanpur Dehat's Marhamtabad Airstrip (2018)
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Rura Railway Station
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Bhaupur Railway Station

The district is well connected by railways. Three rail tracks run through Kanpur Dehat district. The railway route connecting Delhi to Hawrah belonging to North Central zone of Indian Railways is passing through centre of the district. This railway track is broad gauge and fully electrified. The railway stations on this route through the district are Bhaupur, Maitha, Roshan Mau Halt, Rura, Ambiyapur, Jhinjhak and Parjani Halt. Rura Railway Station is the main railway Station of Kanpur Dehat District.

The second track is Kanpur to Jhansi railway line. The railway stations on this route are Binaur, Rasulpur Gogumau, Tilaunchi, Paman, Lalpur, Malasa, Pukhrayan and Chaunrah. This broad gauge railway track is electrified also belongs to North Central zone.

The third railway line converted to broad gauge belongs to North Eastern Railway zone. The track runs parallel to the Ganges river. This track is also electrified.

Notable residents

Poets

  • Asharfi Lal Mishra [10] is a Hindi poet. He wrote a poetry named " Lal Shatak (Dohe)" having 100 Dohe. This poetry is published in Amarujala.com in two parts.[11][12] .Many free poems also published in Amarujala.com.[13] He is a Poet[14],author and blogger too.[15]His poetry named Kavy sangrah is published in Navbharat Times.com[16]

Historical places

Religious places

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Waneshwar Mahadev Mandir

Educational institutions

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Kanpur Dehat district has a population of 1,795,092,[18] roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia[19] or the US state of Nebraska.[20] This gives it a ranking of 268th in India (out of a total of 640 districts).[18] The district has a population density of Template:Convert.[18] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.82%.[18] Kanpur Dehat has a sex ratio of 862 females for every 1000 males,[18] and a literacy rate of 77.52%.[18]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 98.99% of the population in the district spoke Hindi (or a related language) and 0.94% Urdu as their first language.[21]

Kanpur Dehat district: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.[21]
Mother tongue code Mother tongue People Percentage
002007 Bengali 1,069 0.06%
006125 Bundeli/Bundel khandi 142 0.01%
006240 Hindi 1,777,683 98.97%
022015 Urdu 16,829 0.94%
– Others 461 0.03%
Total 1,796,184 100.00%

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Kos Minars

Since the Mughal road passes through Kanpur Dehat district, there are many Kos Minar (mile pillars) in the district. Some of them are protected monuments, notable ones are at Bhognipur, Chapar Ghata, Deosar, Gaur, Halia, Jallapur Sikandara, Pailwaru, Pitampur, Raigawan, Rajpur, Sankhiln Buzurg, Sardarpur.

International airport proposal

An international airport named Rasoolabad International Airport was proposed in 2015 to be constructed in Kanpur Dehat district about 50 km from Kanpur.[22] The airport will serve the region from Agra division, Jhansi division, Kanpur division, Aligarh division, Allahabad division, Banda division and Lucknow division. It would have direct link road with Agra Lucknow Expressway.[23][24]

References

  1. ↑ Kanpur Dehat. District administration. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  2. ↑ {{{title}}}. Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  3. ↑ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  4. ↑ http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=2669
  5. ↑ http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=2697
  6. ↑ http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=2682
  7. ↑ http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=2662
  8. ↑ Sixteenth Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  9. ↑ Ram Nath Kovind elected Indias 14th President, to take oath on July 25. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  10. ↑ https://www.amarujala.com/kavya/poets
  11. ↑ लाल शतक (दोहे ) भाग -1 काव्य ग्रन्थ
  12. ↑ लाल शतक (दोहे ) भाग -2 काव्य ग्रन्थ
  13. ↑ AL Mishra Profile on Amarujala.com.
  14. ↑ Live poetry
  15. ↑ writer & blogger
  16. ↑ https://readerblogs.navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%95-%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%87%e0%a4%a7%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%ad%e0%a5%80/kavy-sangrah/
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 http://kanpurdehat.nic.in/f_profile.html
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 District Census 2011. Census2011.co.in. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  19. ↑ Country Comparison:Population. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  20. ↑ 2010 Resident Population Data. U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Template:Cite report
  22. ↑ http://m.timesofindia.com/city/kanpur/International-airport-proposed-near-Kanpur/articleshow/46156622.cms
  23. ↑ http://www.ufhnews.in/kanpur-dehat-7489-a
  24. ↑ http://hindi.eenaduindia.com/State/UttarPradesh/2015/03/25223153/kanpur-to-abroad-has-gone-soon.vpf

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