Kanpur division

Kanpur division is one of the 18 administrative geographical units of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Kanpur city is the administrative headquarters of the division. Kanpur was formerly spelled Cawnpore. The division consists of 6 districts:-

Kanpur division is the most literate division in Uttar Pradesh with literacy rates of:-

Kanpur division was earlier part of the Allahabad division. In the year 2000, the Mayawati government did a major reshuffle of the Allahabad division, and a separate Kanpur division was created.
The Kanpur district itself was bifurcated into Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur Nagar. Kanpur Dehat was renamed as Ramabai Nagar, after Ramabai, the wife of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. In 2012, the name was changed back to Kanpur Dehat.

Rank	Urban Area	Area	2011	Coverage
1	Kanpur	450	2,920,067	Includes Kanpur Cantonment and Chakeri
2	Farrukhabad	40	275,754	Includes Fatehgarh
3	Etawah	35	256,790
4	Auraiya	25	64,598
5	Kannauj	20	71,530
6	Ghatampur	12	35,496
7	Chhibramau	10	50,279
8	Bharthana	10	38,781

Cities by GDP