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.

Notable people

Kavi Bhushan an Indian poet in the courts of the Bundela King Chhatrasal and the Maratha King Shivaji. Bhushan resided in the Tikwapur village in Ghatampur tehsil of Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh.

According to the 2011 census Kanpur Nagar district has a population of 4,581,268, roughly equal to the nation of Costa Rica or the US state of Louisiana. This gives it a ranking of 32nd in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.72%. Kanpur Nagar has a sex ratio of 852 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 81.31%. 65.83% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes made up 17.83% of the population.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 92.43% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 5.76% Urdu and 0.79% Punjabi as their first language.

Rank	Metropolitan Area	Area	Population	Coverage
1	Kanpur	450	2,768,057	Includes Kanpur Cantonment and Chakeri
2	Kanpur Cantonment	50	108,534
3	Armapur Estate	20	15,463
4	Northern Railway Colony	15	20,916
5	Ghatampur	12	40,623
6	Bilhaur	10	20,493
7	Chakeri	5	7,526
8	Bithoor	5	11,300
9	Choubepur Kalan	5	10,785
10	Shivrajpur	3	11,948