Kanpur division

Kanpur division is one of the 18 divisions of [Uttar Pradesh|administrative geographical units] of the northern Indian States and [territories of India|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 [Bhimrao Ambedkar|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

Literacy rates