Kanpur Dehat district


Kanpur Dehat district is a district of 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. 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

Legislative Assembly

NameMemberParty
Akbarpur-RaniyaPratibha ShuklaBharatiya Janta Party
BhognipurVinod Kumar KatiyarBharatiya Janta Party
SikandraAjit PalBharatiya Janta Party
RasulabadNirmala SankhwarBharatiya Janta Party

Parliamentary constituencies

Transport

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

According to the 2011 census Kanpur Dehat district has a population of 1,795,092, roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia or the US state of Nebraska. This gives it a ranking of 268th in India.
The district has a population density of. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.82%. Kanpur Dehat has a sex ratio of 862 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 77.52%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 98.99% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 0.94% Urdu as their first language.

Kos Minars

Since the Mughal road passes through Kanpur Dehat district, there are many Kos Minar 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. 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.

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