Kanpur Metropolitan Area

Kanpur Metropolitan Area कानपुर महानगरीय क्षेत्र کانپور کے میٹروپولیٹن علاقے
Metropolitan Area
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Districts	Kanpur District Kanpur Dehat district Unnao District
Area
• Urban	1,506 km² (581 sq mi)
• Metro	1,680 km² (650 sq mi)
Population (2011 Census)
• Urban	2,920,496^[1]
• Urban density	7,502/km² (19,430/sq mi)
• Metro	3,549,914
• Metro density	406/km² (1,050/sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5.30)

The Kanpur Metropolitan Area is the metropolitan area of Indian metropolis of Kanpur. The metropolitan area border has been assumed by Kanpur Development Authority (KDA)^[2] and Unnao-Shuklaganj Development Authority (USDA).^[3] The state government declared the city of Kanpur as a metropolitan area on 11 October 1976.^[4] The area consists of one municipal corporation, 5 municipalities and 4 Counter Magnets.

History

In 1997-98, total metropolitan region area has increased to 89,131.15 ha (891.3115 km²) out of which 4,743.9 ha (47.439 km²) (5.31%) was non-defined (prohibited area) and rest 29,683 ha (296.83 km²) and 54,704 ha (547.04 km²) (61.39%) was urban and rural area respectively.^[5]

Participating Regions

State	Area in km²	Population 2011 Census
Area-wise contribution of participating cities/towns in the KMA.
Kanpur Region	450	2,920,496
Unnao Region	250	416,229
Akbarpur Region	150	52,349
Sachendi Region	100	34,146
Bithoor NP/Mandhana/Mohammadpur/Singhpur/Khyora	230	20,726
Shivrajpur Region	200	55,536
Maharajpur-Sarsaul Region	100	34,218
Bidhnu-Ramaipur Region	100	16,214
Total	1680	3,549,914

Note

Kanpur Region includes Kanpur Municipal Corporation area, Cantonment Board area, Rawatpur Station Yard, Chakeri, Northern Railway Colony and Armapur Estate
Unnao Region Includes Unnao Municipal Corporation area, Shuklaganj or Gangaghat Municipality Area, Katri Piper Khera, Majhra Piper Ahtmali and 44 villages under USDA^[6]^[7]^[8]
Akbarpur Region includes Akbarpur NP, Jalalpur Nagin, Nagin Jasi, Jainpur, Barah, Banar Ali and Raniyan
Sachendi Region includes Sachendi urf Chacheri, Bhautipratappur, Bhautikhera, Kataraghannshyam, Dharmangadpur and Pakari
Bidhnu-Ramaipur region includes Bidhnu, Ramaipur, Neori, Magrasa, Gadhewa Mohasinpur and Afzalpur
Maharajpur-Sarsaul region include Maharajpur, Sarsaul, Tilsaharibujurg and Hathi Pur
Shivrajpur region includes Shivrajpur NP, Chobepur, Chak Bhencha, Barrajpur, Pathakpur Shivrajpur, Dubiyana, Bahrampur, Kama, Bhaunathpur, Udaitpur Shivrajpur, Ajauli, Nevada Masaram, Manpur, Shahpur Kama, Shahpur Malha, Govindpur, Sambharpur Misran, Indalpur Shivrajpur, Dedoopur, Mariyani, Jarari, Bhindury, Nonha Narsingh, Nonha Kalan, Chobepur Pankhan, Nathoopur, Meghanipurwa, Malau, Taiyaganj, Amiliha, Devpalpur and Prempur

Cities and Towns

Municipal Corporation

Kanpur

Municipalities

Development Blocks

Counter Magnets

Etawah-Saifei
Farrukhabad-Fatehgarh
Auraiya-Dibiyapur (immense potential to be developed as a major urban area as plants of GAIL, NTPC and other prominent industries are situated here. Plastic City is also proposed. NH 2 section of Kanpur-Agra six lane highway pass from Auraiya and a new rail link between Kanpur and Etawah will pass here. Dibiyapur is already situated on Howrah-Delhi railroad)
Kannauj

Satellite Towns

Trans Ganga City
Mandhana
New Kanpur City
Sachendi
Raniya
Bhaunti
Murtuza Nagar
Barah
Maharajpur
Katri Piper Khera
Ramaipur

References

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