Kanpur Dehat district

History

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

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 Personalities

Historical Places

Religious Places

1. Ma annapurna janta inter college, Kandhi,Kanpur Dehat
2. MAYANK SHEKHAR MAHAVIDLAYA
3. Lt.Col. Shiv Nath Singh Inter College (K.V.I.C.), Ranjeetpur, Bhaupur
4. Akbarpur Degree College Akbarpur Kanpur Dehat
5. Govt.Degree College,Akbarpur,Kanpur Dehat
6. R P S Inter College, Rura
7. RSGU Inter College Pukhrayan
8. Akbarpur Inter College Akbarpur
9. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Mati
10. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Kanpur Dehat
11. Galuapur Inter College Galuapur
12. Patel Vidyapeeth Inter College Baraur
13. Gram Vikas Inter College Budhauli
14. Shri Gandhi Inter College Jhinjhak
15. C.D.Girls Inter College Rura
16. Government Girls Inter College Pukhrayan
17. ASDC Inter College Rasulabad
18. Tarachand Inter College Sheoli
19. Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College Sikandara
20. RSGU Post Graduate College Pukhrayan
21. Shri Ayoddhya Singh Sarvjanik Inter College Kashipur
22. Shri Ram Ratan Girls Inter College Jhinjhak
23. Jageshwar Prasad Inter College Kathara-Rasulabad
24. Bal Govind Sarvjanik Inter College Prayagpur-Khanpur
25. Nonapur Inter College Nonapur
26. Kanchan Singh Bhooli Devi Degree College, Sarvankhara.
27. Shivvati Shivnandan Shukla Mahavidalya, Pukhrayan.
28. P.Triyugi Narayan Degree College, Mangalpur.
29. Sarla Dwivedi Mahavidyalaya, Akbarpur.
30. Darsan Singh Smrati Mahavidlay, Kanchosi Bajar
31. Pt.Kundan Lal Shukla Mahavidyalaya,Prasiddhpur,Raniya.
32. Gurha Devi Shyam Bihari Mahavidyalaya, Derapur
33. Mayank Shekhar Mahavidyalaya,Kourawa
34. Pt.O.P.Sharma Degree College Rura
35. Janka Devi Degree College Rura
36. Vivekanand Rastriy Inter College Pukhrayan
37. Devi Sahay Inter college Derapur
38. Gandhi Inter College Nonari
39. Janta Inter College Asalatganj
40. Gandhi Faze A Aam Tech. Inter College Asalatganj
41. Shri Malveey Inter College Mugisapur
42. Janta Inter College Gaurikaran
43. Janta Inter College Ramau
44. Janta Audyogik Inter College Sherpur Guda
45. Nehru Smarak Inter College Shahjahanpur
46. Patel Inter College Shekhpur,Bhognipur
47. CPKU Inter College Musanagar
48. Dayanand Gram Audyogik Inter College Barhapur
49. Shri Ram Ratan Audyogik Krishi Inter College Jhinjhak
50. Jankalyan Inter College Ursan
51. Shri Ram Ratan College Kanchausi-Bazar
52. Shri Shive Sahay Inter College Kauru Farhadpur
53. Bhartiya Vidyapeeth Inter College Rajpur
54. Pataleshwar Inter College Dohrapur
55. Rashtriya Sarvjanik Inter College Bhikhnapur
56. Nehru Inter College Gajner
57. UN Singh Inter College Jindaura
58. Baghpur Inter College Baghpur
59. Ramakant Sundar Lal Inter College Gahlon
60. Shri Krishnayurvedic Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya Musanagar
61. Shri VMS Inter College Katethi
62. Akbarpur Girls Inter College Akbarpur
63. Shri Krishna Audyogik Inter College Mohammadpur
64. Babu Dashrath Singh Inter College Aurangabad
65. Adarsh Kisan Inter College Hasemau
66. Janta Inter College Umarpur
67. Bhewan Inter College Bhewan
68. Shri Gandhi Balika Vidyalay Inter College Jhinjhak
69. Shri Nehru Inter College Rasdhan
70. Shri Ram Janki Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya Gauriyapur
71. Adarsh Janta Inter College Dobha
72. Shri Brij Bihari Mehrotra Inter College Amraudha
73. CPKU Inter College Musanagar
74. Shri Shankar Inter College Sujaur
75. Kshetriy Inter College Fatehpur Roshnayi
76. Jantantra Inter College Saintha
77. Pt.Triyugi Narayan Mahavidyalaya Mangalpur
78. Kendriya Vidhyalaya mati Akbarpur
79. Janta High School Maitha Railway Station

World Record for long banner

Under voter awareness district Kanpur Dehat made a world record for a procession having with a long banner in Mati Road,Akbarpur on february 16,2017. A certificate for world record is provided by judge Swapnil Guinness World Records to District Magistrate,Kanpur Dehat district.

Demographics

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 (out of a total of 640 districts). The district has a population density of 594 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,540/sq mi). 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%.

Kos Minars

Since the Mughal road passes through Kanpur Dehat district, there are many Kos Minar (mile pillars) 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 Captain Lakshmi Sehgal International Airport in the memory of late Azad Hind Fauj member Captain Lakshmi Sehgal was proposed in 2015 to be constructed at in Kanpur Dehat district about 50 km from Kanpur. The airport is proposed to be bigger than Lucknow's Amausi Airport and would have flights to United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, China, Australia etc. 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.