Kanpur Nagar district

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Kanpur Nagar district
District of Uttar Pradesh
Clockwise from top-left: Kanpur Central Rail Station, IIT Kanpur Central Library, Nana Sahib statue at Bithoor, Jagannath temple, Fields in Kaitha village
Location of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Kanpur
Headquarters	Kanpur
Tehsils	Kanpur, Bilhaur, Ghatampur,
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	1. Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)- Kidwai Nagar, Cantt., Sishamau, Arya Nagar, Govindnagar 2. Misrikh (Lok Sabha constituency)- Bilhaur 3. Akbarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)- Ghatampur, Kalyanpur, Maharajpur, Bithoor
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	1. Sishamau 2. Arya Nagar 3. Kidwai Nagar 4. Govind Nagar 5. Kanpur Cantonment 6. Bithoor 7. Kalyanpur 8. Maharajpur 9. Ghatampur 10. Bilhaur
Area
• Total	3,155 km2 (1,218 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	4,581,268
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
• Urban	3,015,645
Demographics
• Literacy	70.78%
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	NH 2
Website	kanpurnagar.nic.in

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.