Kanpur division

Kanpur division, Uttar Pradesh
कानपुर विभाग
Location of Kanpur division in Uttar Pradesh
Districts 1. Kanpur Dehat, 2. Kanpur, 3. Auraiya, 4. Kannauj, 5. Farrukhabad, 6. Etawah
Area 58,268 km2 (22,497 sq mi)
Population 53,07,644

Kanpur division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Kanpur is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2005), the division consists of districts of Kanpur Akbarpur(Kanpur Dehat) Etawah Farukhabad Kannauj Auraiya District.

History of administrative districts in Kanpur Division

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 and Kanpur dehat, which is now renamed as RamaBai Nagar, on the name of the wife of Kanshi Ram, the BSP leader.