Derapur

Derapur
town
Derapur

Location in Uttar Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 26°25′0″N 79°48′0″E / 26.41667°N 79.80000°ECoordinates: 26°25′0″N 79°48′0″E / 26.41667°N 79.80000°E
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Elevation 124 m (407 ft)
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration UP-
Coastline 0 kilometres (0 mi)

Derapur is a town in Kanpur Dehat district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the headquarters of the Tehsil of the same name. Derapur is 61 km from Kanpur.

Transport

Derapur is well connected by trains and roads. Rura Railway Station (NCR) is nearest to Derapur

Rura Railway Station

and at a distance of 14 km where super fast and express trains are available to east Kanpur Patna, Havrah and to west Aligarh ,Agra, Delhi etc. It is connected by roads to Golden Quadrilateral National Highway of India at Mugisapur at a distance 6 km to south. which leads to west Agra, Delhi and to east Kanpur, Kolkata. It is situated on the south bank of the river Sengur

Institutions

  1. Sub division and tehsil
  2. Circle officer Police and Police Station
  3. State Bank of India and other banks.
  4. Post Office and BSNL Exchange

Educational institutions

  1. Galuwapur Inter College—A government aided most ancient and famous institution of sub division Derapur.
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  2. Devi Sahay Sarvjanik Inter College
  3. Shyam Bihari Guda Devi Degree College

Festivals

All national festivals, Holi, Diwali, Mahashivratri, Shri Krishna Janmashtami, Ramnavami, Makara Sankranti, Eid-ul-Fitr, Rakshabandhan, Hanuman jayanti and other local ones such as Nag-Panchmi, Navratri, Durga Puja are celebrated with enthusiasm. . Savitri vrat and Navratri vrat are main festival of women of town Derapur ,At the time of savitri vrat women takes 101 round of banyan tree. Vijyadashmi is a most famous festival of the town Derapur. It is celebrated continuously 3 days. A fair is also organized for 15 days.

Art and culture

  1. A hand created water colour design
    Water colours design -1
  2. A hand created design
    Water colours design (Nature)

Geography

Derapur is located at 26°25′0″N 79°48′0″E / 26.41667°N 79.80000°E. It has an average elevation of 124 meters (410 feet).

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