Kanpur City
Kanpur City- An Introduction
Kanpur is the biggest city of the state and is the main centre of commercial and industrial activities. Formerly it was known as Manchester of India. Now it is the commercial capital of Uttar Pradesh.
It is situated on the most important national highways no. 2 & 25 and state highway,the main Delhi-Howrah railway trunck lines & at the bank of holy river Ganga. It is about 126 meters above the sea level. Presently civilian air-service to Delhi is available for the city at Ahirwan. The other nearest civilian air port Amausi (Lucknow) is 65Km. away from Kanpur
Kanpur is also divisional headquater of Kanpur commissionery consisting of following districts:
- Kanpur-Nagar
- Kanpur-Dehat
- Etawah
- Aurayia
- Farrukhabad
- Kannauj
Connectivity
Kanpur is connected by road with all the major cities of the country. It is situated on National Highway No. 2 on the Delhi-Agra-Allahabad-Calcutta route and on National Highway No. 25 on the Lucknow-Jhansi-Shivpuri route. Distances from some destinations in the region:
- Lucknow ? 79 km.
- Allahabad ? 193 km.
- Varanasi ? 329 km.
- Khajuraho ? 398 km.
- Agra ? 269 km.
- Jhansi ? 222 kms.