North Kanpur

North Kanpur is a big city and in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a part of Kanpur. There are many Post Offices,Railway Stations and Bus stations, while British records often have it as Northern Kanpur.

Location

The city North Kanpur covers a large area and consists of several large and small areas.The proper North Kanpur mostly single storey houses situated in a congested manner.

Educational Institutes

It hosts several educational institutions including the National Sugar Institute.

The world famous technoloical institute IIT Kanpur campus is also situated nearby.

The Kanpur University is also located here.

Connectivity

The area has one of the largest vegetable markets in the city due its proximity to the rural areas and nearby districts of western Uttar Pradesh. The suburb lies on the historic Grand Trunk Road commonly known as G.T.Road towards Delhi which is situated 415 km away. The Kanpur-Kasganj-Aligarh-Bhiwani Railway line runs just parallel to the G.T.Road in Kalyanpur.

The suburb is well connected with rest of the city by road as well as railways.The industrial area of Panki lies 5 km south of Kalyanpur and is well connected with Kalyanpur.

The pilgrimage village of Bithoor, 12 km away, connects to the GT road here. Bithoor is connected with Kalyanpur with 2 roads. Formerly the Metre gauge line ran through Kalyanpur and was connected to Brahmavarta Station in Bithoor. But due to conversion of the metre gauge railway line to broad gauge line under Unigauge the railway route to Bithoor was subsequently closed and the Brahvarta station now remains deserted. There were vital demands from the public to restart the railway route connecting Kanpur Central railway station to Brahmavarta,Bithoor though the matter remains reserved. The Government is planning new townships in Kalyanpur suburb and many real estates are coming up in the suburb.

Civic Administration

North Kanpur has a Supritendent of Police and many Police Stations with Police Headquarters.

Education

The world famous IIT is situated in North Kanpur.It also has Kanpur University and many colleges like Christ Church College,DPS,DAV College,Dr Virendra Swaroop College etc.

Financial Sector

North Kanpur is a financial sector of UP as it contains Marchent's chamber of Uttar Pradesh and UP Stock EWxchange.Many Residential and commercial buildings are situated here.

Places of Interest

• Gora Graveyard
• Bithoor
• Moti Jheel
• Allen Forest Zoo
• Shri Radhakrishnan Temple (JK Temple)
• Malls and Shopping Complexes
• Green Park Stadium
• Navin Market
• Jama Masjid (Patkapur)
• Panki Industrial City
• Kanpur Sanghralay(Museum)