Is Kanpur in UP East or West?

Kanpur is in the Heart of Uttar Pradesh and lies in the UP East region as per the telecommunication zones divided by the Telcom circles, Telecom ministry. Culturally Kanpur is more inclined towards Eastern Uttar Pradesh. read more

The metropolitan region defined under JNNURM by Kanpur Nagar Nigam, includes the Kanpur Nagar Nigam area, 8 kilometres around KNN boundary and newly included 47 villages of Unnao district on the north-eastern side, it extends to Murtaza Nagar, in the west its limit is up to Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat Nagar Panchayat limit, on the eastern side the limit has been expanded on the road leading to Fatehpur and in extended up to. read more

Kanpur is 1050 sq km in area and 125 m above sea level. It has four districts on its four sides namely, Farukkabad (north), Hamirpur (south), Etawah (west) and Unnao (east). It is the largest city in the Uttar Pradesh state. read more