West Kanpur
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West Kanpur is a suburb in Kanpur, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, situated about 15 km from Kanpur on the NH 86
National Highway 86 (India)
National Highways 86 , commonly referred as Hamirpur Road is a National Highway in India that connects Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh with Dewas in Madhya Pradesh...

 to Dewas
Dewas
Dewas is an ancient town situated on the Malwa plateau in the West-central part of Indian state called Madhya Pradesh, about 160 km south west from state capital, Bhopal. It is the administrative center of the Dewas District, and was formerly the seat of two princely states during the British...

.The population was 200000 as of the 2001 census.It has 80% of literacy and is 10 km from Kanpur Cantonment.It also Comes under Kanpur Metropolitan Region
Kanpur Metropolitan Region
The metropolitan region defined under JNNURM by Kanpur Nagar Nigam,includes the Kanpur Nagar,Kanpur Dehat,Fatehpur and Unnao area, In north it is expended 20 kilometer to Unnao town side, in the west its limit is up to Auraiya town limit, in the eastern side the limit has been expanded to the...


Local Government

West Kanpur Municipality is the local government.As it is a biggest city in Kanpur Western Area it is a Suburb.Police Commissioner is the main head of the local government of West Kanpur.

Travel

By Road
The main NH (NH 86
National Highway 86 (India)
National Highways 86 , commonly referred as Hamirpur Road is a National Highway in India that connects Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh with Dewas in Madhya Pradesh...

) passess through West Kanpur.There is also a bus station in Naubasta.
Local Transport

West Kanpur has a UPSRTC City Busess of Kanpur which have routes from-
  • Barra-Naubasta
  • Hanspuram-Naubasta
  • Daheli Sujanpur-Naubasta
  • Saraimita-Naubasta


By Rail

West Kanpur has a railway station named Bhimsen on the Kanpur-Jhansi
Jhansi
Jhansi Hindi:झाँसी, , Marathi: झाशी, is a historical city of India. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi District and Jhansi Division. The original walled city grew up around its stone fort, which crowns a neighboring rock. This district is on the bank of river Betwa.The National...

 line.

By Air

Kanpur Civil Airport
Kanpur Civil Airport
Kanpur Civil Airport is used by small civilian aircraft. It is also used by DGCA, flying club of Kanpur and NCC Air Wing.-Incident and Accidents:...

 is nearest airport.

Sub-Metro Regions

  • Naubasta Sub Metropolitan Region
  • Saraimita Sub Metropolitan Region
  • Pandu Nagar Sub Metropolitan Region
  • Yashoda Nagar Sub Metropolitan Region

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