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Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh · India
City population
2,823,249
#11
in India
#1
in Uttar Pradesh
#127
worldwide
New DelhiKanpur
26.465, 80.350 · 391 km from New Delhi
City population
2,823,249
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in India
#11
of 3,732 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#127
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of India
0.2%
of the national population

About Kanpur

At 391 km from New Delhi, Kanpur is the largest city in Uttar Pradesh with a population of 2,823,249. It ranks 11th among Indian cities and accounts for 0.2% of the national population. Kanpur Cantonment, a city of 108,534, lies 3 km away; Unnāo (161,671) is 16 km distant.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in India
#11of 3,732
LargestSmallest
Position in Uttar Pradesh
#1of 331
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
India
Region
Uttar Pradesh
Rank in region
#1of 331
Distance to capital
391 km
to New Delhi
Elevation
137 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
26.465, 80.350
Record updated
2025-03-09
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 3,732 in India

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

3KMKanpur Cantonment109K people16KMUnnāo162K people30KMSafīpur25K people37KMJagdīshpur31K people39KMGhātampur40K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Kanpur2.82M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Kanpur compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Kanpur2.82M

Kanpur Population FAQ

What is the population of Kanpur?

Kanpur has a city population of 2,823,249. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Kanpur?

Kanpur is in Uttar Pradesh, India, 391 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 26.465, 80.350.

How big is Kanpur compared with other cities in India?

It is the 11th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.2% of the national population.

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