Kanpur Cantonment, India
Kanpur Cantonment is a town of 108,534 people in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Population108,534
GeoNames
RegionUttar Pradesh
Elevation110 m
361 ft
Time zoneAsia/Kolkata
Nearest airportKanpur Civil Airport (KNU)
2 km
Why visit Kanpur Cantonment
Townapedia lists 4 museums and landmarks, 7 parks and trails and 4 places to eat in and around town.
Highlights include Bibighar, Kanpur Sangrahalaya, Nana Rao Park and Phool Bagh.
Weather in Kanpur Cantonment
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Museums and landmarks4
Bibighar
Monument and historic site · 0.6 km
Scene of the Bibighar massacre at Kanpur
Parks, trails and playgrounds7
Restaurants and cafes4
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Churches and places of worship5
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Healthcare4
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Map of Kanpur Cantonment
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Getting there and nearby towns
Kanpur Civil Airport (KNU) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 2 km away.
- Kanpur 3 km west, about 3 min by car
- Unnāo 15 km northeast, about 15 min by car
- Bithūr 19 km northwest, about 19 min by car
- Ant 27 km west, about 27 min by car
- Safīpur 31 km north, about 31 min by car
- Bīghāpur Khurd 31 km southeast, about 31 min by car
- Rasūlābād 34 km north, about 34 min by car
- Jagdīshpur 36 km northeast, about 36 min by car
- Lucknow 69 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Raebareli 89 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
Photo credits
- 1858 Kanpur well monument, Dr. John Murray, Public domain
- Kanpur Memorial Church, Shivam Maini, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cawnpore memorial church, Anurag Dadheech, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 22436 - New Delhi–Varanasi Junction - Vande Bharat Express - Kanpur Central Railway Station - Kanpur 20230722 100906, Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0
- Garbage Burning - Kanpur 20220509 083327, Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0
- Kanpur Central Railway Station - Kanpur 20230722 100210, Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0
- Kanpur Central Railway station 2, Nizil Shah, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kanpur Central Railway station 3, Nizil Shah, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1 Ruppe coin heads 1997, Blazeboy124, CC0
- Rare 1 Ruppe coin Tails, Blazeboy124, CC0
- Plateform-1 Kanpur Railway Station, Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 50 Paise Coin Tails, Blazeboy124, CC BY 4.0
- 50 paise coin obverse, Blazeboy124, CC BY 4.0
- 1 Ruppe coin obverse, Blazeboy124, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rare 2010 2 rupees coin, Blazeboy124, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 25 paise reverse, Blazeboy124, CC BY 4.0
- 50 Paise Coin Heads, Blazeboy124, CC BY 4.0
- Kanpur-Central-Railway-Station-(Cantt Side View) Uttar-Pradesh-India, KpinfomediaIndia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gita Press Gorakhpur outlet at Kanpur Railway Station, Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kanpur Central Railway Station, Uttar Pradesh, India, Ravi Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Howrah-New Delhi Duronto Express standing on Platform 1 in Kanpur Central, Ravi Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kanpur Central station board, Ravi Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Platform 1, Kanpur Central, India, Ravi Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kanpur Central Railway Station, India, Ravi Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kanpur Central Railway Station view from Platform 1, Ravi Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Duronto Express standing on platform 1 in Kanpur Central, Ravi Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Platform 1 of Kanpur Central Railway Station, India, Ravi Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kanpur-Central-railway-station-PF1, Ravi Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Platform-1-cnb-Kanpur-central, Ravi Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kashi Mahakal Express, Ravi Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5 Rupees Coin reverse, Blazeboy124, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1 Ruppe coin 2005 reverse, Blazeboy124, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5 Rupees Coin obverse, Blazeboy124, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rare 2004 1 Ruppe coin, Blazeboy124, CC BY-SA 4.0
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