Kanpur

Kanpur is the largest city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It was known as Cawnpore in colonial times and is a major industrial centre of the Plains. Wikivoyage

Population 4,581,268 (Wikidata)

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Emergency numbers in India

• 100PolicePolice
• 101FireFire
• 102AmbulanceAmbulance
• 108EmergencyEmergency
• 112AnyAll emergencies

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Getting around

• Kanpur Anwarganj 760 m
• Jhakarkati Bus Stand 1.3 km
• Chunniganj 1.8 km
• Naveen Market 1.9 km
• Kanpur Central 1.9 km
• Govindpuri 2.2 km

More train stations: Rawatpur 4.3 km, Kanpur Bridge Left Bank 4.9 km

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