Mandhana | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 26.35°N 80.09°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
Subdivision Name2: | Kanpur |
Government Type: | Gram Panchayat |
Governing Body: | Mandhana Gram Panchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 20 |
Population Total: | 993 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 209217 |
Registration Plate: | UP-78 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Bithoor, Chobepur, Kalyanpur, Ramnagar |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | 68.73% |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Akbarpur |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | Bithoor |
Mandhana is a town in the Kanpur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, situated about from Kanpur on the Grand Trunk Road to Delhi., the town had 213 households with a population of 993 of which 504 were male and 489 female.[1] It has a 60% literacy rate and is from Chobepur, its sister town. It also falls within the Kanpur metropolitan area. The language commonly spoken is Hindi with accent and tone of Kannauji. The IIT Kanpur is just 7 kilometres from Mandhana and also houses some of the successful alumnus of the institute. Mandhana is also known for private institutes like Maharana Pratap Engineering College and Rama University.
Mandhana has a bus station on National Highway 91 (Grand Trunk Road) and buses for Kanpur, Kannauj, Ghaziabad, Allahabad and Fatehpur are easily available. The UPSRTC city buses of Kanpur Metropolitan Bus Service have routes from Mandhana to different localities and cities within Kanpur Metropolitan Area. Mandhana has a railway station on the Kanpur-Farrukhabad line with an additional railway line to Bithoor railway station which is being converted into broad gauge. IIT Kanpur Flight lab Aerodrome is the nearest landing facility though not for public use. Kanpur Airport is the nearest domestic airport while nearest international airport is at Lucknow.
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