| Mirzapur | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 25.146°N 82.569°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mirzapur |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1735[1] |
| Named For: | City of the Mirza (child of the ruler in Persian)[2] |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Rank: | 13th in Uttar Pradesh[4] |
| Area Total Km2: | 40 |
| Elevation M: | 80 |
| Population Total: | 233691 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Rank: | 25th in Uttar Pradesh |
| Population Density Km2: | 6069 |
| Population Metro: | 245817 |
| Population Metro Footnotes: | [5] |
| Population Demonym: | Mirzapuri |
| Population Footnotes: | [6] |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Leader Title1: | Divisional Commissioner |
| Leader Name1: | Yogendra Nath Mishra (IAS) |
| Leader Title2: | District Magistrate |
| Leader Name2: | Praveen Kumar Laxkar (IAS) |
| Leader Name3: | Gaurav Tiwari BJP Member |
| Leader Title4: | Member of Lok Sabha |
| Leader Name4: | Anupriya Patel (Apna Dal)[7] |
| Demographics Type1: | Language |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi[8] |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Urdu |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Regional |
| Demographics1 Info3: | Bhojpuri[9] |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 231001 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 05442 |
| Registration Plate: | UP-63 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 0.903 (2011) |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | 68.48% (2011) (78.97%♂; 56.86%♀) |
Mirzapur is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is known for its carpets and brassware industries, and the tradition of kajari and birha music. Straddled by the Maikal Hills, it served as the headquarters of the Mirzapur district.
Mirzapur is located at .[10] It has an average elevation of 80 metres (265 feet). Mirzapur lies between the parallels of 23.52 & 25.32 North latitude and 82.7 and 83.33 East longitude. It forms a portion of the Varanasi district. On the north and north-east it is bounded by Varanasi district, on the south by Sonbhadra district and on the north-west by Prayagraj district. The shape to the north and west is totally regular. In no direction, except for about 13 km in the north-east where the Ganga separates the Tehsil of Chunar from the district of Varanasi, has Mirzapur a natural frontier. The Chanvar fields, considered to be one of the most fertile land tracts in India, are located on Gangetic flood plains of the district.
Indian Standard Time is calculated on the basis of 82.5° E longitude, from a clock tower in Mirzapur.
2011 census, Mirzapur-cum-Vindhyachal municipality had a population of 233,691 and the urban agglomeration had a population of 245,817. The municipality had a sex ratio of 869 females per 1,000 males and 11.9% of the population were under six years old. Effective literacy was 78.25%; male literacy was 83.85% and female literacy was 71.80%.
Indian Standard Time is calculated from the clock tower in Mirzapur nearly exactly on the reference longitude of Indian Standard Time at 82°30'E, within 4 angular minutes, a property shared by Tuni, a town in Andhra Pradesh.[11] This is because there is a time lag of two hours between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh. Hence, this was taken as the Standard Meridian for the whole country.
Mirzapur benefits from a university, Rajiv Gandhi South Campus at Barkachha[12] acquired by BHU, on lease in perpetuity from Bharat Mandal Trust[13] in April 1979 with an area of 1104 hectare situated about 8 km South West of Mirzapur City.At present RGSC (Rajiv Gandhi South Campus) is spread over 2700 acres and has been used to run special courses of Banaras Hindu University. Ambika Devi Senior Secondary School in Panwari Kalan is also located in Mirzapur.[14]