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Kanpur Cantonment Population 2024

Kanpur Cantonment city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Kanpur Metropolitan Region. The Kanpur Cantonment city is located in Uttar Pradesh state of India.


The current estimate population of Kanpur Cantonment city in 2024 is 153,000 , while Kanpur Cantonment metro population is estimated at 4,146,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Kanpur Cantonment city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Kanpur Cantonment city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Kanpur Cantonment city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Kanpur Cantonment in 2011 is 108,534. Although Kanpur Cantonment city has population of 108,534; its urban / metropolitan population is 2,920,496.

Kanpur Cantonment Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Kanpur Cantonment city are 76,296 of which 43,232 are males while 33,064 are females. Average literacy rate of Kanpur Cantonment city is 78.72 percent of which male and female literacy was 82.46 and 74.32 percent. The sex ratio of Kanpur Cantonment city is 854 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 898 per 1000 boys.

Kanpur Cantonment Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Kanpur Cantonment city numbers 122 in which population of 587 resides. This is around 0.54% of total population of Kanpur Cantonment city.

Kanpur Cantonment Religion

Hinduism is majority religion in Kanpur Cantonment city with 60.95 % followers. Islam is second most popular religion in city of Kanpur Cantonment with approximately 36.13 % following it. In Kanpur Cantonment city, Christinity is followed by 0.81 %, Jainism by 0.11 %, Sikhism by 1.20 % and Buddhism by 0.04 %. Around 0.03 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.74 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion Percentage Total
Hindu 60.95 % 66,147
Muslims 36.13 % 39,213
Christian 0.81 % 877
Sikh 1.20 % 1,307
Buddhist 0.04 % 44
Jain 0.11 % 114
Others 0.03 % 29
Not Stated 0.74 % 803

Kanpur Future Population 2021-2031

Kanpur City Metropolitan
2011 108,534 2,920,496
2021 141,000 3,796,000
2022 145,000 3,909,000
2023 149,000 4,026,000
2024 153,000 4,146,000
2025 157,000 4,270,000
2026 161,000 4,398,000
2027 165,000 4,529,000
2028 169,000 4,664,000
2029 174,000 4,803,000
2030 179,000 4,947,000
2031 184,000 5,095,000
Kanpur Cantonment City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 108,534 58,550 49,984
Literates 76,296 43,232 33,064
Children (0-6) 11,613 6,120 5,493
Average Literacy (%) 78.72 % 82.46 % 74.32 %
Sexratio 854
Child Sexratio 898

Kanpur Metropolitan Region

Kanpur Cantonment city comes under Kanpur Metropolitan area.
Kanpur Metropolitan Total Male Female
Population 2,920,496 1,572,334 1,348,162
Literates 2,169,718 1,199,546 970,172
Children (0-6) 283,568 152,183 131,385
Average Literacy (%) 82.28 % 84.47 % 79.73 %
Sexratio 857
Child Sexratio 863
Kanpur Metropolitan Areas
Armapur Estate, Central Railway Colony, Chakeri, Kanpur, Kanpur, Kanpur, Northern Railway Colony, and Rawatpur Station Yard