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Gangaghat

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Gangaghat is a city and a municipal board in Unnao district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also known as Shuklaganj and is located on the banks of the Ganges about 5 km from Kanpur on the SH 58. The population was 70803 as of the 2001 census. According to the census of 2011 the population is . The literacy rate is 91%. It lies in Unnao district and is a suburb of Kanpur.

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Place details

Locality
Shuklaganj
Region
Uttar Pradesh
Country
India
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Gangaghat
Settlement.other_name
Shuklaganj
Settlement.settlement_type
city
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Uttar Pradesh#India3
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Unnao
Settlement.established_date
1935
Settlement.named_for
AN Shukla
Settlement.government_type
Municipality
Settlement.governing_body
Gangaghat Municipal Committee
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_total
1200000
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
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Gangaghat is a city and a municipal board in Unnao district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also known as Shuklaganj and is located on the banks of the Ganges about 5 km from Kanpur on the SH 58. The population was 70803 as of the 2001 census. According to the census of 2011 the population is . The literacy rate is 91%. It lies in Unnao district and is a suburb of Kanpur.

==Demographics== As per 2025 Gangaghat had a population of 131,290.As per 2011 census, Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gangaghat has an average literacy rate of 78.91%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 60%. In Gangaghat, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gangaghat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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