Gangupur (), also known as Gangwapur, is a village (semi town) in

Bilhaur Bilhaur is a town and a municipal board in Kanpur Nagar district which is situated in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Demographics India census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, ...

city in Kanpur district in the state of

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, India on G.T. Road (

NH 91 National Highway NH 34 (NH 34) is a National Highway in India. It runs from Gangotri Dham in Uttarakhand to Lakhnadon in Madhya Pradesh, passing through the state of Uttar Pradesh. Route ;Uttarakhand Gangotri Dham, Bhatwari, Uttarkashi, D ...

), situated on the bank of the river

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near the Kanpur border. It is 15 km from

and 4 km from

Araul Araul (also known as Aroul) is a town in Bilhaur tehsil in Kanpur Nagar district, Kanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India on G.T. Road (NH 91) and situated at bank of the holy river Ganges, Ganga. It is 11 km from Town Bilhaur ...

. Gangupur is around 65 km distance from its district main city of

Kanpur Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

and 11 km from

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. It is located 96 km from

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, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.

Name

According to Paul Whalley, the name ''Gaṅgupur'' is derived from ''Gaṅgu'', a common vernacular variation of the name ''

Gaṅgā The Ganges ( ; in India: Ganga, ; in Bangladesh: Padma, ). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary rive ...

''. This variant is also found in other place names like Gaṅgoh or Gaṅgwā.

Economy

* Agriculture (Specially for Potato), business and animal husbandry are important to the local economy. * There are an education center Swaroop Narayan Memorial Shiksha Niketan. And also a higher education center is DR. G.P.R.D. Patel Institute of Technology and degree college. * It is also a cold storage hub for potatoes.

Temple

* Jungleshur Baba Temple is a temple of Lord Shiva. It is 2 km from the town of Araul and 2 km from Gangupur.

Educational center

* Swaroop Narayan Memorial Shiksha Niketan, Gangupur * G.P.R.D Degree College

Transportation

Gangupur is well connected by rail (Gangwapur Railway Station) and located at the national highway Grand Trunk (G.T.) road (NH 91). Nearest airport is C A Kanpur Airport.

References

{{Kanpur Nagar district Cities and towns in Kanpur Nagar district