Khaga is a

Town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and a Sub-district in

Fatehpur district Fatehpur District is one of the 75 districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The district has a population of 2,632,733 (2011 Census). Fatehpur city is its administrative headquarters. Etymology Fatehpur district is named after its hea ...

in the

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. It is situated on

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between the cities of

Prayagraj Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benar ...

, which is also known as Allahabad, and

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 is also connected to those places by rail, by which Allahabad is distant and Kanpur . The north boundary of the district is limited by the river

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and its southern boundary is the river

Yamuna The Yamuna (; ) is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of Bandarpunch peaks of the Low ...

Geography

Khaga has an average elevation of 107 metres (351 feet).

Demographics

As of the 2011 India census, Khaga Tehsil had a population of 7,86,635 out of which 4,11,715 are males while 3,74,920 are females. The average literacy rate was 63.04% out of which male literacy was 74.11% and female literacy was 50.85%. The sex ratio was 911. Khaga Tehsil had urban population of 54,484 in which Khaga Town had population of 35,637 with 75.8% literacy rate, Hathgam Town had population of 11,847 with 75.85% literacy rate &

Kishunpur Kishunpur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Fatehpur district and in Khaga, Khaga Sub-district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics As of 2011 Census of India, 2011 India census, Kishunpur had a po ...

Town had population of 7,000 with 65.62% literacy rate. Khaga Tehsil consists of 563 villages which combines a total rural population of 7,32,151 with 62.16% literacy rate.

Villages

* BudwanBudwan Pin Code, Fatehpur
, 2013. Retrieved on 26 March 2014.

Politics

The city is part of the Khaga (Assembly constituency).

Railways

Khaga comes under NCR Zone and is connected with important cities such as

Allahabad Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benar ...

Varanasi Varanasi (, also Benares, Banaras ) or Kashi, is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.* * * * The city has a syncretic tradition of I ...

and

References

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