Rajpur is a town in

Kanpur Dehat district Kanpur Dehat district is a districts of Uttar Pradesh, district in Uttar Pradesh States and union territories of India, state in northern India. The administrative headquarters of the district are at Mati-Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat, Akbarpur. This d ...

in the state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

. The town has various facilities including schools, a hospital, and a market for a normal Indian lifestyle. It is located approximately 17 km west of

Bhognipur Bhognipur or Bhoganipur is a town in Kanpur Dehat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the Tehsil of the same name and consists of the Amraudha and Malasa Development Blocks. Situated at the junction of Nation ...

and 12 km east of

Sikandara Sikandara is a town in Kanpur Dehat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is headquarters of tehsil Sikandara. Location It is located on NH-2 about 80 km away from kanpur toward west and towards south from Jhinjhak at a distanc ...

on NH 2A. It is a development block of Sikandara tehsil. The nearest Railway Station is

Pukhrayan Pukhrayan is a town and a Municipality in Amrodha Block in Kanpur Dehat district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh. Found to the south-west of Mati, Uttar Pradesh, Mati on National Highway 25, Pukhrayan is f ...

with a distance of approx. 20 km and the nearest airport is CCSA, Amaus, Lucknow, approximately 160 km away.

Demographics

According to the 2015 India census, Rajpur had a population of 10,678. Males constituted 53.69% of the population.

Village Name

Kos Minar

Since old Mughal road (

Grand Trunk Road Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It r ...

) passes through it, there is a

Kos Minar The Kos Minars (translated: ''Mile Pillars'') are medieval Indian milestones along the Grand Trunk Road on the northern Indian subcontinent that were introduced by the 16th-century Pashtun ruler Sher Shah Suri of the Sur Empire. Kos Minars we ...

(medieval Indian milestones) in its vicinity and also at Khalaspur. Some of them are protected monuments.

Baradhaayi (Bailaahi)

Rajpur has one of the largest cattle fairs of Uttar Pradesh that is held on each Sunday at the place known as Baradhaayi (Bailaahi). In this fair, cattle (cows, buffalo, bullocks, calves, camels, goats, and sheep) are legally sold or bought by farmers and business men as per government rules.

Transport

Operated by

Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) is a public sector passenger road transport corporation which services Uttar Pradesh, India, and adjoining states of North India. It operates as a state and interstate bus service and ...

(UPSRTC), Rajpur Bus Station is a small bus terminal. National Highway 2 passes through Rajpur. Services are available to Akbarpur, Bhoginpur and nearby places. Pukhrayan Railway Station provides the rail connection.

External links

Rajpur
Villages in Kanpur Dehat district {{KanpurDehat-geo-stub