Rura is a
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...
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
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...
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 ...
on the banks of Lower Ganga canal, 49 km from
Kanpur Nagar
Kanpur Nagar district, meaning Urban Kanpur District is one of the Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts of the Uttar Pradesh States and territories of India, state of India. It is a part of Kanpur division and its district headquarters is Kan ...
.
Education
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R. P. S. Inter College
* Pt. O. P. Sharma Degree College
* Janka Devi Degree College
Places of worship
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Waneshwar Mahadev Temple
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Parhul Devi Temple, Lamahra
#Durga Temple
#Patha Mai Temple
#Balaji Temple, Dhanirampur
#Shiv Bajrang Dham, Kishunpur
#Bajrang Bali Dham Tanki Talab
#Town Church
Transport
Rura bus stand is situated at Akbarpur Road and Derapur Road meet point. People can get bus for Akbarpur, Raniya, Fazalganj, Ramadevi and Galuwapur, Derapur Route. Bus is also available to Mangalpur via Derapur, Nonari & Dilval. Another bus stand at canal bridge, From where people may get bus to Sheoli, Kalyanpur & Kanpur, and other route to Billhaur via Jhinjhak, Rasulabad and another to Bilhaur via Banipara, Minda ka Kunwa.
Rura railway station is the primary railway station in the town on
Howrah–Delhi main line. The station is under the administration of Udit Pandey and
North Central railway zone
The North Central Railway (abbreviated NCR) is one of the 19 Indian Railways, railway zones in India. The largest railway station in NCR is Prayagraj Junction & Kanpur Central as busiest. It is headquartered at Prayagraj Junction railway stat ...
.
Kanpur Central is the nearest major railway station.
Following are the express trains stopping at Rura railway station:
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Gomti Express
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Unchahar Express
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Sikkim Mahananda Express
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Sangam Express (towards Meerut City)
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Agra-Lucknow Intercity Express
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Patna-Kota Express
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Tatanagar/Sambalpur- Jammu Tawi Express
Following are the passenger trains stopping at Rura railway station:
# Phaphund <=> Kanpur Central MEMU
# Tundla <=> Kanpur Central MEMU
# Etawah <=> Kanpur Central MEMU
# Aligarh Jn. <=> Kanpur Central Fast MEMU
Geography
Rura is located at . It has an average elevation of 127 metres (416 feet).
Demographics
India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
,
Rura had a population of 35,206. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Rura has an average literacy rate of 70%, lower than the national average of 75%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 65%. In Rura, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Gallery
File:Parhul Devi Temple (west view).jpg, Parhul Devi Temple
File:Durga Temple of town Rura.jpg, Durga Temple
File:Waneshwar Mahadev Mandir.JPG, Waneshwar Mahadev Mandir
File:20150111 163801 Temples in India.jpg, Shiv Bajrang Dham, Kishunpur
File:Banyan tree-1 (Shiv Bjrag Dham, Kishunpur ).jpg, Banyan tree - Shiv Bajrang Dham, Kishunpur
File:R P S Inter College Rura.JPG, R. P. S. Inter College
File:CD Girls Inter College.JPG, C. D. Girls Inter College
File:Rura Railway Station.jpg, Rura Railway Station
File:Ruins residence.JPG, Home of Social Activist Babu Ram Prasad Shukla
References
{{Kanpur Dehat district
Cities and towns in Kanpur Dehat district