Gangaghat
Sign in to saveGangaghat 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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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Unnao district
- Area
- +4.91
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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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.