Kanpur Dehat is surrounded by districts Kanpur-Nagar, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Etawah, Kannauj. River Yamuna divides Kanpur Dehat & Jalaun. Name Kanpur is a transformed version of its original name Kanhapur given by the two rulers Hindu Singh of Sachendi and Ghanshyam Singh of Ramaipur. The british ruler Hobson Johnson found the word difficult to pronounce and he changed it to Cawnpore. Later it came close to its name as Kanpur.

Kanpur Divided into two district namely Kanpur-Nagar and Kanpur-Dehat in year 1977. Reunited again in year 1979. Again seperated in year 1981. District was renamed as Kanpur Dehat by 1857/1-5-2010-114-2010-Ra0-5 dated 1-7-2010. The district has been renamed as Kanpur Dehat vide notification No.946/1-5-2012-123/2012-Rev.-5, dated July 30,2012.

District Map

Geographic Features

Geographic Features : 26N to 25 55'N latitude : 79"30'E to 80"E Longitude.
River Yamuna divides Kanpur Dehat and Jalaun.
Area of 3021 Sq.Kms.
Rivers in Kanpur Dehat -> Isan, 16 Kms;Southern None,26; Northern None, 55 Kms;Sengur, 63 Kms;Pandu, 30 Kms; Rind, 115 Kms.
AMSL - 471 feets.

Historical Background

Name Kanpur is a transformed version of its original name Kanhapur given by the two rulers Hindu Singh of Sachendi and Ghanshyam Singh of Ramaipur. The british ruler Hobson Johnson found the word difficult to pronounce and he changed it to Cawnpore. Later it came close to its name as Kanpur. The independent emergence of its new district recorded historical pangs.

Kanpur was divided into two districts i.e. Kanpur-Nagar and Kanpur Dehat in year 1977.
Reunited again in year 1979.
Again seperated in year 1981.
The decision of establishing the District Headquarters in Akbarpur(MATI).
The District was renamed as Kanpur Dehat as on 3-July-2010.
The District has been renamed as Kanpur Dehat on 30-July-2012.

Kanpur Dehat has

05 Tehsils
10 Development Blocks
102 Nyay Panchayats and
612 Gram Sabhas

The distribution of Development Block in Tehsils is given in the following table:

Tehsils, Development Blocks and No. of Gram panchayats in Kanpur Dehat

S.N.	Name of Tehsil	Name of Block	No of Gram panchayats
1	Akbarpur	Akberpur Maitha Sharwankhera	59 70 54
2	Derapur	Derapur Jhinjhak	53 47
3	Rashoolabad	Rashoolabad	86
4	Bhognipur	Amraudha Malasha	69 61
5	Sikandra	Sandalpur Rajpur	53 60
l	Tota	10	612

Number of Administrative Units

Administrative Units	Number
Villages	1032
Nagar Palika Parisad	1
Town Areas	8
Nyaya Panchayats	102
Gram Sabhas	612
Development Blocks	10
Tehsils	5

Average rainfall is 840 mm.
Temperature goes maximum 47.8 ° C in summer.
Temperature goes minimum 4 ° C in winter.

Population Structure of District Kanpur Dehat

Particulars	2001	2011
Actual Population	1,563,336	1,796,184
Male	844,339	963,255
Female	718,997	832,929
Population Growth	19.96%	14.89%
Area Sq. Km	3,021	3,021
Density / km2	517	595
Proportion to Uttar Pradesh Population	0.94%	0.90%
Sex Ratio (Per 1000)	852	865
Child Sex Ratio (0-6 Age)	892	897
Average Literacy	66.44	75.78
Male Literacy	76.39	83.45
Female Literacy	54.64	66.86
Total Child Population (0-6 Age)	280,435	251,965
Male Population (0-6 Age)	148,199	132,839
Female Population (0-6 Age)	132,236	119,126
Literates	852,350	1,170,243
Male Literates	531,763	692,964
Female Literates	320,587	477,279
Child Proportion (0-6 Age)	17.94%	14.03%
Boys Proportion (0-6 Age)	17.55%	13.79%
Girls Proportion (0-6 Age)	18.39%	14.30%
Description	Urban	Rural
Population (%)	9.66 %	90.34 %
Total Population	173,423	1,622,761
Male Population	91,747	871,508
Female Population	81,676	751,253
Sex Ratio	890	862
Child Sex Ratio (0-6)	872	899
Child Population (0-6)	22,287	229,678
Child Percentage (0-6)	12.85 %	14.15 %
Male Child Percentage	12.98 %	13.88 %
Female Child Percentage	12.71 %	14.48 %
Literates	120,857	1,049,386
Male Literates	67,813	625,151
Female Literates	53,044	424,235
Average Literacy	79.97 %	75.33 %
Male Literates	84.94 %	83.29 %
Female Literates	74.40 %	66.03 %

Live Stock Population of Kanpur Dehat

S. NO.	Particulars	No. of Population
1	Crossbred Cow	17736
2	Exotic Cow	16384
3	Indigenous Cow	178120
4	Buffalo	397937
5	Sheep	16522
6	Goat	36829
7	Pig	12678
8	Others	713
9	Total Live Stock	958799
10	Poultry	236602
Male Literacy	76.39	83.45
Live Stock Population According to Live Stock Cencus 2012

Minor Irrigation system available in district Kanpur Dehat

No. of surface pump-sets......................675
No. of diesel pump-sets....................37,549
No. of private Pump-sets (electrical)..2,265
Total command area.....................3,10,424 hectare
Net irrigated area through MI..........1,37,579 hectare

The department has made a target of installing 400 pump-sets and 60 deep well boring in every year and it is expected that by the year 2010 the department is able to install 4000 ordinary boring and pump-set and 600 deep well boring and pump-sets creating additional irrigated area of 19,200 hectare.

Major farming systems/enterprises (based on the analysis made by the KVK)

S. No.	Farming system/enterprise
1	Rice – Wheat & Rice – Mustard
2	Jowar- Wheat & Bajra- Wheat
3	Rice – Gram & Maize – Potato – Wheat
4	Jowar – Pigeon Pea & Rice – Pea
5	Maize – Pigeon pea & Rice Toria Wheat

Major farming systems/enterprises (based on the analysis made by the KVK)

S. N.	Agro - Climatic Zone	Characteristics
1	Central Plane Zone	Semi-arid, Max. Temp 45.60C Min. Temp. 60C, Rainfall 780-825 mm. Alluvial soil, originated from the Ganges and its territories, loamy sand to loam and well drained

S. N.	Agro Ecological Situation	Characteristics
1	AES - I	Sandy loam texture, light grey to light brown or light yellowish color, normal to light sodic nature, medium to high sodic nature, medium to high sodic nature, sodic land poorly drained, normal soil well drained, poor fertility status, deficit in nitrogen and organic matter, slope ranges between 1-3% slight to moderate soil erosion.
2	AES - II	Light loam to silty loam texture, light brown to almost brown colour, light to high sodic nature of soil and are available in lower parts and depressions, high water soluble salt in sodic soils, sodic soils poor drained, normal soil well drained, good water holding capacity, slope ranges between 1-3%, slight to moderate soil erosion.
3	AES - III	Silty to silty loam, clay loam texture, grey to dark grey colour, low water soluble salts and less in sodic nature, kankers layer appear after few depth, moderately well drained to well drained, deficient in nitrogen and organic matter, good water holding capacity, medium responsible to fertilizer application, slope ranges between 1-3% slight to moderate soil erosion.
3	AES - IV	SSandy loam to loam texture (like to parwa), brown to yellowish brown colour, normal to less alkaline, medium water soluble salts, well drained, poor to moderate organic matter, low mater stable, responsible to fertilizer application, slope ranges between 3-1% moderate to severe soil erosion.

Soil Types

S. N.	Soil Types	Characteristics	Area in ha
1	Ganga Recent Alluvial Soil	Sandy loam – loam, grey to brown colour, Normal to light soil nature, poorly drained, poor fertility, soil-slop-1-3%	2.20 lakh ha
2	Ganga Flat Soil	Loam to silty loam texture, brown to almond brown colour light to high sodic nature, well drained, good water holding capacity, slope ranges between 1-3%	2.20 lakh ha
3	Ganga Up Land	Loamy sand to sandy loam, brown colour, medium to good water holding capacity, well drained, slope ranges between 1-5%	2.20 lakh ha
4	Ganga Low Land	Silty to silty loam, grey to dark grey colour, kanker layer appear after few depth, moderately well drained to well drained, good water holding capacity, slope range 1-3%	0.32 lakh ha
5	Yamuna Flat Soil	Sandy loam to loam soil, medium alkaline, water soluble salt, calcarius up to few depth, moderately well drained moderate water holding capacity slope range – 3 – 10%	0.63 lakh ha
6	Problematic Soil	PH value more than 9.5 (usar soils)	0.56 lakh ha.
7	Yamuna recent alluvial soil	Sandy loam to loamy texture, brown to yellowish brown colour, medium water soluble salt, well drained, low water table, slope ranges between 3-10% moderate to severe soil erosion.	0.56 lakh ha.

Area, Production and Productivity of major crops cultivated in the district

S. N.	Crop	Area (ha)	Production Q)	Productivity (Q /ha)
1	Wheat	103250	313363	34.53
2	Rice	73585	249882	26.15
3	Maize	14787	2276.0	15.39
4	Bajra	9460	1421.3	15.02
5	Jowar	14979	2497.0	16.67
6	Moong	84	24.0	2.86
7	Gram	23538	3063.1	13.01
8	Pea	8299	1642.3	19.79
9	Arhar	10465	2382.1	22.76
10	Rape seed/ Mustard	29973	4242.2	14.15
11	Potato	4801	434346.1	122.50

Weather Data

Kanpur Nawabganj, India Weather Averages

Month	Day	Night	Rain Days
January	24°c	13°c	1
February	28°c	15°c	1
March	35°c	21°c	1
April	41°c	28°c	0
May	44°c	33°c	0
June	43°c	33°c	2
July	37°c	30°c	11
August	34°c	28°c	12
September	34°c	27°c	7
October	34°c	25°c	2
November	31°c	20°c	0
December	26°c	15°c	0

Rainfall received in the village during 2021 (mm)

Time	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Octo	Nov	Dec
00:00	0	0	0	0	0.1 mm	0.0 mm	0.0 mm	0.0 mm	0	0	0	0
03:00	0	0	0	0	0.2 mm	0.0 mm	0.1 mm	0.0 mm	0	0	0	0
06:00	0	0	0	0	0.2 mm	0.0 mm	0.0 mm	0.9 mm	0	0	0	0
09:00	0	0	0	0	0.0 mm	0.0 mm	0.0 mm	0.8 mm	0	0	0	0
12:00	0	0	0	0	0.0 mm	0.0 mm	0.3 mm	0.0 mm	0	0	0	0
15:00	0	0	0	0	1.5 mm	0.3 mm	0.5 mm	0.0 mm	0	0	0	0
18:00	0	0	0	0	3.3 mm	1.0 mm	0.0 mm	0.0 mm	0	0	0	0
21:00	0	0	0	0	0.5 mm	0.9 mm	0.0 mm	0.0 mm	0	0	0	0

Priority/thrust areas

Crop Production

1. Integrated Weed management in different crops.
2. Availability, distribution and production of quality seeds.
3. Irrigation scheduling for oil seeds, pulses, cereals and cash crops.
4. Use of bio-fertilizers and fertilizers scheduling for oil seeds, pulses and other crops.
5. popularization of Organic Farming and its use in the production of different crops, particularly the high value crops.

Plant Protection

1. Integrated Pest Management in different crops.
2. Rat control measure
3. Seed treatment

Soil Science

1. Reclamation of salt affected soils
2. Improve Productivity of partially reclaimed soil
3. Use of Bio-fertilizers in different crops grown in different areas of Kanpur district.
4. Innovation of agro forestry system on normal and degraded soils.
5. Integrated Plant Nutrient Management.

Animal Science

1. Problems of infertility and balanced nutrition in dairy cattle and buffaloes.
2. Promoting dairy and poultry as main enterprise for the resource rich farmers
3. Lack of improved breed in animals.
4. To reduce repeat breeding in milched animals.
5. More infertility problem in buffaloes.
6. Lack of fodder cultivation.

Home Science

1. Awareness & introduction of drudgery reducing equipments
2. Awareness regarding drudgery prone activities their remedial measures.
3. Formation and conduction of self help groups for socio-economic upliftment.
4. Need of awareness regarding space management for vegetable and fruit growing in the space available near the house.
5. Awareness of nutrient safety introduction of nutritional kitchen garden.
6. Conservation of Household resources and income generating activities.

Horticulture

1. Introduction of nursery and orchard management
2. Promoting farmers to Flower cultivation.
3. Low productivity of Guava fruits
4. Lack of quality seeds in vegetable crops
5. Introduction of high value crops like vegetable, Papaya etc.

Agriculture Extension

1. Need of conducting employment-generating trainings
2. Need of creating awareness regarding judicious use of chemical in agriculture.
3. Conducting trainings on scientific agricultural activities to practicing farmers/ farm women.
4. Need of formation of farmers clubs.

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