Gangaghat Shuklaganj | |
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city | |
  Gangaghat Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Show map of Uttar Pradesh Gangaghat Gangaghat (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:26°29′58″N80°24′10″E / 26.49944°N 80.40278°E /26.49944; 80.40278 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Unnao |
| Established | 1935 |
| Named after | AN Shukla |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Gangaghat Municipal Committee |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,200,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 209861 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-35 |
| Nearest city | Kanpur |
| Literacy | 80% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Unnao |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Unnao |
| Website | up |
Gangaghat is a city and amunicipal board inUnnao district in the state ofUttar Pradesh, India. It is also known asShuklaganj and is located on the banks of theGanges about 5 km fromKanpur on theSH 58. The population was 70803 as of the 2001 census. According to the census of 2011 the population is 84,072. The literacy rate is 91%. It lies inUnnao district and is a suburb of Kanpur.
As of 2011[update] Indiacensus,[1] Gangaghat had a population of 84,072. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gangaghat has an average literacy rate of 66%, 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.
Shuklaganj has a railway station namedKanpur Bridge Left Bank on theKanpur-Lucknow line.[2]