title: Kanpur district
text: # Kanpur district
  
  Kanpur district was a district in the Indian province of Uttar Pradesh until 1977. It was then split into two districts:
  
  * Kanpur Nagar district, the area around the city of Kanpur
  * Kanpur Dehat district, the area to the west of Kanpur, administered from Mati-Akbarpur
  