Farrukhabad District
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Farrukhabad district फ़र्रुख़ाबाद जनपद فروخاباد جلع |
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| District of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Kanpur |
| Headquarters | Fatehgarh |
| Tehsils | 3 |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Farrukhabad |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,279 km2 (880 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 18,87,577 |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 72% |
| Major highways | 3 |
| Website | Official website |
Farrukhabad district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in Northern India. The town of Fatehgarh is the district headquarters. The district is part of Kanpur Division.
Farrukhabad is situated between Lat. 26° 46' N & 27° 43' N and Long. 79° 7' E & 80° 2' E. The district is bounded by Badaun and Shahjahanpur on the north, Hardoi district on the east, Kannauj district on the south, and Etah and Mainpuri districts on the west. The Ganga River and Ramganga River are located to the east and the Kali River to the south.
The district formerly included present day Kannauj district. It was divided into two separate districts on September 18, 1997. Farrukhabad district consists of three tahsils: Farrukhabad, Kaimganj and Amritpur. Amritpur tahsil was created from Rajepur Block after the district was split in 1997. The district has seven blocks: Kaimganj, Nawabganj, Shamsabad, Rajepur, Barhpur, Mohamadabad and Kamalganj.
The district lies on a plain, varied only by a few gentle undulations and slopes, some times abrupt, which lead down to the river valleys. The highest recorded elevation is 167 m above sea level at Mohammadabad and the lowest 145.69 m at Mau Rasulpur in the Trans Ganges flats of tahsil Farrukhabad. The only marked variation of level is between the two divisions, the upland or bangar, which is a continuation of the doab and the low lands or Tarais, cut away from the upland by the erosive action of the rivers. Farrukhabad district has 518 hectare forest area. Sagaun, Sakh, Shisham and Neem are among the common varieties of trees found in the region.
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