Khaga is a

Town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and a Sub-district in Fatehpur district in the

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. It is situated on NH 19 between the cities of

Prayagraj Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

, which is also known as Allahabad, and

Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...

and is also connected to those places by rail, by which Allahabad is distant and Kanpur . The north boundary of the district is limited by the river

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and its southern boundary is the river

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Geography

Khaga has an average elevation of 107 metres (351 feet).

Demographics

As of

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, Khaga Tehsil had a population of 7,86,635 out of which 4,11,715 are males while 3,74,920 are females. The average literacy rate was 63.04% out of which male literacy was 74.11% and female literacy was 50.85%. The sex ratio was 911. Khaga Tehsil had urban population of 54,484 in which Khaga Town had population of 35,637 with 75.8% literacy rate, Hathgam Town had population of 11,847 with 75.85% literacy rate & Kishunpur Town had population of 7,000 with 65.62% literacy rate. Khaga Tehsil consists of 563 villages which combines a total rural population of 7,32,151 with 62.16% literacy rate.

Politics

The city is part of the

Khaga (Assembly constituency) Khaga is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Khaga in the Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Khaga is one of six assembly constituencies in the Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency Fatehpur ...

Railways

Khaga comes under NCR Zone and is connected with important cities such as

Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

Varanasi Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. * * * * The city has a syncretic t ...

and

References

{{Reflist Cities and towns in Fatehpur district