Pukhrayan is a town and a

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Kanpur Dehat district Kanpur Dehat district is a districts of Uttar Pradesh, district in Uttar Pradesh States and union territories of India, state in northern India. The administrative headquarters of the district are at Mati-Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat, Akbarpur. This ...

in the Indian

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. Found to the south-west of Mati on National Highway 25, Pukhrayan is from Bhognipur.

Geography

Pukhrayan is located at . It is on average elevation of above sea level. It is from (District Headquarters) Mati. Holy river

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is near about south of the city. Holy river Ganga is near about east of the city.

Transport

Rail

Pokhrayan is main railway station of

on Kanpur -Jhansi railway section under

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in Jhansi Division. Pokhrayan Railway Station

Pukhrayan to jhansi, Pukhrayan to Delhi, Pukhrayan to Gujarat bus service is also there

Road

Lucknow-Jhansi National High Way passes through Pukhrayan city.

Demographics

As of 2021 India

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, Pukhrayan had a population of 65,503. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pukhrayan has an average literacy rate of 88%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 77%. In Pukhrayan, 20% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

*RSGU Post Graduate College Pukhrayan *RSGU Inter college Pukhrayan *GGI college Pukhrayan *Vivekanand Rashtriya Inter College *Prema Katiyar Shikshan Sansthaan *Shivwati Shivanandan Shukla Mahavidyalay *BKSD Global School *Funkids Pre School *Rajrani Dulichand School *National Inter College

References

{{Reflist Cities and towns in Kanpur Dehat district