Gursahaiganj is a city and a municipal board in Kannauj district

Kannauj District

Kannauj District is an administrative district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, along the river Ganges. The historic town of Kannauj, northwest of Kanpur, is the administrative center.-Geography:...

 in the India

India

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 of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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Geography

Gursahaiganj is located at 27.12°N 79.72°E. It has an average elevation of 146 metres (479 feet).

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Gursahaiganj had a population of 35,752. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gursahaiganj has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 57%, and female literacy is 43%. In Gursahaiganj, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.