Rura
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Rura is a adarsh town and a nagar panchayat
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Ramabai nagar in the India
India
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n state
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 of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
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. The town is situated on the banks of Ram Ganga canal. It is a major town in the Kanpur Dehat and the chairman of rura Ghanshyam Omar (rural) district and is connected by fast route of Howrah-Delhi railway line. Some express trains stopped by the sources of chairman for general public. It has primary and secondary schools and two government intermediate colleges to provide both sciences and arts education. The nearby cities are Kanpur (44 km) towards the East and Etawah (60 km) towards the West. The district headquarter is nearly 15 km away at Akbarpur-Mati.

Transport

Rura Railway Station is on the Agra-Kanpur rail route. It is a major station between etawah and kanpur central.It falls on the North Central railway zone. Kanpur-Etawah Passenger and Kanpur-Tundla Passenger among the main trains that pass pass through this station.
To the east, Roshan Mau
Roshan Mau
Roshan Mau is a town in Kanpur Dehat district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.It is situated on the left banks of Rindh river and is located in Akbarpur tehsil.-Transport:Roshan Mau Halt is on the Agra-Kanpur rail route...

 Halt Station (8 km) is the nearest Station. Going west, Ambiyapur
Ambiyapur
Ambiyapur is a town in Kanpur Dehat district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.It is located in Derapur tehsil.-Transport:Ambiyapur Railway Station is on the Agra-Kanpur rail route. It falls on the North Central railway zone. Kanpur-Etawah Passengerand Kanpur-Tundla Passenger among the main...

 (9 km) is the next station.
Kanpur Central Railway Station is the nearest major railway station.

Station Code: rrh

Geography

Rura is located at 26.48°N 79.9°E. It has an average elevation of 127 metres (416 feet).
Station Details
Station Name : rura
Station Code : rrh
City : rura

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...

, Rura had a population of 35,206. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Rura has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 65%. In Rura, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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