Kanpur division is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Kanpur city is the administrative headquarters of the division.

In the year 2000, the Mayawati government did a major reshuffle of the Allahabad division, and a separate Kanpur division was created.

Kanpur Dehat was renamed as Ramabai Nagar, after Ramabai (1896-1935), the wife of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.

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