Khaga, Uttar Pradesh, India

🇮🇳 Khaga is a Town and a Sub-district in Fatehpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated on NH 19 between the cities of Prayagraj, which is also known as Allahabad, and Kanpur and is also connected to those places by rail, by which Allahabad is 86 km (53 mi) distant and Kanpur 102 km (63 mi). The north boundary of the district is limited by the river Ganges and its southern boundary is the river Yamuna.

Geography Khaga has an average elevation of 107 metres (351 feet). Khaga town is lying in between two big holy rivers of India Ganga and Yamuna. Kishunpur is situated in south on the bank of Yamuna river, while Naubasta Ghat is is located in the north on the bank of Ganga river in Khaga.

Demographics As of the 2011 India census, Khaga Tehsil had a population of 786,635 out of which 411,715 are males while 374,920 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 732,151 with 62.16% literacy rate.

Villages • Budwan.

Politics The city is part of the Khaga (Assembly constituency).

Transport: Rail Khaga comes under NCR Zone and is connected with important cities such as Allahabad, Varanasi and Kanpur.