Khaga | |
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Tehsil & Town | |
Coordinates: 25°47′N 81°07′E / 25.78°N 81.12°E | |
Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Fatehpur |
Assembly Constituency | Khaga |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Body | Nagar Panchayat (NP) Khaga |
• Chairman | Gita Singh (Bharatiya Janta Party) |
• MLA | Krishna Paswan (Bhartiya Janta Party) |
• SDM | Rahul Kashyap |
Elevation | 107 m (351 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Tehsil & Town | 786,635 |
• Urban | 54,484 |
• Rural | 732,151 |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | UP 71 xxxx |
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 kilometres (53 mi) distant and Kanpur 102 kilometres (63 mi). The north boundary of the district is limited by the river Ganges and its southern boundary is the river Yamuna.