Head to head
Kanpur vs Kanpur Cantonment
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kanpur is the larger of the two, with 2,823,249 people to 108,534 in Kanpur Cantonment. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kanpur is the larger of the two, with 2,823,249 people to 108,534 in Kanpur Cantonment. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kanpur nor Kanpur Cantonment has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
India| Metric | Kanpur | Kanpur Cantonment |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,823,249 | 108,534 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 11th largest | 482nd largest |
| Country | India | India |
| Region | Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:27 AM · UTC+05:30 | 4:27 AM · UTC+05:30 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
3 km apartKanpur and Kanpur Cantonment are 3 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in India. Kanpur Cantonment keeps time the same time as Kanpur.
Kanpur has 2,714,715 more people — 26.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kanpur or Kanpur Cantonment?
- Kanpur is the larger city by population, with 2,823,249 people to 108,534 in Kanpur Cantonment — a difference of 2,714,715. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kanpur and Kanpur Cantonment?
- 3 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in India. Kanpur Cantonment keeps time the same time as Kanpur.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kanpur or Kanpur Cantonment?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kanpur is the larger of the two, with 2,823,249 people to 108,534 in Kanpur Cantonment. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Kanpur and Kanpur Cantonment both currently sit at $0.
Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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