Map of Kannauj, India

Kannauj is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India, with a population of about 76,714. It lies at 27.0552°N, 79.9188°E. Kannauj is about 318 km (197 mi) southeast of New Delhi, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Gursahāiganj, 20 km to the west.

Kannauj at a glance

Where is Kannauj?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 26 min on the shortest day to 13 h 51 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Kannauj

• Gursahāiganj — 20 km west
• Bāngarmau — 34 km southeast
• Chhibrāmau — 43 km west
• Hardoī — 43 km northeast
• Farrukhābād — 50 km northwest
• Sandīla — 59 km east
• Shāhābād — 65 km north
• Bharthana — 77 km southwest
• Auraiya — 77 km southwest
• Kanpur — 78 km southeast

Largest cities in Uttar Pradesh

• Kanpur — 2,823,249
• Lucknow — 2,472,011
• Agra — 1,430,055
• Meerut — 1,223,184
• Ghāziābād — 1,199,191
• Varanasi — 1,164,404
• Prayagraj — 1,073,438
• Alīgarh — 753,207
• Bareilly — 745,435
• Morādābād — 721,139

Largest cities in India

• Mumbai — 12,691,836
• Delhi — 11,034,555
• Bengaluru — 8,495,492
• Hyderābād — 6,993,262
• Ahmedabad — 6,357,693
• Chennai — 4,681,087
• Kolkata — 4,631,392
• Surat — 4,591,246
• Pune — 3,124,458
• Jaipur — 3,046,163

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.