IIT Kanpur Total Area

What is the total area of the campus of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, give me there details? Also give me some information about the infrastructure of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur campus? How many departments are provided there?

Hello sir, here I came to visit IIT kanpur campus. I want to know in how much total area of IIT kanpur campus is covered in kanpur?

[Kiran Chandar]

IIT Kanpur is located on the historic Grand Trunk Road, 15 km west of Kanpur City and is spread over an area of over 420 hectares.

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (Area: 1100 acres)

This land was gifted by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1960 and by March 1963 the institute had moved to its current location.


Academic Area comprises academic buildings and facilities such as the PK Kelkar Library, Computer Centre, National Wind Tunnel Facility and SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Centre.


It also houses faculty offices, laboratories and administrative buildings. The academic area is connected by a corridor which links all the major buildings.

P K Kelkar Library (Formerly Central Library) of IIT Kanpur is an academic library with a collection of more than 3,00,000 volumes and subscriptions to more than 1000 periodicals.

It is one of the best libraries in the nation housed in three-storey building with total floor area of 6973 sq. m

H R Kadim Building

The building is situated next to the Computer Center. It is a three-storey building with total constructed area of 31,000 square feet.