Ghazipur

Ghazipur is a town in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the Ganges River. Ghazipur is famous for India's only opium factory. There is also handloom weaving and a perfume industry. The town is an important agricultural market. Lord Cornwallis, governor-general of British India, died in Ghazipur and is buried there.

Demography

The population of Ghazipur according to the 2001 census was 103,283.