District Profile · Uttar Pradesh
Ghazipur
- 3,620,268
- Population
- 3,377 km²
- Area
- Varanasi
- Region / Division
Site of the Government Opium and Alkaloid Works, established in 1820 and still the largest legal opium-processing factory in the world, historically supplying the British trade with China; also known for zari embroidery and as the burial place of Lord Cornwallis.