Ghazepoor, Or Ghazceporc, a town of British India, in a district of the same name, division of Benares, Northwest Provinces, situated on the left bank of the Ganges, 42 m. N. E. of Benares; pop. about 40,000. It stands on high ground, enclosed by beautiful groves of banyan and pipal, and is noted for its healthy climate; but it presents a mean appearance, the principal buildings being in ruins and the dwellings being mostly of mud. The Chales-toon, or palace of the 40 pillars, at the east end of the town, now ruinous but used as a custom house, is the only edifice wortfiy of notice. In the plain N. of the town is a monument to Lord Cornwallis, who died here in 1805.-The district, which is contiguous to Azimgurh, Shahabad, Benares, and Jaunpore, has an area of 2,187 sq. m.; pop. in 1871, 1,437,338. It is a low, level country, with many shallow lakes, drained by the Ganges and its tributaries, the Gogra, Karamnassa, Tons, etc. The chief productions are rose water and attar of roses, grain, rice, indigo, oil seeds, gram, tobacco, cotton, opium, and sugar.