Etawah district

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Etawah district
Location of Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh
Location of Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh
CountryIndia
StateUttar Pradesh
DivisionKanpur
HeadquartersEtawah
TehsilsEtawah, Bharthana, Jaswantnagar, Chakarnagar, Saifai, Takha
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesEtawah, Mainpuri
 • Vidhan Sabha constituenciesJaswantnagar Bharthana And Etawah
Area
 • Total2,311 km2 (892 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,581,810[1]
 • Urban
Etawah Bharthana Saifai Jaswantnagar Bakewar Sarsai Nawar Mahewa
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highwaysNH 19, Agra–Lucknow Expressway, NH 719 & State Highway 83
AirportSaifai Airstrip
Average annual precipitation792 mm
Websitehttp://etawah.nic.in/

Etawah district is one of the districts in the western portion of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Etawah town is the district headquarters. The district covers an area of 2311 km2. It has a population of 1,581,810.[1]

Demographics[edit]

Religions in Etawah District
Religion Percent
Hindus
95.17%
Muslims
4.20%

According to the 2011 census Etawah district has a population of 1,581,810.[1] This gives it a ranking of 316th in India (out of a total of 640).[1] The district has a population density of 157 inhabitants per square kilometre (410/sq mi) .[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.91%.[1] Etawah has a sex ratio of 970 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 70.14%.[1]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 98.20% of the population in the district spoke Hindi (or a related language) and 1.75% Urdu as their first language.[2]

Etawah district: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.[2]
Mother tongue code Mother tongue People Percentage
002007 Bengali 151 0.01%
006240 Hindi 1,553,087 98.18%
016038 Punjabi 134 0.01%
019014 Sindhi 212 0.01%
022015 Urdu 27,532 1.74%
040001 English 85 0.01%
Others 609 0.04%
Total 1,581,810 100.00%
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901443,489—    
1911417,882−0.59%
1921403,197−0.36%
1931410,018+0.17%
1941485,410+1.70%
1951533,569+0.95%
1961642,294+1.87%
1971782,666+2.00%
1981939,030+1.84%
19911,130,340+1.87%
20011,338,871+1.71%
20111,581,810+1.68%
source:[3]

Education[edit]

Universities[edit]

Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (in Etawah) of C.S.A. University of Agriculture & Technology
File:Upums.jpg
Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Etawah district

Schools and colleges[edit]

Temple[edit]

Kundeshwar Mahdev Mandir at Kundeshwar Agra Road Etawah

Hajari Mahadev Temple

Hajari Mahadev Temple at Sarsai Nawar


Maa Kalka Devi

Nagar Panchayat[edit]

Hospitals[edit]

  • Community Hospital Sarsai, Sarsai Nawar
  • Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Science, Saifai
  • Community Hospital centre

Bharthana*

Notable people[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  4. "रिम्स सैफई बना आयुर्विज्ञान विश्वविद्यालय". अमर उजाला (in हिन्दी). 6 June 2016.
  5. "UP govt to establish medical science university in Saifai". Business Standard. 13 March 2015.
  6. "सैफई मेडिकल यूनिवर्सिटी को गवर्नर का ओके". NBT (in हिन्दी). 3 May 2016.
  7. "www.ccspg.org (Website of Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College)". Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College.
  8. http://www.upums.ac.in/StaticPages/CollegeofPharmacy.aspx
  9. "www.ssmssps.com (Website of S.S. Memorial Senior Secondary Public School)". S.S. Memorial Senior Secondary Public School.

External links[edit]

Template:Districts of Uttar Pradesh


Coordinates: 26°47′24″N 79°01′12″E / 26.79000°N 79.02000°E / 26.79000; 79.02000

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