Saifai is a large village and university town in the Etawah district of Indian state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

. It is also a sub-division (

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) and Block (''Kshetra Panchayat'') of the Etawah district. It is the birthplace of Mulayam Singh Yadav, the founding president of

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, former Minister of Defence, India and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Saifai, categorised as a village, is situated in Etawah district at the border with

Mainpuri district Mainpuri district is one of the districts in the Agra division of Uttar Pradesh, India. Mainpuri town is the district headquarters. It consists of six tehsils, namely Mainpuri, Bhongaon, Karhal, Kishni, Kurawali and Ghiror. Mainpuri forms ...

. Its geographical location falls under Ganges-Yamuna Doab of

. Area of Saifai village is 887.47 hectares and area of Saifai Block (Kshetra Panchayat) is 20,403.30 hectares. It is located 23 km towards North from District headquarters and nearest city

Etawah Etawah also known as Ishtikapuri is a city on the banks of Yamuna River in the state of Western Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Etawah District. Etawah's population of 256,838 (as per 2011 population census) m ...

. Mainpuri is located 32 km away from Saifai. It is about 110 km away from historic city of

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and 230 km from State capital

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Saifai Tehsil and Block

Saifai is a Sub-Division (

) and Block (Kshetra Panchayat) of Etawah district,

. There are about 60 villages in Saifai block. Saifai Block (Kshetra Panchayat) comes under Jaswantnagar Vidhan Sabha constituency and Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency.

Education

University

* Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (formerly

U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research The Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, formerly U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, is a medical school, hospital and medical research public university located at Saifai in the Etawah District of Uttar Pradesh, I ...

) a

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established by

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under Act 15 of 2016. The university is running full-fledged Medical College, Paramedical College, Nursing College, Pharmacy College, Multi Specialty 850 bedded hospital and 150 bedded trauma and burn centre. 500 bedded super specialty hospital is being established in the university by

with budget of 650 crores.

Colleges

* Pharmacy College Saifai, established in 2015, first government aided pharmacy college run by UP Government. Earlier affiliated with UPTU, now part of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences. * Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College, Heonra-Saifai,

or Chaudhary Charan Singh Degree College is a government aided Post Graduate College in Saifai. The college is situated in nearby Heonra village. *

Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Saifai Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Saifai, earlier known as Saifai Sports College is a college and sports academy in Saifai, Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 2014 in Saifai, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh as Saifai Sp ...

, a residential sports

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established in 2014. It offers teaching from 6th to 12th standard and sports training in

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, football,

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, athletics,

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and

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. * Chaudhary Charan Singh College of Law, Heonra-Saifai,

is offering under-graduate course in Law faculty. The college is situated in Heonra village which is part of Saifai Block (Kshetra Panchayat) and neighbour village of Saifai village. *

S.S. Memorial Educational Academy, Saifai S.S. Memorial Educational Academy, Saifai is a private teacher training college located in Saifai, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabi ...

offers 2 year B.T.C. which is now known as Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed.) in

Schools

* S.S. Memorial Senior Secondary Public School, Saifai, a co-ed institute with English as the medium of instruction. The school is affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi and NCERT published books are introduced form class VI and onwards.

Training centres

* Government Industrial Training Institute, Saifai is situated in Saifai and officers various trades. Sports_Authority_of_India

* Sports Authority of India (SAI) Training Centre, in Saifai's Master Chandgi Ram Sports Stadium campus. It offers residential training in Athletics, Handball and

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Transport

Road

Saifai village is connected to Mainpuri and

by a four-lane State Highway 83 (Uttar Pradesh). Agra-Lucknow Expressway is passing near to Saifai, giving it express connectivity to

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and

. Saifai also has a

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and a depot, owned and operated by

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(UPSRTC) at which UPSRTC buses are available to all major destinations of the state. Saifai Depot of UPSRTC has 25 buses as of December 2020.

Rail

Saifai railway station, also spelled as Saiphai railway station is situated at newly built Mainpuri-Etawah line railway track. It connects Saifai to

Etawah railway station Etawah Junction railway station (station code ETW) is one of the main railway stations on the Kanpur–Delhi section of Howrah–Delhi main line. It is away from Kanpur Central. Tundla is from here, from where lines to Agra bifurcates. It is ...

, which is situated at

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Airport

The Saifai airstrip is used only by unscheduled chartered flights. In 2015, the

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conducted emergency landing tests at the airstrip with the

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aircraft. In 2018, the air force conducted a second practice exercise at the airstrip.

Census 2011

Village

According to Census 2011, Saifai had 1481 families, with a population of 7141 of which 3917 are males and were 3224 are females. The population of children with age 0–6 is 1059 which makes up 14.83% of total population of village. The average sex ratio of 823 is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. The child sex ratio of 912 is higher than the Uttar Pradesh average of 902. The village also has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate was 82.44% compared to 67.68% of

, male literacy stood at 89.27% while female literacy rate was 74.00%.

Block (Vikas Khand/Kshetra Panchayat)

According to Census 2011, Saifai has 19,578 families residing. The Saifai Block (Vikas Khand/Kshetra Panchayat) has population of 1,12,620 of which 60,479 are males while 52,141 are females as per Population Census 2011.

Stadiums

According to the newspaper '' The Hindu'', Saifai is in a process to establish itself as a sports and education hub in the statem and has two sports complexes. *

Saifai International Cricket Stadium Saifai International Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium of International Standard in Saifai ( Etawah district), Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated inside Major Dhyan Chand Sports College's campus. With a seating capacity of 43,000 people, ...

along with an athletics stadium, an indoor stadium, an indoor

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at the

campus. *

Master Chandgiram Sports Stadium The Master Chandgi Ram Sports Stadium, Saifai is an national-level sports complex having a hockey pitch, multipurpose hall (badminton & wrestling facilities), a swimming pool and Sports Authority of India (SAI) Training Centre in Saifai, Etaw ...

, named after Haryanvi wrestler Chandgi Ram, a national-level sports complex with a hockey pitch, a multipurpose (badminton and wrestling) hall and a

Saifai Mahotsav

Organised between 1997 and 2015, Saifai Mahotsav (officially the Ranveer Singh Smriti Saifai Mahotsav) was an annual 15-day cultural fair organised by the Ranveer Singh Smriti Saifai Mahotsav committee. It used to takes place in the village every year during December and January. It was started in 1997 by Ranveer Singh Yadav, the nephew of Mulayam Singh Yadav and father of Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, as a small village fair named Saifai Mahotsav. It was renamed as the Ranveer Singh Smriti Saifai Mahotsav after his death in 2002. The festival's closing ceremony which was also known as Bollywood Night was often turn into controversy due to participation of

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. The organisation of Saifai Mahotsav was cancelled in 2016 during

's government and has not been organised again.

Nearby Cities

Municipal Corporation (Nagar Nigam)

Nagar Palika Parishad

* Jaswantnagar *

* Mainpuri * Sirsaganj

Nagar Panchayat

Karhal Karhal is a town and Nagar Panchayat in Mainpuri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also a Tehsil, that is subdivided into two blocks, Karhal and Barnahal. It is one of the Vidhan Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh. The nea ...

Notable people

Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Akhilesh Das (1961–2017), educationist, professor, Indian politician and philanthropist *Akhilesh K. Gaharwar (born 1982), Indian academic and Professor at Texas A&M University *Akh ...

, 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (March 2012 - March 2017) * Mulayam Singh Yadav, founder president of

, former

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& former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh * Shivpal Singh Yadav

References

{{Kanpur division topics Villages in Etawah district Yadav family of Uttar Pradesh