Sitapur is a city and a municipal board in

Sitapur district Sitapur district is one of the Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts which is situated in Uttar Pradesh States and territories of India, state of India, with Sitapur town as the district headquarters. Sitapur district is a part of Lucknow divis ...

in the

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Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

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. It is located 90 kilometres north of state capital,

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. The traditional origin for the name is said to be by the King Vikramāditya from Lord

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's wife

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Administration

The district is divided into 7 Tehsils: Sitapur,

Biswan Biswan is a town and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Geography Biswan is located at . It has an average elevation of 133 metres (436 feet). The twin Sharda Canals flow across the outskirts ...

, Mishrikh,

Maholi Maholi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Sitapur district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh. It is now one of the 7 Tehsils in District Sitapur being carved out in 2013 from Misrikh. Geography Maholi is loca ...

Laharpur Laharpur is a town, tehsil headquarter and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. History The foundation of this town was laid by Emperor Firoz Shah Tughlaq (1351–1388 AD) in 1370 AD, while he was on ...

, Mahmoodabad and

Sidhauli Sidhauli is a town and an Ideal Notified Area Council (Nagar Panchayat) in Sitapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It comes under Lucknow division and is in the Awadh region of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Four-lane National Highway ...

. There are 19 blocks, 4 parliamentary constituencies (Sitapur, Mishrikh (SC), Mohanlalganj, Dhaurhara), 9 assembly constituencies ( Sevata,

, Mahmoodabad, Sidhauli (SC), Laharpur, Sitapur, Hargaon (SC), Mishrikh and Maholi), 19 Blocks and 26 Police Stations. Total population of the district is 44.84 lakh and the area is 5,743 km². There are 2,348 census villages and 1,601 Gram Panchayats in the district. The Vehicle UP-34 is Registered in Sitapur RTO Transport office.

Demographics

Sitapur municipality has a population of 177,234. Sitapur has a sex ratio of 912 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 80.57%. 19,794 (11.17%) were under 6 years of age. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 11.36% and 0.13% of the population respectively.

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is the major language, spoken by 88.03% of the population.

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is spoken by 11.67% of the population.

Transportation

Rail

Sitapur has 2 railway stations. Sitapur is well connected to Lucknow, Lakhimpur, Mailani, Bhurwal, Gonda, Gorakhpur and Moradabad by broad gauge line. It also has a branch line between Sitapur city and Balamau Junction in Hardoi district. The major railway station is Sitapur Junction railway station. Some express trains like Jan Sadharan Express, Jan Nayak Express, Amritsar-Saharsa Express, Karmabhoomi Express and Jansewa Express. The other important station is Sitapur City Junction railway station/SPC. Couple of Express trains stops here. Sitapur is also well connected by NH24 from Lucknow to Delhi.

Stadium

Sitapur has a stadium named after the Major Dhyan Chand.

Notable people

* Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey - Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, PVC was an officer of the Indian Army who was posthumously awarded India's highest military honour, the Param Vir Chakra, for his audacious courage and leadership during the

Kargil War The Kargil War, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Ladakh, then part of the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu and Kashmir and along the Line of Control (LoC). In In ...

in 1999. * Wajahat Mirza – Indian screenwriter and film director *

Ilyas Sitapuri Ilyas Sitapuri (30 October 1934 – 1 October 2003) was a Pakistani historical fiction writer. He is known for writing historical stories for Sabrang Digest and Suspense Digest. His popular stories and novels include, ''Kashmir Ki Kali'', ''Daa ...

- An Indian born Pakistani historical fiction writer

Politics

As the seat of the

government of Uttar Pradesh The Government of Uttar Pradesh (International Organization for Standardization, ISO: ''Uttara Pradēśa Sarakāra''; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appoin ...

, Lucknow is the site of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, Sitapur has 2 Loksabha seats and 9 Vidhan Sabha seats.

References

External links

NIC Website

Sitapur travel guide
{{Authority control Sitapur Cities in Uttar Pradesh