Sitarganj is a city and a
municipal board in
Udham Singh Nagar district in the
Indian state
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of Uttarakhand.
Geography
Sitarganj is located at . It has an average elevation of 298 metres (978 feet).
Sitarganj comes under the Terai Agro Climatic zone of
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...
.
Coca-Cola
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plans to set up a bottling plant in Sitarganj in 70 acres of land that will be provided by the Uttarakhand government.
Demographics
India
census
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, Sitarganj Tehsil had a population of 148266 in which 21893 population lives in main city.. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. The SC and ST population is 14.3% and 13.1% respectively. In Sitarganj, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. India
census
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,
Sitarganj has a low proportion of primary and secondary schools than the district aggregate, but still Sitarganj has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: with male literacy of 79%, and female literacy being 66%.
References
{{Municipalities of Uttarakhand
Cities and towns in Udham Singh Nagar district