Sitapur

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Field	Value
name	Sitapur
native_name_lang	Hindi
settlement_type	Village
pushpin_map	India Uttar Pradesh#India
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh, India
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Uttar Pradesh
subdivision_type2	Division
subdivision_name2	Lucknow
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Sitapur
established_title	Established
established_date	1st century BC
founder	King Vikramaditya
named_for	Sita
government_type	Municipal Council
governing_body	Sitapur Municipal Council
leader_title	Municipal Chairperson
leader_name	Neha Awasthi (BJP)
leader_title1	Lok Sabha MP
leader_name1	Rakesh Rathore
leader_title2	MLA
leader_name2	Rakesh Rathour Guru (BJP)
unit_pref	Metric
elevation_footnotes	(in meters)
elevation_m	138
population_total	177351
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	630
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Hindi, Urdu
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN CODE
postal_code	261001
registration_plate	UP-34
website
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::callout[type=note] the municipality in Uttar Pradesh, India ::

Administration

The district is divided into 7 Tehsils: Sitapur, Biswan, Mishrikh, Maholi, Laharpur, Mahmoodabad and Sidhauli. There are 19 blocks, 4 parliamentary constituencies (Sitapur, Mishrikh (SC), Mohanlalganj, Dhaurhara), 9 assembly constituencies (Sevata, Biswan, 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.

Hindi is the major language, spoken by 88.03% of the population. Urdu 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 in 1999.
Wajahat Mirza – Indian screenwriter and film director
Ilyas Sitapuri - An Indian born Pakistani historical fiction writer

Politics

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

References

"2023 UP Municipal Election results". ECI Uttar Pradesh.
"BJP's Neha Awasthi wins from Sitapur after 20 years". Dainik Bhaskar.
(19 June 2020). "Sitapur Up Travel Guide".
Bhatt, Vijay Kumar. (2016). "Asst. Director". Ministry of MSME, Government of India.
Tiwari, Akhilesh. (19 June 2020). "District Magistrate".
"Blocks | District Sitapur, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India".
"Police | District Sitapur, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India".
(2011). "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". [[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]].
(2011). "District Census Handbook: Sitapur". [[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]].
"Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh (Town level)". [[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]].

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