Saifai,_Etawah

Saifai

Saifai

Village in Uttar Pradesh, India

Saifai is a large village and university town in the Etawah district[1] of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[2] It is also a sub-division (Tehsil) and Block (Kshetra Panchayat) of the Etawah district. It is the birthplace of Mulayam Singh Yadav, the founding president of the Samajwadi Party, former Minister of Defence in India, and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.[3]

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Geography

Saifai, categorised as a village, is situated in Etawah district at the border with Mainpuri district. Its geographical location falls under Ganges-Yamuna Doab of Uttar Pradesh.

Saifai village has an area of 887.47 hectares and Saifai Block (Kshetra Panchayat) is 20,403.30 hectares.[4] Saifai is located 23 km north from the nearest city Etawah. Saifai is about 110 km away from the historic city of Taj Mahal, Agra and 230 km from the State capital Lucknow.

Saifai Tehsil and Block

Saifai is a Sub-Division (Tehsil) and Block (Kshetra Panchayat) of Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh. There are about 60 villages in Saifai block.[5] Saifai Block (Kshetra Panchayat) comes under Jaswantnagar Vidhan Sabha constituency and Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Education

University

Colleges

Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College, Heonra, Saifai

Training centres

SAI Training Centres across India

Transport

Road

Saifai village is connected to Mainpuri and Etawah by the four-lane State Highway 83 (Uttar Pradesh). Agra-Lucknow Expressway passes near to Saifai, connecting the area to Delhi, Agra, Kannauj, and Lucknow. Saifai also has a bus station and a depot, owned and operated by Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC). UPSRTC buses are available to all major destinations in the state.[15][16] Saifai Depot has 21 buses as of November 2023.[17]

Rail

Saifai railway station, also spelled as Saiphai railway station, is located on the newly built Mainpuri-Etawah line railway. It connects Saifai to Etawah railway station, which is on the Howrah–Delhi main line.[18]

Airport

The nearest international airport to Saifai is Lucknow International Airport. The nearest domestic airport from Saifai is Agra Airport. Saifai also has an airstrip.

Hawker 900XP of Uttar Pradesh Government at Saifai Airstrip (2016)

The Saifai airstrip is used only by unscheduled chartered flights. In 2015, the Indian Air Force conducted emergency landing tests at the airstrip with the Mirage 2000 aircraft.[19] In 2018, the air force conducted a second practice exercise at the airstrip.[20][21]

Census 2011

Village

According to Census 2011, Saifai had 1,481 families, with a population of 7,141 of which 3,917 were male and 3,224 female. [1]

The population of children aged 0–6 is 1,059 which makes up 14.83% of the total population of the 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.[1]

The village has a higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, the literacy rate was 82.44% compared to 67.68% of Uttar Pradesh. Male literacy stood at 89.27% while female literacy was 74.00%.[1]

Block (Vikas Khand/Kshetra Panchayat)

According to Census 2011, Saifai Block has 19,578 families residing. The Saifai Block (Vikas Khand/Kshetra Panchayat) had a population of 112,620 of which 60,479 are male and 52,141 are female.[4]

Stadiums

According to the newspaper The Hindu, Saifai is in a process to establish itself as a sports and education hub in the state and has two sports complexes.[22]

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 take 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.[23] The festival's closing ceremony which was also known as Bollywood Night was often controversial due to the participation of Bollywood celebrities. The organisation of Saifai Mahotsav was cancelled in 2016 during the Samajwadi Party's government and has not been organised since.[24]

Notable people

References

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    "Neighbours' Envy: Remarkable growth of Saifai has left other villages feeling left out". 18 January 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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    "DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK ETAWAH" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
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    रिम्स सैफ़ई बना आयुर्विज्ञान विश्वविद्यालय. अमर उजाला (in Hindi). 6 June 2016.
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    सैफ़ई मेडिकल यूनिवर्सिटी को गवर्नर का ओके. Navbharat Times (in Hindi). 3 May 2016.
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    "Official website of the Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences". upums.ac.in. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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    "List of Law Colleges having approval of affiliation of the Bar Council of India" (PDF). Bar Council of India.
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    "SAI Training Centers-Sports Authority of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports – Government of India". sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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    "Lucknow Samachar: साई में ऐडमिशन के लिए 29 और 30 को होंगे ट्रायल – trial for 29 and 30 for admission in sai". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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    "UPSRTC". upsrtc.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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    "परिवहन निगम का सैफई डिपो शुरू, यूनिवर्सिटी के मरीजों को होगा फायदा". www.jagran.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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    "Etawah News: सैफई डिपो की खटारा बसों में सफर करना है जोखिम भरा". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
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    इटावा-मैनपुरी रेलवे ट्रैक पर जल्द दौड़ेगा इंजन. दैनिक जागरण (in Hindi). 24 February 2016.
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    "Mulayam's Saifai plays host to fighter planes". The Times of India. 19 August 2015.
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    "'गगनशक्ति' अभियान के तहत वायुसेना के लड़ाकू विमानो का युद्धाभ्यास शुरू".
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    Ganesan, Uthra (5 May 2016). "In the middle of nowhere, Saifai attempts to emerge as a major sporting hub". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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    "Mulayam's Rs 20 cr Saifai festival exposes audacity of political class". Firstpost. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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    "सैफई महोत्सव का आयोजन दूसरी बार निरस्त". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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