Sidhauli is a town and an Ideal Notified Area Council (

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) in

Sitapur district Sitapur district is one of the districts which is situated in Uttar Pradesh state of India, with Sitapur town as the district headquarters. Sitapur district is a part of Lucknow division. History Sitapur was first constituted as a district ...

in the

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. It comes under Lucknow division and is in the

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region of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Four-lane

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passes from the centre of the town. It comes under

Mohanlalganj (Lok Sabha constituency) Mohanlalganj is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh. It is from Lucknow city. Assembly segments Presently, Mohanlalganj Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. T ...

. Sidhauli is also a

Sidhauli (Assembly constituency) Sidhauli Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Sitapur district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Mohanlalganj Lok Sabha constituency. The ...

of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It is the

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s of

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Sidhauli and Sidhauli Community Development

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. Sidhauli Block comprises 306

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Geography

Sidhauli has an average elevation of 138

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s (452

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). The relief of the town is entirely flat, as are most other towns in the

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. There exists no prominent geomorphic feature. The river

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, which meets the river Gomati further on, flows at distance of about 5 kilometres from the town. Because the town is located on alluvial soil, the water table in this region rarely falls below 50 feet. The town receives most of its rainfall during the

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. During the monsoon, the water table rises to 25–30 feet.

History

The name of the town, "Sidhauli", comes from the

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words "''Siddhi''" (Power of attainment of the supreme) and "''Awali''" (Home). Accordingly, the name means "Home of great Sages and Saints". Sidhauli borders on

Naimisaranya Naimisaranyam, also known as Neemsar, Nimsar or Nimkhar, and the Naimishnath Devaraja temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the ''Divya Desams'', the 108 temples of Vishnu r ...

, which has been one of the holiest places in Hinduism since ancient times. Many great saints and sages are reputed to have lived in the forests of this area. Copper age implements of 1500 bc to 1000 bc such as Axis, Rings, Celts, Daggers etc found in sidhauli area, who kept in state Memorial Lucknow. In 1942, during the

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, Mahatma

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came to Sidhauli. During this time, Tara Chand Maheshwery was an eminent and prominent Sidhauli leader who was very close to Gandhi.

Demographics

, according to the Indian

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, Sidhauli had a population of 569,117. Males constitute 52.98% of the population and females 47.01%. Sidhauli has an average literacy rate of 53.63%, lower than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 62.14%, and female literacy is only 44.04%. In Sidhauli, 16.34% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Administration

Sidhuli Town is a notified area with 14 wards. *Ward Number 1. Bahadurpur *Ward Number 2. Tulsi Nagar *Ward Number 3. Narottam Nagar South *Ward Number 4. Sant Nagar East *Ward Number 5. Sant Nagar West *Ward Number 6. Bazar *Ward Number 7. Gandhinagar north *Ward Number 8. Siddheshwar Nagar *ward Number 9. Gandhinagar South *ward Number 10. Prem Nagar North *Ward Number 11. Narottam Nagar North *Ward Number 12. Prem Nagar South *Ward Number 13. Vivek Nagar *Ward Number 14. Govind Nagar

Administrative Office

*Ideal Notified Area Council Office (Adarsh Nagar Panchayat Karyalaya), Mishrikh Road * Tahsil of Sidhauli, Tahsil Road * Police Station, Tahsil Road * SDM Office, Tahsil Road * Indian Post Office, Tahsil Road * Block Development Office, Mishrikh Road * Circuit House (Dak Bangla), Mishrikh Road * Fire Station, Mishrikh Road, Aladadpur * Power Station, Power House Road * Sidhauli Forest Circle Office, Biswan Road, Bahadurpur

Current Officiels/Politociens

Transport and Communication

The town of Sidhauli is well connected by road and rail to the state capital Lucknow, and to the national capital New Delhi. The town has a bus stop where most buses (public and private) plying on the

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-Sitapur-Bareilly- Rampur-

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-Delhi route stop for a while. It has a broad gauge railway station and a railway line between Sitapur Junction and Lucknow City Junction. The town has no aerodrome facility. The nearest airport is

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, in Lucknow. The town is covered by mobile telephone and internet services (4G services) provided by several public and private telecommunication companies.

Education and Health Facilities

The town has a well equipped government-run community health centre or rural hospital. Apart from the community health centre, there are several private clinics, hospitals and nursing homes. There are several primary, secondary and senior secondary schools which provide education through Hindi, English and Urdu. Gandhi Postgraduate (PG) College is a renowned college located along

Research Institute

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Village Amberpur, Manva-Sandila State Highway. It was sanctioned by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer Welfare, New Delhi on 19 May 2005, under the Administrative control of Manav Vikas Evam Sewa Sansthan, in Lucknow.

Filmography

The film Pyar Mein Thoda Twist was shot in Paisiya village in Sidhauli. The film was produced by Manju Bharti and co-producers Vijay Singh Bhadauria, Ajita Bhadauria and Noor Fatima along with director

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. Film music director is famous singer Bappi Lahrai. Film Lafange Nawab &

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Dreams were also shot in manva teela.

Photo Gallery

File:Ram Darbar Siddheshwer Mandir Sidhauli.jpeg, Ram Darbar Siddheshwer Temple File:Kamlapur Quila Rani Ki Bag.jpeg, Kamlapur Kasmanda Quila File:Mahatma Gandhi Statue Sidhauli.jpeg, Mahatma Gandhi Statue Sidhauli File:Kasmanda Kamlapur Quila Sidhauli.jpeg, Kasmanda Quila Kamlapur File:Vidyagyanschool.jpeg, Vidhya Gyan School Suraicha File:Siddheshwer Temple Sidhauli.jpeg, Ancient Siddheshwer Temple

References

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