Sikandara is a town in

Kanpur Dehat district Kanpur Dehat district is a district in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The administrative headquarters of the district are at Mati- Akbarpur. This district is part of Kanpur division. Kanpur was formerly spelled Cawnpore. History The s ...

in the

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. It is headquarters of tehsil Sikandara.

Location

It is located on NH-2 about 80 km away from

kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...

toward west and towards south from

Jhinjhak Jhinjhak (pronounced jheenjhak) is a town and a Municipal council in Kanpur Dehat district, India. The town is situated on the Lower Ganges Canal and is approximately from the industrial city of Dibiyapur. History Jhinjhak Nagar Panchayat was ...

at a distance 20 kilometer. Auraiya city is towards west from Sikandara and

Pukhrayan Pukhrayan is a town and a Municipality in Kanpur Dehat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Found to the south-west of Mati on National Highway 25, Pukhrayan is from Bhognipur. Geography Pukhrayan is located at . It is on averag ...

town is toward east. It is also a

Sikandra (Assembly constituency) Sikandra Assembly constituency is a part of the Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh and it comes under Etawah Lok Sabha constituency. Members of Legislative Assembly * *By Poll Election results 2022 ...

History

It is said that this township was settled by

Sikandar Lodi Sikandar Khan Lodi (died 21 November 1517), born Nizam Khan, was a Pashtun Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate between 1489 and 1517. He became ruler of the Lodi dynasty after the death of his father Bahlul Khan Lodi in July 1489. The second and most ...

Schools

*St. V.N. Public school *Saraswati Inter College *DR. Ambedkar Iner College *Hemant English school, Hariharpur road, Vikas Nagar, Sikandra *Krishna Public School *Raj Inter College Sikandra *नन्दलाल उच्चतर माध्यमिक विद्यालय सिकन्दरा

Geography

Sikandara is located at. It has an average elevation of 85 metres (278 feet).

Demographics

1 India

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

, Sikandara town had a population of 13,580. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sikandara has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 64%, and female literacy is 51%. In Sikandara, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. Data should be latest that is from the census of 2011 .

References

Cities and towns in Kanpur Dehat district {{KanpurDehat-geo-stub bpy:সিকান্দার