Sitapur is a city and a

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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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Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

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. It is located 90 kilometres north of state capital,

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

. The traditional origin for the name is said to be by the King

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from Lord

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's wife

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Administration

The district is divided into 7 Tehsils: Sitapur,

Biswan Biswan is a town and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Geography Biswan is located at . It has an average elevation of 133 metres (436 feet). The twin Sharda Canals flow across the outskirts ...

, Mishrikh,

Maholi Maholi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Sitapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is now one of the 7 Tehsils in District Sitapur being carved out in 2013 from Misrikh. Geography Maholi is located at . It has an average elev ...

Laharpur Laharpur is a town, tehsil headquarter and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. History The foundation of this town was laid by Emperor Firoz Shah Tughlaq (1351–1388 AD) in 1370 AD, while he was on h ...

, Mahmoodabad and

Sidhauli Sidhauli is a town and an Ideal Notified Area Council ( Nagar Panchayat) in Sitapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It comes under Lucknow division and is in the Awadh region of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Four-lane National Highway ...

. There are 19 blocks, 4 parliamentary constituencies (Sitapur, Mishrikh (SC), Mohanlalganj, Dhaurhara), 9 assembly constituencies ( Sevata,

, 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

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in the district. The Vehicle UP-34 is Registered in Sitapur RTO Transport office.

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 b/w SITAPUR city and BALAMAU Jn in Hardoi district. The major railway station is Sitapur Junction railway station. Some express trains like

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Jan Nayak Express The 15211 / 15212 Jan Nayak Express is an Express train belonging to East Central Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 15211/15212 train numbers on a daily basis. This train is named after and in h ...

, Amritsar-Saharsa Express, Karmabhoomi Express and Jansewa Express. The other important station is

Sitapur City Junction railway station Sitapur City Junction railway station is a railway station in Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Its code is SPC. It serves Sitapur Sitapur is a city and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is ...

/SPC. Couple of Express trains stops here. Sitapur 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 (25 June 1975 – 3 July 1999) 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 ...

- 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 The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC). In India, the conflict is also referr ...

in 1999. *

Wajahat Mirza Wajahat Hussain Mirza Changezi ( hi, वजाहत मिर्ज़ा; 20 April 1908 – 4 August 1990) was an Indian screenwriter and film director who penned the dialogues of some of the most successful films in India during the 1950s ...

– Indian screenwriter and film director * Ilyas Sitapuri - An Indian born Pakistani historical fiction writer

References

External links

NIC Website

Sitapur travel guide
{{Authority control Sitapur Cities in Uttar Pradesh