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Country
  
India

Administrative division
  
Kanpur

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Elevation
  
102 m

Government body
  
Gram panchayat

State
  
Uttar Pradesh

District
  
Etawah

PIN
  
206130

Local time
  
Sunday 8:35 AM

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Weather
  
25°C, Wind NW at 6 km/h, 44% Humidity

Colleges and Universities
  
Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College

Up election 2017 akhilesh yadav brother prateek cast their vote in saifai


Saifai (Hindi: सैफ़ई) is a village in the Etawah district and Mainpuri Parliamentary constituency of Uttar Pradesh. It is also a Tehsil and Block (Vikas Khand) of the Etawah district. It is the birthplace of Mulayam Singh Yadav, founding president of Samajwadi Party, former Minister of Defence and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

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Map of Saifai, Uttar Pradesh

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Geography

Saifai is situated in Etawah district at the border with Mainpuri district. Area of Saifai village is 887.47 hectares and area of Saifai Block (Vikas Khand) is 20,403.30 hectares. It is located 23 km towards North from District headquarters and nearest city Etawah. Mainpuri is located 32 km away from Saifai. It is about 110 km away from historic city of Taj Mahal, Agra and 230 km from State capital Lucknow.

Saifai Tehsil & Block

Saifai is a Tehsil and Block(Vikas Khand) of Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh. There are about 60 villages in Saifai block. Saifai Block(Vikas Khand) comes under Jaswantnagar Vidhan Sabha constituency and Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency.

University

  • Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (formerly U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research) a medical research public universityestablished by Government of Uttar Pradesh under Act,15 of 2016. The University is running full-fledged Medical College, Paramedical College, Nursing College, Pharmacy College, Multi Specialty 850 bedded hospital and 150 bedded trauma and burn centre. 500 bedded super specialty hospital is being established in the University by Government of Uttar Pradesh with budget of Rs. 650 crores.

    • Colleges

  • Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College, Heonra-Saifai, Etawah or Chaudhary Charan Singh Degree College, a college offering under-graduate and post-graduate courses in Science, Arts, Commerce, Computer, Management, Education and Physical Education faculties. The College is situated in Heonra village which is part of Saifai Block(Vikas Khand) and neighbour village of Saifai village.
  • Saifai Sports College, a residential sports college established in 2014. It offers teaching from 6th to 12th standard and sports training in cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, athletics, badminton, swimming and kabaddi.

    • In 2015, the work of a first-of-its-kind Sports University started at Saifai.

  • Government Industrial Training Institute, Saifai or Government ITI is a multi-disciplinary industrial training institute (ITI) focusing on actionable engineering programs situated in Saifai.
  • S.S. Memorial Educational Academy offers 2 year B.T.C. which is also known as Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed.) outside of Uttar Pradesh.
  • Chaudhary Charan Singh College of Law, Heonra-Saifai, Etawah is offering under-graduate course in Law faculty. The College is situated in Heonra village which is part of Saifai Block(Vikas Khand) and neighbour village of Saifai village.

    • Schools

  • S.S. Memorial Senior Secondary Public School, Saifai, a co-ed institiute with English as the medium of instruction. The school is affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi and NCERT published books are introduced form class VI and onwards.
  • Amitabh Bachchan Government Inter College, Saifai, a state run Government Inter College for boys, established in 1997
  • Government Girls Inter College, Saifai, a state run Government Inter College for girls.
  • Abhinav Vidyalaya, Saifai, an upcoming school by government of Uttar Pradesh in Saifai with a modern design on lines of private convent schools.

    • Road

    Saifai village is connected to Mainpuri and Etawah by a four-lane State Highway (SH 83). Agra-Lucknow Expressway is passing near to Saifai, giving it express connectivity to Delhi, Agra, Kannauj and Lucknow.

    Rail

    Saifai halt station is situated at newly built Mainpuri-Etawah line railway track. It connects Saifai to Etawah Railway Station, which is situated at Howrah–Delhi main line.

    Airport

    There is an airstrip situated at Saifai's nearby village Hardoi. This airstrip was defunct, but is being repaired during the governorship of the Samajwadi Party. The airport has only unscheduled chartered flights.

    In 2015, Mirage 2000 aircraft of Indian Air Force have been operating from the airstrip, testing grounds for possible development of this airport in case of emergency, like a war.

    Village

    According to Census 2011, Saifai is a large village located in Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh with total 1481 families residing. The Saifai village has population of 7141 of which 3917 are males while 3224 are females as per Population Census 2011.

    In Saifai village population of children with age 0-6 is 1059 which makes up 14.83% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saifai village is 823 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Saifai as per census is 912, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

    Saifai village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Saifai village was 82.44% compared to 67.68% of Uttar Pradesh. In Saifai, Male literacy stands at 89.27% while female literacy rate was 74.00%.

    Block (Vikas Khand)

    According to Census 2011, Saifai has 19,578 families residing. The Saifai Block (Vikas Khand) has population of 1,12,620 of which 60,479 are males while 52,141 are females as per Population Census 2011.

    Stadiums

    Saifai is in the process of establishing itself as a sports hub in the State. Saifai has two Sports Complexes.

  • International Sports Stadium, Saifai with an athletics stadium, an indoor stadium, an indoor swimming pool and under constriction international cricket stadium.
  • Chandgi Ram Sports Complex, which is an international-level sports complex having a hockey pitch, a badminton hall and a swimming pool. Chandgi Ram Sports Complex is named after Haryanvi wrestler Chandgi Ram.

    • Saifai Mahotsav

    Saifai Mahotsav is an annual controversial event, which is famous for participation of bollywood celebrities. It was started by Late Ranveer Singh and now it takes place in Saifai village every year in the memory of Late Ranveer Singh, who was nephew of Mulayam Singh Yadav and father of Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (MP from Mainpuri).

    Notable individuals

  • Mulayam Singh Yadav, founder president of Samajwadi Party, former Minister of Defence (India) & former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
  • Akhilesh Yadav, 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
  • Dimple Yadav, Member of Parliament
  • Shivpal Singh Yadav, Cabinet Minister of Uttar Pradesh
  • Dharmendra Yadav, Member of Parliament
  • Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, Member of Parliament

    • References

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