Saifai


Saifai is a large village in the Etawah district and Mainpuri Parliamentary constituency of Indian state Uttar Pradesh. It is also a sub-division and Block 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. According to newspaper The Hindu, Saifai is in a process to establish itself as a sports and education hub in the state.

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 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 and Block

Saifai is a Sub-Division and Block of Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh. There are about 60 villages in Saifai block. Saifai Block comes under Jaswantnagar Vidhan Sabha constituency and Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency.

Education

University

Road

Saifai village is connected to Mainpuri and Etawah by a four-lane State Highway 83. Agra-Lucknow Expressway is passing near to Saifai, giving it express connectivity to Delhi, Agra, Kannauj and Lucknow. Saifai also has a bus station owned and operated by Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation at which UPSRTC buses are available to all major destinations of the state. It also has an Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation depot worksop.

Rail

Saifai halt station, also spelled as Saiphai railway 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 near Saifai. It 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. In 2018, Indian Air Force did their second practice exercise at Saifai Airstrip.

Census 2011

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/Kshetra Panchayat)

According to Census 2011, Saifai has 19,578 families residing. The Saifai Block 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.
Organised between 1997 and 2015, Saifai Mahotsav was an annual 15-day cultural fair organised by Ranveer Singh Smriti Saifai Mahotsav committee. It was started in 1997 by Late Ranveer Singh Yadav, nephew of Mulayam Singh Yadav and father of Tej Pratap Singh Yadav as a small village fair named Saifai Mahotsav which was renamed as Ranveer Singh Smriti Saifai Mahotsav after his death in 2002. The closing ceremony which was also known as Bollywood Night was often turn into controversial event due to participation of bollywood celebrities. It used to takes place in Saifai village every year during December and January months. Organisation of Saifai Mahotsav was cancelled in 2016 during Samajwadi Party's government and it was not organised ever again.

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