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Saifai

Saifai
सैफ़ई
Village
Nickname(s): Saifai village
Saifai is located in Uttar Pradesh
Saifai
Saifai
Saifai is located in India
Saifai
Saifai
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°58′N 78°58′E / 26.96°N 78.96°E / 26.96; 78.96Coordinates: 26°58′N 78°58′E / 26.96°N 78.96°E / 26.96; 78.96
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
Administrative division Kanpur
District Etawah
Government
 • Type Panchayat Raj
 • Body Gram Panchayat
 • Gram Pradhan (Village head) Darshan Singh Yadav
Area
 • Village 8.8747 km2 (3.4265 sq mi)
Elevation 102 m (335 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Village 7,141
 • Village density 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Hindi (हिन्दी)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 206130
Vehicle registration UP-75
Literacy 82.44%
Lok Sabha Constituency Mainpuri
Vidhan Sabha Constituency Jaswantnagar
Highways Agra-Lucknow Expressway
State Highway 83
Airport Saifai airstrip
Website etawah.nic.in

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.

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 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.

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


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