Saifai village

Saifai सैफ़ई
Village
Nickname(s): Saifai village(village of Yadav )
Saifai Show map of Uttar Pradesh Saifai Show map of India 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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