Saifai, categorised as a village, is situated in Etawah district at the border with Mainpuri district. Area of Saifai village is 887.47 hectares and area of Saifai Block (Kshetra Panchayat) is 20,403.30 hectares.[5] 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.
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 (Kshetra Panchayat) and neighbour village of Saifai village.[12][13]
Hawker 900XP of Uttar Pradesh Government at Saifai Airstrip (2016)
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.[20] In 2018, Indian Air Force did their second practice exercise at Saifai Airstrip.[21][22]
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.[1]
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.[1]
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%.[1]
Block (Vikas Khand/Kshetra Panchayat)
According to Census 2011, Saifai has 19,578 families residing. The Saifai Block (Vikas Khand/Kshetra Panchayat) has population of 1,12,620 of which 60,479 are males while 52,141 are females as per Population Census 2011.[5]
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 (official name Ranveer Singh Smriti 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 (ex-MP from Mainpuri) as a small village fair named Saifai Mahotsav which was renamed as Ranveer Singh Smriti Saifai Mahotsav after his death in 2002.[23] The closing ceremony which was also known as Bollywood Night was often turn into controversial event due to participation of bollywoodcelebrities. 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 will be never be organised again.[24]
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