Etah (district)

Etah District
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division :	Aligarh
Administrative headquarters :	Etah
Area :	2431 km²
Residents :	1,774,480 2011
Population density :	730 inhabitants / km²
Website :	http://etah.nic.in/

Etah ( Hindi : एटा ज़िला) is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh .

Etah is located to the west of Uttar Pradesh in the Aligarh division . The district lies between the rivers of Ganges in the north and Yamuna in the south. District capital is Etah . The district covers 2,431 km².

population

The population of Etah was 1,774,480 in the 2011 census. Ten years earlier it was 1,561,705. The gender ratio was 873 women for 1,000 men. The literacy rate was 70.81% (81.28% for men, 58.80% for women). 90.79% of the population were Hindu , 8.25% Muslim .

Administrative division

The district is divided into 3 tehsils :

• Aliganj
• Etah
• Jalesar

Cities of the Nagar Palika Parishad type are:

• Aliganj
• Etah
• Jalesar

Cities of the Nagar Panchayat type are:

• Awagarh
• Jaithara
• Marehra
• Nidhauli Kalan
• Raja Ka Rampur
• Sakit

Web links

• District Administration

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} www.census2011.co.in