Etawah
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| State : | Uttar Pradesh | ||
| District : | Etawah | ||
| Sub-district : | Etawah | ||
| Location : | 26 ° 47 ' N , 79 ° 1' E | ||
| Height : | 197 m | ||
| Residents : | 256,838 (2011) | ||
| Website : | http://nppetawah.in/ | ||
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Etawah is a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh .
Etawah is on the north bank of the Yamuna . The city is halfway between Agra (110 km west-northwest) and Kanpur (135 km east-southeast). Etawah is the administrative center of the district of the same name .
The national highways NH 2 (Agra – Kanpur) and NH 92 ( Gwalior - Farrukhabad ) cross at Etawah . The NH 91A runs from Etawah to Kannauj, 100 km to the east . The railway line from Agra to Kanpur also runs through Etawah.
As a city, Etawah has the status of Nagar Palika Parishad . It is divided into 36 wards . At the 2011 census, Etawah had 256,838 residents.
Personalities
- Mirza Abdul Baqi Bég (1934–1990), physicist
Web links
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