# Etawah District, Uttar Pradesh – Sub-districts, Towns, Villages & Population

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District · Uttar Pradesh 

# Etawah district

Etawah is a district of Uttar Pradesh, 61st of 71 districts there. At the 2011 Census it had **1,581,810 people** in 5 sub-districts, 6 towns and 692 villages; 23% lived in towns. The largest town is [Etawah](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/etawah/etawah/) (256,838).

- 1,581,810people (2011)
- 5sub-districts
- 6towns
- 78.4%literacy

## Who lives in Etawah?

Etawah had **1,581,810 people** at the 2011 Census — 0.8% of Uttar Pradesh's population and 61st of 71 districts of Uttar Pradesh by population. There were 870 women for every 1,000 men (below the Uttar Pradesh figure of 912; 60th of 71 districts of Uttar Pradesh). Among children under 7 the ratio was 875 girls per 1,000 boys (the Uttar Pradesh figure is 902). An average household had 5.7 people, against 6.0 across Uttar Pradesh.

## How literate is Etawah?

78.4% of people aged 7 and over could read and write in 2011 (above Uttar Pradesh's 67.7%), 4th of 71 districts of Uttar Pradesh. Men were at 86.1% and women at 69.6% — a gap of 16.4 points (it is 20.1 points across Uttar Pradesh). Among its sub-districts, literacy is highest in [Bharthana](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/bharthana/) (79.5%) and lowest in [Saifai](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/saifai/) (75.2%).

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What do people in Etawah do for a living?

32.0% of people worked in 2011 (women: 12.5%). Of all workers, 29% farmed their own land, 17% were farm labourers, 3% worked in household industry and 23% in other work such as services, trade and factories; 29% were marginal workers with less than six months' work. Farming employs 46% of workers here, against 38% across Uttar Pradesh. The most farm-dependent of its sub-districts is [Chakarnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/chakarnagar/) (58% of workers in farming) and the least is [Etawah](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/etawah/) (34% of workers in farming).

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**■** Cultivators 29 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (17%) · **■** Household industry 3 (3%) · **■** Other work 23 (23%) · **■** Marginal 29 (29%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Cities and towns of Etawah

23.2% of people lived in towns and cities (above Uttar Pradesh's 22.3%), 22nd of 71 districts of Uttar Pradesh. The Census counted 6 towns: 6 statutory towns with a municipality and 0 census towns — places urban in character but still governed as villages. 1 city has 1 lakh (100,000) people or more. The largest is [Etawah](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/etawah/etawah/) with 256,838 people, home to 70% of the urban population.

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Villages of Etawah

Etawah had 692 census villages, 686 of them inhabited. The average inhabited village had 1,772 people; 30 villages had 5,000 people or more. The largest: [Pratapner](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/etawah/pratapner/) (11,720), [Takha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/bharthana/takha/) (10,969), [Kudrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/bharthana/kudrail/) (10,818), [Sarsai Nawar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/bharthana/sarsai-nawar/) (10,762) and [Kamet](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/etawah/kamet/) (9,553).

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Etawah district in history

The 11th edition of the *Encyclopaedia Britannica* (1911) described Etawah district as follows. Its wording reflects its time; spellings are as printed.

> The District of Etawah has an area of 1691 sq. m. It forms a purely artificial administrative division, stretching across the level plain of the Doab, and beyond the valley of the Jumna, to the gorges of the Chambal, and the last rocky outliers of the Vindhyan range. The district exhibits a striking variety of surface and scenery. The greater portion lies within the Doab or level alluvial plain between the Ganges and the Jumna. This part falls naturally into two sections, divided by the deep and fissured valley of the river Sengar. The tract to the north-east of that stream is rich and fertile, being watered by the Cawnpore and Etawah branches of the Ganges canal, and other important works. The south-western region has the same natural advantages, but possesses no great irrigation system, and is consequently less fruitful than the opposite slopes. Near the banks of the Jumna, the plain descends into the river valley by a series of wild ravines and terraces, inhabited only by a scattered race of hereditary herdsmen. Beyond the Jumna again a strip of British territory extends along the tangled gorges of the Chambal and the Kuari Nadi, far into the borders of the Gwalior state. This outlying tract embraces a series of rocky glens and mountain torrents, crowned by the ruins of native strongholds, and interspersed with narrow ledges of cultivable alluvium.

Source: [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition (1911) — public domain; transcription via Wikisource](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica).

Boundaries in 1901 may differ from today's; sentences describing castes or communities are omitted.

## Population of Etawah compared with Uttar Pradesh

■ Etawah · ■ Uttar Pradesh

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**902

Working population ****32.0%**

**32.9%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Etawah

Of every 100 households in Etawah in 2011, 41 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Etawah · ■ 

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

Toilet within the home ****34%**

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

Tap water ****21%**

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

Use banking services ****62%**

Television ****31%**

Mobile phone ****60%**

Computer with internet ****1%**

Two-wheeler ****17%**

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

None of these assets ****11%**

Own their home ****95%**

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Sub-districts of Etawah

Sub-district People Villages Towns 

[Jaswantnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/jaswantnagar/) 214,678 99 1 

[Saifai](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/saifai/) 95,063 60 0 

[Etawah](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/etawah/) 591,152 195 2 

[Bharthana](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/bharthana/) 534,090 231 3 

[Chakarnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/etawah/chakarnagar/) 146,827 107 0 

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Cities and towns in Etawah

- Etawah · 256,838
- Bharthana · 44,120
- Jaswantnagar · 28,164
- Bakewar · 14,965
- Ekdil · 11,310
- Lakhna · 10,902

## Largest villages in Etawah

- Pratapner · 11,720
- Takha · 10,969
- Kudrail · 10,818
- Sarsai Nawar · 10,762
- Kamet · 9,553
- Moonj · 8,135
- Basrehar · 7,606
- Chakar Nagar · 7,565
- Dharwar · 7,405
- Birari · 7,391
- Jasohan · 7,194
- Saifai · 7,141
- Malajani · 6,769
- Dhanua · 6,764
- Kaist · 6,736
- Bahadurpur Dhar · 6,460
- Aheripur · 6,411
- Baralokpur · 6,298
- Bharthana · 6,270
- Sarsai Helu · 6,071

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Quick answers

- How many sub-districts are in Etawah?5: Jaswantnagar, Saifai, Etawah, Bharthana, Chakarnagar
- What is the population of Etawah district?1,581,810 (Census 2011)
- Which is the largest town in Etawah?Etawah