Sitapur

Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Sitapur is a city and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 90 kilometres north of state capital, Lucknow. The traditional origin for the name is said to be by the King Vikramāditya from Rama's wife Sita.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Javed Akhtar

Indian writer, poet and lyricist

Ambarish Srivastava

Indian architect

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Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi

Sufi scholar

Muztar Khairabadi

Urdu poet

R

Rakesh Mohan

Indian economist

R

Ravinder Pal Singh

field hockey player

R

Raza Kazim

politician and lawyer

S

Salman Akhtar

Indian psychoanalyst and poet

S

Shivendra Singh

Indian field hockey player

W

Wajahat Mirza

Story, Screenplay & Dialogue Writer in Indian Films

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Queen Kanti, Queen Mother of Nepal

Queen of Nepal and mother of King Mahendra of Nepal (1906-1973)

M

MOHAMMAD AHMAD RAMZ

Urdu poet born in 1932

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Ḥasan ʻĀbid

Syed Muhammad Ashraf

Indian writer

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Queen Ishwari of Nepal

Queen Consort of Nepal (1907-1983)

Kalavati Devi

Award winning toilet builder in India

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Uttar Pradesh

• Khairabad
  4.7 mi away
• Misrikh
  12.9 mi away · pop. 18,390
• Biswan
  19.7 mi away · pop. 1,000
• Sidhauli
  21.4 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Lakhimpur
  27.2 mi away · pop. 152,010
• Mahmudabad
  32.6 mi away · pop. 41,911
• Hardoi
  35.6 mi away · pop. 126,900
• Sandila
  36.2 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Paintepur
  36.2 mi away · pop. 11,182
• Gola Gokarannath
  37.7 mi away
• Aliganj
  38.3 mi away
• Fatehpur
  42 mi away · pop. 1,000

Browse all places in Uttar Pradesh →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Sitapur

Uttar Pradesh district gazzetteers

1988

Uttar Pradesh district gazetteers.

Uttar Pradesh (India) · 1959

Uttar Pradesh district gazetteers

Uttar Pradesh (India). Revenue Department · 1959

District census handbook : series 21, Uttar Pradesh

India. Director of Census Operations, Uttar Pradesh.

District census handbook, Uttar Pradesh

India. Superintendent, Census Operations, Uttar Pradesh · 1953

District census handbook in virudhunagar

India. Director of Census Operations, Uttar Pradesh. · 1972

Census of India, 1981

1900

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Indus Valley Bullfrog

Hoplobatrachus tigerinus

Seen 2026-07-06

Seven-spotted Handmaiden Moth

Amata cyssea

Seen 2026-07-01

Gymnopleurus miliaris

Gymnopleurus miliaris

Seen 2026-06-30

Indus Valley Toad

Firouzophrynus stomaticus

Seen 2026-06-28

Blue Scarlet Pimpernel

Lysimachia loeflingii

Seen 2026-02-11

Indian Pond-Heron

Ardeola grayii

Seen 2026-01-20

Eastern Cattle-Egret

Ardea coromanda

Seen 2026-01-20

black nightshade

Solanum nigrum

Seen 2026-01-11

White Lynx Spider

Oxyopes shweta

Seen 2025-12-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).