Sirsaganj

Sirsaganj
सिरसागंज
Sirsaganj सिरसागंज
town
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Firozabad
Elevation	162 m (531 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	28,212(14,926 males 13,286 females)
Hindi
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	205151/283151

Last updated May 28, 2023

Sirsaganj is a town and a municipal board in Firozabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Sirsaganj is located at 27°03′25″N78°41′10″E / 27.05694°N 78.68611°E / 27.05694; 78.68611 .^[2] It has an average elevation of 162 metres (531 feet).

Sirsaganj is situated at the bank of the river Sirsa. However the river has gone extinction and are only ruins of the river left in the town.

People and Culture

In the town of Sirsaganj there lives 4404 families constituting a population than 28212 persons. There live 14926 males and 13286 females in Sirsaganj. Sex ratio of Sirsaganj is 887.98 females per 1000 males.

Hinduism is the main religion here. Muslims, Jains and Sikhs are in minorities. In Hindus Yadavs are in majority.

Generally people of Sirsaganj speak Khariboli Hindi i.e. a informal form of Hindi. People also speak clear Hindi. Many people in the town also has fluency in English. There live also a few speakers of Urdu and Punjabi.

Farming and Shopkeeping is main occupation of people of Sirsaganj. In Sirsaganj there also live a large number of businessmen, servicemen, lawyers and teachers.

People of the town are generally treated as prospers. But there also live a large number of people under poverty line. However this town is considered as a peaceful resident.

Potatoes and Cold Stores

Potatoes are the chief crop grown in the town of Sirsaganj. Potatoes production is highly notable in the town. Maximum supply of potatoes from here is to Mumbai. Sirsaganj also has a reputed Potato Mandi of Uttar Pradesh. Wheat and chilli are other major crops grown in Sirsaganj.

Sirsaganj is also famous for Cold Storages. There are more 100 cold storages in the Sirsaganj and nearby. Thus Sirsaganj has a storage capacity of tonns of biodegradable materials. Sirsaganj feed many cities around it as chief storage market. Storage capacity is the major means of economy of Sirsaganj.

Infrastructure

The town of Sirsaganj has well laid roads and streets. Street lights are available all over the city. However electricity supply remains poor. drainage system of the town is okay.

Sirsaganj has no railway station but it has a bus stand. But still people of Sirsaganj face problem of public transport as many of the bus drivers pass out through by pass nearby without coming to the bus stand.

There are also a post office, a police station, 4 police chaukis and 4 banks. Sirsaganj has three petrol pumps inside town, a small grain factory, a government guest house cum park, a reputed eye hospital, a hotel and a plenty of cold stores.

Education

There are 4 intermediate schools of U.P. board, 1 C.B.S.E. 10+2 school, 3 degree colleges and many other schools of playway, primary and secondary level in the town of Sirsaganj. There is a large number of teachers giving private tuition. But still the quality of education is very low as compared to competition level. Teachers for U.P. board are enough but quality C.B.S.E. teachers are rare.

Every year a large number of students go outside for higher studies and coachigs. However success rate even after coaching remains very low.

However some of the students of the town with their hardwork made them clear to top institutes like IIT's, NIT's, IIIT's, NIFT etc. across the nation. Raghvendrapal Singh of the town is selected in Indian Revenue Service.

Sirsaganj has produced a admirable number of engineers, doctors, chartered accountants, lawyers over the part few years.

Transportation

Sirsaganj is situated by side of N.H.2 about 70 km far from Agra. Grand Trunk Road passes through the town.

Sirsaganj has no railway station. It has a bus stand. But there remains always problem of regular bus service.

People use small scale private public transport like auto, taxis, tata magic for transportation to nearby cities. Many people use their own vehicles like motor-cycles and cars for transportation. Crops and animals are generally transported via trucks and tractors.

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[1] ttp://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=5615&category=U.A.

[2] Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Sirsaganj

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