Sahawar is a town and a nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

, as well as Tehsil (newly made) in Kashiram Nagar district in the India

India

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States and territories of India

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 of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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. Previously, it was part of district Etah

Etah

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Geography

Sahawar is located at 27.8°N 78.85°E. It has an average elevation of 176 metres (577 feet).
it is muslim communite town . A famous Dargaha named MAMU BHANJE is also located in the city. Sahawar Town is second railway station from kasganj jn to farrukhabad route.

Education

There are two degree colleges for higher education- Sir M U Degree College and Dr Rishikant Siddhartha Mahavidyalaya. The colleges have B.A, B.Sc, B.Ed and other courses. Institutes for Higher secondary education:- Sahawar Bal Vidya Peeth junior high school, Shri Gandhi Inter college, Islamia Inter College, Green wood public school.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Sahawar had a population of 20,457. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sahawar has an average literacy rate of 35%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 42%, and female literacy is 28%. In Sahawar, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.