Sitarganj
City in Uttarakhand, India
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Sitarganj is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Sitarganj | |
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City | |
Sitarganj Main Chowk | |
  Sitarganj Location in Uttarakhand, India  Sitarganj Sitarganj (India) | |
| Coordinates: 28.93°N 79.70°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Udham Singh Nagar |
| Elevation | 298 m (978 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 148,266 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Native | Tharu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 262405 |
| Telephone code | 05948 |
| Vehicle registration | UK 06 |
| Sex ratio | 805♂/♀ |
| Website | sitarganj |
Geography
Sitarganj is located at 28.93°N 79.70°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 298 metres (978 feet).[citation needed]
Sitarganj comes under the Terai Agro Climatic zone of Uttarakhand.[citation needed]
Coca-Cola plans to set up a bottling plant in Sitarganj in 70 acres of land that will be provided by the Uttarakhand government.[2]
Demographics
As of 2021[update] India census,[3] Sitarganj Tehsil had a population of 148266 in which 21893 population lives in main city.. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. The SC and ST population is 14.3% and 13.1% respectively. In Sitarganj, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.As of 2021[update] India census,[4] Sitarganj has a low proportion of primary and secondary schools than the district aggregate, but still Sitarganj has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: with male literacy of 79%, and female literacy being 66%.