Sadabad, India


Sadabad is a town and a nagar panchayat in Hathras district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Sadabad is located at. It has an average elevation of 175 metres.

History

It is a brahmin dominated area. It has an ancient fort known as "Kothi Ganj" and also a river known as "Karban river". Sadabad is located between 3 major cities of Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Mathura and Aligarh.
It is situated on a major connective road, NH 506, which links Agra to Muradabad via Sadabad, Hathras and Aligarh. It is well connected to Mathura and Raya. Some of its panchanyat are Arotha village panchayat, Naugon village panchayat, Mansya village panchayat, Bisawar village panchayat.

Nawabs of Sadabad

As of the 2001 Census of India, Sadabad had a population of 31,737. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sadabad has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 43%. In Sadabad, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age. It is approximately 35 km from Agra, The city of Taj Mahal, on National highway 93. Being a semiurban area, economy is based mainly on potato farming.

Caste communities

Palhawat,Tenguriya, Agah, Chaudhary, Badhautia, Mahur, faujdars, Charag, Jat community are also found in large numbers in Sadabad. Also Kori Dalit, Sisodiya Thakur Rajput and Gautam, Parashar, Upadhyay of Brahmin, Jindal, Goyal, Singhal of Agrawal, and Jaiswal subcaste of Vaishya community, Verma sunaar town.