Branch Office
Uttar PradeshSitapur-DP
DISTRICT PROFILE - SITAPUR (2010)
Introduction
Sitapur is a land of seers and sufis. This is the place where Rishi Ved Vyas wrote Purans. The city is situated on the banks of river “Sarayun”. For the same reason, it is considered that “'Panch Dham Yatra” journey of five main religious Hindu places will not be completed without visiting the Neemsar or Naimisharanya in Sitapur, According to Hindu mythology. This district has been a home to many famous personalities like Raja Todar Mal, who was one of the Nav-Ratna and Revenue Minister of Mughal Emperor Akbar was born at Laharpur town of district Sitapur. Agriculture is the main & important occupation of the district.Wheat, Rice & Urd are the main crops & Sugarcane, mustard & Groundnuts are the cash crops.
Sitapur is surrounded by Lakhimpur district in the north, Barabanki & Lucknow district in the south, Baharaich district in the east, and Hardoi district in the west.
Further details of the district can be seen as under:
| Area (In Sq Km) | 5,743 |
| Population (Projected for 2008) | 43,35,075 |
| - Urban (%) | 5.5 |
| - Rural (%) | 94.5 |
| - Male (%) | 45.01 |
| - Female (%) | 44.99 |
| - Scheduled Caste (%) | 29.1 |
| - Scheduled Tribe (%) | 0.2 |
| Sex Ratio (M:F) | 1000:911 |
| Number of Nyay Panchayats | 219 |
| -Number of Gram Sabha | 1,329 |
| Number of Villages | 2,338 |
| Total Number of Schools | 3,580 |
| - Primary | 2,689 |
| - Junior High School | 698 |
| - High School | 138 |
| - Intermediate | 45 |
| - Graduate | 09 |
| - Postgraduate | 01 |
| Literacy Rate (%) | 50 |
| Male Literacy Rate (%) | 60 |
| Female Literacy Rate (%) | 40 |
| Number of Urban Slums | 03 |
| No. of persons affected by leprosy homes | 01 |
| - Number of persons affected by leprosy living in these homes | 17 |
Health Facilities in District
The rural health care system is a three tier structure. It has “Sub-center” at the most peripheral level, “Primary Health Centre” at the intermediate level and “Community Health Centre” at the secondary level. The population covered by a “Sub Centre”, “Primary Health Centre” and “Community Health Centre” are “3,000-5,000”, “20,000-30,000” and “100,000”, respectively. In addition, there are "Private Voluntary Health Facilities", also. As per UP government organizational set up, the district is headed by a District Magistrate, who is also the chairperson of the Integrated District Health Society of Sitapur district. The district health set up of UP government is headed by the Chief Medical Officer followed by an Additional CDMO as second-in-command. Chief Medical Superintendent looks after the UP government hospitals in the district.
There are 622 government health care facilities in the district, as can be seen from the table given below:
| Category | Number |
| District Hospital | 01 |
| Community Health Centre | 09 |
| Primary Health Centre | 10 |
| Additional Primary Health Centre | 58 |
| Sub - Centres | 457 |
| Female Hospitals | 09 |
| Leprosy Hospitals (Local & Int ’l NGO ) | 01 |
| Other allopathic Hospital | 12 (Railways & PAC) |
| Ayurvedic Hospitals | 43 |
| Homeopathic Hospitals | 28 |
| Urban Family Welfare Centres | 03 |
Staff Position in the District
Following is the list of health personnel employed under Uttar Pradesh Government. Figures related to other health agencies are not available.
| Category | Approved Number | In Position | Leprosy Training Received (Number Trained) |
| Medical Officers | 180 | 120 | 120 |
| Pharmacist | 65 | 55 | 52 |
| Health Supervisor (Female) | 74 | 74 | 38 |
| Health Supervisor (Male) | 88 | 88 | 42 |
| Health Worker (Female) | 485 | 485 | 218 |
| Health Worker (Male) | 33 | 21 | 21 |
| Non Medical Supervisor | 18 | 13 | 13 |
| Non Medical Assistant | 102 | 58 | 58 |
| Accredited Social Health Activists | 2682 | 2682 | 35 |
Epidemiological picture of the District ...top ...
Prevalence rate and ANCDR have shown steady decline since 2004-05 and the district is yet to achieve the leprosy elimination status. However, there has been no remarkable change in the proportion of “MB cases”, “Female Cases” and “Child cases” amongst new cases over these past 5 years. However, the proportion of “Grade II cases” has shown very small by steady increase since 2004-05.
Graph 1,2 & 3: Essential Leprosy Indicators of Sitapur district (Financial Year 2004-2010)
Treatment Completion Rate (TCR) in the District
| Category | Cohort Year | TCR % | Cohort Year | TCR % | Cohort Year | TCR % |
| Multibacillary cases | 2004-05 | NA | 2005-06 | 90.46 | 2006-07 | 94.24 |
| Paucibacillary cases | 2005-06 | NA | 2006-07 | 96.83 | 2007-08 | 94.06 |
The TCR of “Paucibacillary” is quite good and “Multibacillary” has improved.
| Contact addresses of District Officials | |
| Dr. V. K. Verma Chief Medical Officer C.M.O. Office Sitapur Tel: 05862-242243 Mob no 9335064386 Fax not available E-mail not available |
Mr K. P. Maurya |
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Dr. B. Ram |
Mr P. K. Tiwari |
| Mr. B. P. Srivastava Non Medical Supervisor D.L.O. Office Sitapur Tel: Not available Mob no 9935819762 Fax not available E-mail not available |
Dr. H. C. Pandey Leprosy Programme advisor Netherlands Leprosy Relief C – 192, 1st Floor Nirala Nagar Lucknow - 226020 Uttar Pradesh Mob no 9455852160 Tel no 0522-2788047/4008352 Fax 0522-2788047 E-mail nlr_lko@rediffmail.com |
| Mr. H. K. Amatya Non Medical Supervisor D.L.O. Office Sitapur Tel: Not available Mob no 9919092207 Fax not available E-mail not available |
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