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According to housing census, 2011, total 723 families live on footpath or without any roof cover in the district. The total Population of all who lived without roof at the time of Census 2011 is 3,460. This is approximately 0.08% of the total population of Sitapur district.
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Sitapur one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name="brgf">{{cite web|url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme|date=September 8, 2009|publisher=National Institute of Rural Development|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj|accessdate=September 27, 2011}}</ref> It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name="brgf" />
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==== Absorbent Paper Plant ====
J. B. Daruka Papers (Private) Limited have set up an absorbent paper plant along the Lucknow-Sitapur-Delhi National Highway 24, near a village called Advenia Grant. It consists of an ago-based (uses bagasse and wheat straw) paper plant (50 tonnes per day) and co-gen power plant of 4.0 MW. The mill produces 750 cubic meters of black liquor and 4000 cubic meters of other effluent every day. Improper disposal of effluent has posed serious threats to local natural environment, including surface (Garia river) and ground water resources. Even Central Pollution Control Board has taken cognizance of the matter seriously and issued warnings.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://cpcb.nic.in/UP2010.pdf|title = Directions from Central Pollution Control Board|date = 2010|accessdate = January 9, 2015|website = Central Pollution Control Board|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>
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* [[Todar Mal|Raja Todar Mal]], finance minister and one of the [[Navaratna|Navratn]] in Emperor Akbar's court
* [[Wajahat Mirza]], screenwriter and film director, won Filmfare awards for Mughal-e-Azam and Ganga Jamuna
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