Etawah

Etawah, city, western Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies along the Yamuna River, about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Bhind (Maharashtra state) and 65 miles (100 km) southeast of Agra.

The city is crossed by numerous ravines, one of which separates the old city (south) from the new city (north); bridges and embankments connect the two. Etawah contains the 16th-century Jāmiʿ Masjid (Great Mosque), built on high ground from the ruins of old Hindu buildings. There is also a ruined 15th-century fort, surrounded by Hindu temples. The city has important cotton- and silk-weaving industries, contains oilseed mills, and is a distribution centre for ghee (clarified butter).

Etawah is situated in a stretch of the Ganges-Yamuna Doab alluvial plain drained by the Yamuna and its tributaries and irrigated by a branch of the Ganges (Ganga) Canal system. Crops include wheat, corn (maize), barley, and millet. The locality has many large ravines, and soil erosion is a problem along the rivers. Reclamation and forestation projects helped reclaim some of the land. Pop. (2001) 210,453; (2011) 256,838.