The district has a population density of 717 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,860 /sq mi) .

The city lies in the cultural region of Braj and was a part of the Surasena Mahajanapada during the Vedic Age.

It was subsequently ruled by the bigger kingdoms like the Mauryas, Guptas, Scythians, Kushans, Indo-greeks before falling into the hands of local Rajputs rulers.

Etah is a district in the Aligarh division of Uttar Pradesh province, India.

It is bounded by Kasganj in the north, Mainpuri and Firozabad in the south, Farrakhabad in the east and Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura and Agra districts in the west.

The district has a population density of 717 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,860/sq mi) .

Etah has a sex ratio of 863 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 73.27%.

[5] The local dialect is Braj in the west, which slowly changes to Kannauji in the east.

Towns and villages are well equipped with a web of roads as it is the major way of transportation in the region.

Uttar Pradesh Roadways bus is directly available from here to Agra, Aligarh, Delhi, Noida, Aliganj, Farrukhabad, Awagarh, Jalesar, Kasganj, Tundla, Shikohabad, Mainpuri, Etawah, Kanpur and Lucknow.

Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Brass casting work is going on at Jalesar on a large scale.

The geography and the climate are favourable for production of crops like paddy, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseeds, etc.

This town behaves as a nodal point for accumulation and marketing of such products.