Sandila

Sandila is a town and nagar palika parishad in Hardoi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

[3] Important industries include sweets[2] — its laddus are especially well-known[3] — as well as beedi production and zardozi work.

Arkvanshi (suryavanshi) rajput held the region till last quarter of the 14th century, when a large army sent by Feroz Shah Tughlaq under his lieutenant Syed Makhdum Alauddin, captured the town and the adjoining areas after a fierce battle with Arkvanshi (suryavanshi) rajputs.

Qudsia was married in 1929 to Nawab Aizaz Rasul, the taluqdar (landowner) of Sandila in Hardoi district of what was then Oudh (now a part of Uttar Pradesh).

[2] The literacy rate of Sandila was 65.79% (counting only people age 7 and up); it was higher among men and boys (70.99%) than women and girls (60.15%).

[6] Also described in 1981, the main powerlines connecting Lucknow's hydroelectric power supply to Hardoi run through Sandila; they include both a 132-kilovolt line and a 66-kilovolt one.

The mention of Sandila's famous ladoo has seen in the movie Hum Saath-Saath Hain by Sadashiv Amrapurkar.

[7] Berger Paints India Ltd is setting up its factory on 35 acres of land at a cost of about Rs 850 crore and generating employment of 2500 people.

British Paints Limited, a well-known company of England, has also started construction of its unit on over 10 acres of Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation land at a cost of Rs 150 crore.

Varun Beverages Limited is setting up a factory at Sandila over 100 acres of land with an investment of Rs 700 crore to produce cold drinks, juices, etc.

Haldiram's is setting up its unit on five acres at a cost of about Rs 50 crore and will offer job opportunities to 250 people.

[5] As of 2011, the drainage system employed in Sandila is open sewers, and 6,000 flush toilets have been installed in the town.

Sandila does not have any official bus station or depot, but UPSRTC buses are available in town square for neighboring districts & cities.

At the turn of the 20th century, it was noted that many villages in Sandila pargana were unusually large because of past political instability.

[3] In (then-) recent years, "numberless hamlets have sprung up as offshoots of the larger villages," due to secure conditions.