[2] Located 10 km northwest of the city of Unnao,[1] near the Barkota lake,[3] it serves as the block headquarters as well as the seat of a nyaya panchayat.

[1] The main crops in Sikandarpur are wheat, barley, gram, juwar, and paddy, and irrigation is largely done by wells.

[2] Sikandarpur was originally called Burhanpur, but the name was changed in 1297 by Sikandar Khan, an agent of Ala-ud-Din Khilji.

[3] It had a lower primary school and a temple to Mahadeo, and its population as of 1901 was 1,727, including a Muslim minority of 263.

To its very near are three type of fields for farmers- 1.the Bagiya of Shuklayan and Ahirane and Ramnagariya(शुक्लयान, अहिराने और रामनगरिया की बगिया), 2.the Terrain of Barkota jheel(बरकोटा झील की तराई)and 3.the Uncha land(ऊंचा ज़मीन).