city, western Uttar Pradesh state, northern India, northeast of Agra. It is a marketplace for agricultural products. Several colleges affiliated with Agra University are located there. Etah lies in a section of alluvial plain on the southern bank of the Ganges (Ganga) River (Ganges River). Irrigated by both the Upper and Lower Ganges canals, this region contains a fertile area between the river's present channel and its ancient bed to the southwest. Wheat, cotton, and sugarcane are grown. Kasganj, north of Etah, is also an agricultural market and is a centre of cotton and sugar processing. Soron, farther north, is a Hindu pilgrimage centre. Pop. (2001) 107,110.