At least 27 people have died in a stampede during a religious event in Hathras district of Indiaā€™s Uttar Pradesh state, officials and local media reports say.

ā€œWe have received 27 bodies so farā€¦ bodies are still coming,ā€ the northern stateā€™s senior medical officer Ram Mohan Tiwari told AFP news agency on Tuesday.

Indiaā€™s NDTV news website said the dead included three children and more than 20 women.