Lalitpur is a city and district of Uttar Pradesh state, India. Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the fifth largest and the most populous state in India. ...

Lalitpur District

Lalitpur district, population 977,447 (2001 census), is joined to Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh by a narrow corridor to the northeast, but is otherwise almost completely surrounded by Madhya Pradesh state; to the east lies Tikamgarh district, to the south Sagar district, and to the west Ashoknagar and Shivpuri districts. Lalitpur district was part of Jhansi district from 1891 to 1974. Lalitpur, Jalaun, and Jhansi districts form Jhansi division. Jhansi is a city of Uttar Pradesh state, India. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... Tikamgarh is a city in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... Sagar, or Saugor is a city in Madhya Pradesh state, India. ... Ashoknagar (also Ashok Nagar) is a city in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... Shivpuri is a town and district place in Gwalior region in northwest Madhya Pradesh in India. ... Map of Jalaun External links | Jalaun Government Website JALAUN, a town and district of British India, in the Allahabac division of the United Provinces. ... Jhansi is a city of Uttar Pradesh state, India. ...

Lalitpur is divided into three tehsils, Lalitpur, Mehroni, and Talbehat; four towns, Lalitpur, Mehroni, Talbehat, and Pali; and 754 villages. In 2004 the district magistrate is Umadher Dwivedi, and the Superintendent of police is L.V.A. Dev Kumar, and the District Information Officer is Murlidhar Singh. A Tehsil is an administrative subdivision or tier of local government in some South Asian countries. ...

The district forms a portion of the hill country of Bundelkhand, sloping down from the outliers of the Vindhya Range on the south to the tributaries of the Jumna River on the north. The extreme south is composed of parallel rows of long and narrow-ridged hills. Through the intervening valleys the rivers flow down impetuously over ledges of granite or quartz. North of the hilly region, the rocky granite chains gradually lose themselves in clusters of smaller hills. Bundelkhand is the name of the geographical area of central India. ... The Vindhya Range is a range of hills in central India, which geographically separates The Indian subcontinent into northern India and Southern India. ... The river Yamuna is a major river of northern India, with a total length of around 1370 km. ...

The Betwa River forms the northern and western boundary of the district, and most of the district lies within its watershed. The Jamni River, a tributary of the Betwa, forms the eastern boundary. The Dhasan River forms the district's southeastern boundary, and the southeastern portion of the district lies within its watershed. The Betwa (Vetravati) is a river in Northern India, and a tributary of the Yamuna. ... Recentaly one Ph. ...

 The town is now a part of the recessionist movement originating in southern Uttar Pradesh and northern Madhya Pradesh to create a sseperate state of BundelKhand, as this area is traditionally called by locals. 

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