Jhansi District
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Jhansi district झांसी जनपद جھانسی ضلع |
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| District of Uttar Pradesh | |
 Location of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Jhansi |
| Headquarters | Jhansi |
| Tehsils | 1. Jhansi, 2. Mauranipur, 3. Moth, 4.Tehroli, 5.Garautha |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Jhansi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,024 km2 (1,940 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,998,603 |
| • Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 549,391 |
| Demographics | |
| • Sex ratio | 890 |
| Website | Official website |
Jhansi district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Jhansi is the district headquarters. The district is bordered on the north by Jalaun District, to the east by Hamirpur and Mahoba districts, to the south by Tikamgarh District of Madhya Pradesh state, to the southwest by Lalitpur District, which is joined to Jhansi District by a narrow corridor, and on the east by the Datia and Bhind districts of Madhya Pradesh. Population 19,98,603 (2011 census). Lalitpur District, which extends into the hill country to the south, was added to Jhansi District in 1891, and made a separate district again in 1974.
In 1861 the city of Jhansi and a dependent territory was ceded to Gwalior State and the capital of the district was moved to Jhansi Naoabad (Jhansi Refounded), a village without "cantonment" (military camp). Jhansi (the old city) became the capital of a "subah" (provínce) within the state of Gwalior, but in 1886 was returned to British rule as a district of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in exchange for the Gwalior Fort and the cantonment of Morar nearby. (It had been given to the Maharaja of Gwalior, but came under British rule in 1886 as the result of a territorial swap.) The population of Jhansi in 1901 was about 55,000 while Jhansi district's population had been about 407,000 in 1891.
Several railway lines serve the district. South of Jhansi District lies the hill country of Bundelkhand, which slopes down from the Vindhya Range. The district consists of the level plain of Bundelkhand, distinguished for its deep black soil, known as mar, and admirably adapted for the cultivation of cotton. The district is intersected or bounded by three principal rivers, the Pahuj, Betwa and Dhasan.
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