Lalitpur District, Uttar Pradesh
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Lalitpur district ललितपुर जनपद للیتپور ضلع |
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| District of Uttar Pradesh | |
 Location of Lalitpur district in Uttar Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Jhansi |
| Headquarters | Lalitpur, India |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Jhansi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,039 km2 (1,946 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,221,592 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 64.95 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 906/1000 |
| Website | Official website |
Lalitpur District is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Lalitpur district is a part of Jhansi Division. Lalitpur is the main town and administrative headquarters. The district occupies an area of 5,039 km².
Lalitpur District is a part of Jhansi Division and was carved out as a district in the year 1974. It is connected to Jhansi District by a narrow corridor to the northeast, otherwise almost surrounded by Madhya Pradesh state.
Lalitpur district lies between latitude 24°11' and 25°14' (north) and longitude 78°10' and 79°0' (east) and is bounded by district Jhansi in the north, districts Sagar and Tikamgarh of Madhya Pradesh state in the east and Ashoknagar district of Madhya Pradesh separated by river Betwa in the west. The district had a population of 977,447 as per the census of year 2001.
This district has a number of historical and cultural places like Devgarh, Seeronji, Pavagiri, Devamata, Neelkantheshwar at Pali, Machkund ki Gufa. Lalitpur town has variety of places like many Hindu & Jain temples. Raghunathji (Bada Mandir), Shivalay, Boodhe Babba (Hanumanji), Tuvan Mandir for Hindus & Bada Mandir, Ata Mandir & Kshetrapalji for Jains are famous temples.
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 Yamuna 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 over ledges of granite or quartz. North of the hilly region, the granite chains gradually turn into clusters of smaller hills.
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.
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