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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Jhansi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jhansi district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District of Uttar Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Jhansi.svg
| map_caption = Location of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Jhansi
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jhansi division|Jhansi]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Jhansi]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 1. Jhansi, 2. Mauranipur, 3. Moth, 4.Tehroli, 5.Garautha
| area_total_km2 = 5024
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,998,603
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 549,391
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 75.05%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 890
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Jhansi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhansi]]
| leader_title2 =
| leader_name2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
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| website = http://jhansi.nic.in/
}}

'''Jhansi district''' is one of the [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|districts]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[States and territories of India|state]] in [[North India|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 District, Uttar Pradesh|Hamirpur]] and [[Mahoba District|Mahoba]] districts, to the south by [[Tikamgarh District]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state, to the southwest by [[Lalitpur District, Uttar Pradesh|Lalitpur District]], which is joined to Jhansi District by a narrow corridor, and on the east by the [[Datia District|Datia]] and [[Bhind District|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.
[[File:Jhansi Junction.jpg|thumb|Jhansi Junction railway station]]

==History==
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.<ref name="Dschansi">{{cite web|url=http://de.academic.ru/dic.nsf/meyers/33972/Dschansi|title=Dschansi|date=September 1905|work=Meyers Grosses Konversations-Lexikon|access-date=18 November 2012}}</ref> (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.<ref name="Dschansi"/>

Under the [[Mughal Empire]] at the time of [[Akbar]], the area of today's Jhansi district was part of the [[Sarkar (administrative division)|sarkar]] of [[Erich, Uttar Pradesh|Erachh]] in [[Agra Subah]].<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Drake-Brockman |first1=D.L. |title=Jhansi: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXIV Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1929 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=191-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281580 |access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref> The area was part of the mahals of Erachh, [[Bhander]], [[Bijpur, Jhansi|Bijpur]], "Pandor" (i.e. [[Pandwaha]]), and [[Jatara|Jhatra]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Jhatra consisted of 4 mahals grouped together.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

==Geography==
[[File:TODO FATEHPUR.jpg|thumb|Todi Fatehpur]]
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 River|Pahuj]], [[Betwa River|Betwa]] and [[Dhasan River|Dhasan]].

The main city in Jhansi district is [[Jhansi]]. Other towns are [[Mauranipur]], [[Garautha]], [[Moth]], [[Babina, Uttar Pradesh|Babina]], [[Chirgaon]], [[Samthar]] [[Gursarai]] [[Erich, Uttar Pradesh|Erich]], etc.

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=4,26,875|13=1911|14=4,68,327|15=1921|16=4,21,828|17=1931|18=4,77,544|19=1941|20=5,35,878|21=1951|22=5,65,933|23=1961|24=7,14,484|25=1971|26=8,70,138|27=1981|28=11,37,031|29=1991|30=14,29,698|31=2001|32=17,44,931|33=2011|34=19,98,603|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Jhansi District
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|98.21}}
{{bar percent|Others|black|1.79}}
}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Jhansi district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,998,603,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Slovenia]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Slovenia 2,000,092 July 2011 est.}}</ref> or the US state of [[New Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |access-date=2011-09-30 |quote=New Mexico - 2,059,179 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=2013-10-19 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 231st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|398|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.54%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Jhansi has a [[sex ratio]] of 890 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 69.68%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
{{pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages in Jhansi District<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>
|value1 = 95.34
|label1 = Hindi
|color1 = Orange
|value2 = 3.36
|label2 = Bundeli
|color2 = Tomato
|value3 = 1.30
|label3 = Others
|color3 = Grey
}}
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 98.76% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 0.50% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

==District at a Glance==

===Tehsil===
There are 5 tehsil in district Jhansi:<ref name="Jhansi">[https://jhansi.nic.in/, Jhansi]</ref>
# [[Jhansi]]
# [[Mauranipur]]
# [[Garautha]]
# [[Tehroli]]
# [[Moth]]

===Development Blocks===
There are 8 Development Blocks:<ref name="Jhansi"/>
# Babina
# Badagaon
# Bamaur
# Bangra
# Chirgaon
# Gursarai
# Mauranipur
# Moth

===Constituencies===
There are 4 constituencies in Jhansi District:<ref name="Jhansi"/>
# 222 – Babina
# 223 – Jhansi Nagar
# 224 – Mauranipur
# 225 – Garautha

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://jhansi.nic.in}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Jhansi district
|North = [[Jalaun district]]
|Northeast = [[Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh|Hamirpur district]]
|East = [[Mahoba district]]
|Southeast = [[Tikamgarh district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|South = [[Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh|Lalitpur district]]
|Southwest = [[Shivpuri district]], Madhya Pradesh
|West = [[Shivpuri district]], Madhya Pradesh
|Northwest = [[Datia district]], Madhya Pradesh
}}

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