Jhansi (District)

Jhansi District
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division :	Jhansi
Administrative headquarters :	Jhansi
Area :	5024 km²
Residents :	1,998,603 (as of 2011)
Population density :	398 people / km² people / km²
Website :	http://jhansi.nic.in/

The district of Jhansi ( Hindi : झांसी जिला) is located in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh .

The district is located on the southern edge of the north Indian plain 200 km northeast of Agra . It extends over an area of ​​5024 km². The capital is Jhansi .

The population was 1,998,603 in the 2011 census. In 2001 there were 1,744,931. The gender ratio was 890 women for 1000 men. The literacy rate was 75.05% (85.38% among men, 63.49% among women). 91.26% of the population are followers of Hinduism , while 7.40% are Muslims .

Administrative division

Tehsils

The district is divided into 5 tehsils :

• Garautha
• Jhansi
• Mauranipur
• Moth
• Tahrauli

Local self-government

There is one municipal corporation in Jhansi District : Jhansi .

There are also the following Nagar Palika Parishads in the district:

• Barua Sagar
• Chirgaon
• Gursarai
• Mauranipur
• Samthar

There are also the cantonment boards Babina and Jhansi and 452 Gram Panchayats in the district.

Web links

Commons : Jhansi District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jhansi District Administration

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} http://jhansi.nic.in
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} www.census2011.co.in