Chhatarpur district

Chhatarpur District is a of   of. The town of is the district headquarters.

The district has an area of 8,687 km², and a population of 1,474,633 (2001 census), a 27% increase from its 1991 population of 1,158,853. Chhatarpur District is bounded by state to the north, and the Madhya Pradesh districts of  to the east,  to the south,  to the southwest, and  to the west. Chhatarpur District is part of.

The district is home to, the famous temple city created by the clan of Rajputs in the tenth century. Other notable locations are, (Nowgong), , , , , and.

Before Indian Independence, present-day Chhatarpur district consisted of a number of s, including, , , , and , along with most of and portions of  and. After independence, the rulers of the states acceded to the, and the district became part of the new state of. Vindhya Pradesh was merged into on.

Notable persons from the district

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