Jhansi district

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 1,746,715 (2001 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.

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. (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.

Jhansi

Jhansi ( pronunciation ) is a historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand on the banks of the Pahuj River, in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi district and Jhansi division. Called the Gateway to Bundelkhand, Jhansi is situated between the rivers Pahuj and Betwa at an average elevation of 285 metres (935 feet). It is about 415 kilometres (258 mi) from New Delhi and 292 kilometres (181 mi) from Lucknow.

The original walled city grew around its stone fort which crowns a neighbouring rock. The ancient name of the city was Balwantnagar. From 1817 to 1854, Jhansi was the capital of the princely state of Jhansi which was ruled by Maratha rajas. The state was annexed by the British Governor General in 1854; Damodar Rao's claim to the throne was rejected but Rani Lakshmibai ruled it from June 1857 to June 1858.

Jhansi is well connected to all other major towns in Uttar Pradesh by road and railway networks. The National Highways Development Project has supported development of Jhansi.Srinagar to Kanyakumari North-West corridor passes through Jhansi as does the East-West corridor; consequently there has been a sudden rush to infrastructure and real estate development in the city. A greenfield airport development has been planned. On 28 August, 2015 Jhansi was selected among 98 cities for smart city initiative by Government of India.

Jhansi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jhansi Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: झांसी लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency in south-western Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.

The serial number of this constituency in Uttar Pradesh is 46. This constituency includes geographical boundaries of Lalitpur district also (in due south from Jhansi city).

Assembly segments

Presently, Jhansi Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:

Members of Parliament

Election Results

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Coordinates: 25°27′N 78°34′E / 25.45°N 78.56°E / 25.45; 78.56

Jhansi Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jhansi Nagar (Hindi: झाँसी नगर विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is the 223rd constituency of 403 elected constituencies in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It belongs to the general category. It falls under the Jhansi Lok Sabha seat and Jhansi district. The first M.L.A. of Jhansi, Atma Ram Govind Kher was speaker of the Uttar Pradesh assembly three times.

The seat is currently held by Ravi Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Mr. Ravindra Shukla has been the most elected MLA in the history of jhansi who got 4 times to serve the city.

The population of Jhansi Nagar according to the 2011 census is 549,391 and the literacy rate is 83.81 percent.

The following table contains the list of all the members of the Legislative Assembly and their respective parties from 1951 to 2012.

Election Results

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