Datia is a city and a
municipality in Datia district in the state of Madhya Pradesh
, India
. It
is the administrative center of Datia District. It was formerly the
seat of the eponymous
princely state
in the
British Raj.
Datia is situated near
Gwalior
and on the border with Uttar Pradesh
(U.P); the town of Jhansi
in U.P. is
only about 25 km away.
The old town is surrounded by a stone wall, enclosing handsome
palaces and gardens; the 17th century palace of Bir Singh Deo is
one of the finest examples of
Hindu domestic
architecture available in
north
India.
History
Datia had
formerly been a state in the bundelkhand region.The ruling family
were Rajputs of the Bundela clan; they descended from a younger son of a
former raja of Orchha
. The
state was administered as part of the
Bundelkhand agency of
Central India.
It lay in the extreme
north-west of Bundelkhand, near Gwalior, and was
surrounded on all sides by other princely states of Central India,
except on the east where it bordered upon the United
Provinces.
It was second highest in the rank of all the Bundela states after
Orchha, with a 17-gun salute, and its Maharajas bore the hereditary
title of Second of the Princes of Bundelkhand. The land area of the
state was 2130 mi² its population in 1901 was 1759. It enjoyed an
estimated revenue of £2,00,000. The state suffered from famine in
1896-97, and again to a lesser extent in 1899-1900.
After
India's independence in
1947, the Maharaja of Datia acceded unto the
dominion of India; it later merged with
the
union of India. Datia, together
with the rest of the Bundelkhand agency, became part of the new
state of
Vindhya Pradesh in 1950.
In 1956,
Vindhya Pradesh state was merged with certain other areas to form
the state of Madhya
Pradesh within the Union of
India.
Geography
Datia is located at . It has an average elevation of
302 metres (990
feet).
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Demographics
India census, Datia had a population of 82,742. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Datia has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75% and, female literacy is 60%. In Datia, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Educational Institutes
1. Saraswati Vidya Mandir Bharatgarh2. Holy Cross Ashram School3.
Rani Laxmibai Public School
Culture
Datia is best known for the
Pitambara
Peeth, temple of the goddess
Peetaambara
Bagalamukhi,and Jain Temples (Sonagir).
External links
it also famous for jain temple which located at stone hill in
sonagir12 km from datia
References