Talbehat is a

nagar panchayat A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

city in Lalitpur district in the

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. The Fort is situated on Jhansi-Lalitpur four lane road. Raja Thakur Mardan Singh Bundela ruled here from this fort & he fought along with Rani Laxmi Bai against the British in 1857. The Fort contains three temples, dedicated to

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. The Fort has massive structures and is situated on the bank of massive Mansarovar Lake. This lake is suitable for various water sports activities. In the premises there is Hazaria Mahadev Temple on the banks of Lake. Talbehat is also tehseel headquarter. tehseel talbehat area is divided into six Revenue Inspectors circles.

Demographics

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, Talbehat has a population of 14,176 divided into 12

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. Male population is 7,452 and that of female is 6,724. Talbehat has an average literacy rate of 79.40%, higher than state average of 67.68 %, male literacy is 85.20%, and female literacy is 72.96%. In Talbehat, 12.81% of the population is under 6 years of age. Out of the total population, 4,492 are engaged in work or business activity with 3,678 are males and rest 814 are females. Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 19.06 % and 0.23 % of the total population in Talbehat. Based on the census 88.22% of the total population are

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, 7.26% are

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, 4.32% are

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and the rest is occupied by

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and

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Transportation

The town is located next to a major highway 26 and main line of Delhi & Bombay train route. Talbehat has very few trains stopping at the railway station established in 1980's, the preferable way to reach is by train from

Jhansi Jhansi (; Hindi: झांसी, Urdu: ) 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 hea ...

or Lalitpur.

Places to visit

The places to visit includes nearby

Matatila Dam The Matatila Dam is a dam in district Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, that was built in 1958 on the Betwa River. Situated 93 km away from Deogarh, this earthen dam is 35 m high. The catchment area is around 20 km2 with a maximum sto ...

and famous religious temples such as Pawagir Ji Jain Temple, Deva Mata Temple and other tourist places include Talbehat Fort, Boat Club and Mansarovar Lake . Talbehat is surrounded by stony ridges descending towards the Betwa river valley. The area receives moderate rainfall. Temples are in Talbehat, Hajaria Mahadev, Madan Mohan Sharkar, Hanuman Gari, Gauri Bhawani, Merahune mata and Dhuruv Kuti Maharaj.

References

{{Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh Cities and town in Lalitpur district, India Forts in Uttar Pradesh