Country India District Lalitpur Vehicle registration UP 94 Elevation 428 m Local time Sunday 4:10 AM | Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Sex ratio 0.917 ♂/♀ Population 133,305 (2011) | |
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Weather 13°C, Wind SE at 3 km/h, 67% Humidity Neighborhoods Basant Bihar Colony, Talabpura Hindu Colony | ||
Lalitpur is a city and a municipal board in Lalitpur District, India in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also district headquarters of Lalitpur district.
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Map of Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh 284403
Demographics
As per provisional data of 2011 census, Lalitpur had a population of 133,305, out of which males were 69,529 and females were 54,062. The literacy rate is 82.39%.
Out of the total population, Hinduism is practised by 76.27% people, Islam 13.72%, Jainism 8.99% and the rest 1.02% follow other faiths.
Railway
Lalitpur Junction has very good rail connections with major Indian cities including New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Patna, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Saugor, Puri, Allahabad, Bengaluru, Damoh, Jhansi. A new railway line connecting Lalitpur to Tikamgarh started in 2013 .Now this line is extended up to Chhatarpur .. The nearest junctions are Jhansi Junction and Bina Junction in Madhya Pradesh.
The important trains such as the Malwa Express, Punjab Mail, Bhopal - Lucknow Express, Jabalpur - Jammu Tawi Express, Gondwana Express, Bhopal Express, Shatabdi Express, sachkhand express, pathankot express, Pushpak Express, Kushinagar Express and many other trains stop at Lalitpur.
Road
The proposed North-south-Corridor of the Golden-Quadrilateral Highway project passes through lalitpur is completed. A village road named madawara road goes to madawara village
Air
Lalitpur is the only place in Bundelkhand Region having Airstrip maintained by Airport Authority of India. Considering Govt of India's new scheme tp operate subsidized flights to small towns the strip is likely to be converted into a small airport.
Education
The city has several schools and colleges. One of the famous school ISC,ICSE affiliated is Modern Public School.The colleges are affiliated to the Bundelkhand University (Jhansi) and Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University (Allahabad). IGNOU also has a campus in Lalitpur.