Chitrakoot division is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern

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Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

Banda, Uttar Pradesh Banda is a city and a municipal board in Banda district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Banda is divided among north, east, west and south Banda. Banda lies south of the Yamuna river in the Bundelkhand region. It is the administrative ...

is the administrative headquarters of this division. Historically part of the

Bundelkhand Bundelkhand (, ) is a geographical and cultural region and a proposed state and also a mountain range in central and North India. It corresponds to the Post-Vedic Chedi kingdom. The hilly region is now divided between the states of Uttar Prad ...

region, it includes the 4 districts of:- *

Banda Banda may refer to: People * Banda (surname) * Banda Prakash (born 1954), Indian politician * Banda Kanakalingeshwara Rao (1907–1968), Indian actor * Banda Karthika Reddy (born 1977), Indian politician *Banda Singh Bahadur (1670–1716), Sikh ...

* Chitrakoot * Hamirpur *

Mahoba Mahoba is a city in Mahoba District of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the Bundelkhand region, well known for the ninth century granite Sun temple built in Pratihara style. It is also well known for the 24 rock-cut Jain tirthankara imag ...

Until a few years ago, this was a part of the

Jhansi division Jhansi division is one of the 18 administrative geographical unit (i.e. division) in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi city is the administrative headquarters of this division. The division is part of the historic Bundelkha ...

, but due to administrative requirements, this division was established on 21 November 1997. Chitrakoot division is one of the most backward areas of the country, which is full of natural raw materials like moram, ballast, granite etc. Three major rivers are part of this division: * Ken *

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Yamuna The Yamuna (; ) is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of Bandarpunch peaks of the Low ...

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Bundelkhand Divisions of Uttar Pradesh Chitrakoot division {{UttarPradesh-geo-stub