Datia
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Datia is a small rural town 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
.
s 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
.
, 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.
2. Holy Cross Ashram School
3. Rani Laxmibai Public School
4. Government Higher Secondary School No.1
5. Government Higher Secondary School No 2
6. Government Girl School
7. Rajeev Vidyalaya
8. Mahila Samiti School
9. Rass JB professional studies
10. Omprakash Gupta School in Bundela colony
11. College of Advance Studies, Datia, Madhya Pradesh, India
12. St. Kolbe School, Indergarh, Datia
Shri Rawatpura Group of Colleges(SRGOC) consists the following institutions:-
. Peetambra peeth is a famous shaktipitha located at the entrance of Datia in Madhya Pradesh. This pilgrimage spot features Bagalamukhi
Devi Temple and Dhumavati
Mai Temple established by shri Golokwasi Swamiji Maharaj. Vankhandeshwar temple is a Mahabharat period temple of Lord Shiva which is situated at this place. Pitambra peeth is about 0.6 mile from Datia Bus Station and 1.8 Miles from Datia Railway Station .
Temple of the goddess Peetaambara Bagalamukhi
,
and Jain Temples (Sonagir).Sonagir is located at 9 miles from Datia and is well connected by Road and Train.it has white marvel jain temples and shines looks very beautiful
Pathra village
Gujarra
Botonical Garden
Sonagiri-Temples
Badoni Temples
Unao-Balaji Sun Temple
Seondha
Pancham Kavi Ki Toriya
Govind Palace
Bhander
Udnu Ki Toriya
Khairi ki mata Temple
Rajgarh Palace & Museum
it also famous for jain temple which located at stone hill in sonagir
12 km from datia
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Datia district
Datia District
Datia District is in Gwalior Division in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The town of Datia is the district headquarters.-Geography:The district has an area of 2,038 km², and a population 627,818 . The population of Datia District increased by 26% from 1981 to 1991, and by 22% from 1991 to...
in the state of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is the administrative center of Datia District. It was formerly the seat of the eponymous princely state
Princely state
A Princely State was a nominally sovereign entitity of British rule in India that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule such as suzerainty or paramountcy.-British relationship with the Princely States:India under the British Raj ...
in the British Raj
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
. Datia is situated near Gwalior and on the border with Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
(U.P); the town of Jhansi
Jhansi
Jhansi Hindi:झाँसी, , Marathi: झाशी, is a historical city of India. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi District and Jhansi Division. The original walled city grew up around its stone fort, which crowns a neighboring rock. This district is on the bank of river Betwa.The National...
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
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
domestic architecture available in north India
North India
North India, known natively as Uttar Bhārat or Shumālī Hindustān , is a loosely defined region in the northern part of India. The exact meaning of the term varies by usage...
.
History
Datia had formerly been a state in the bundelkhand region.The ruling family were RajputRajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
s of the Bundela
Bundela
The Bundelas are a Rajput clan of Chattari lineage who ruled several states in central India, in Bundelkhand region from the 16th century.The Bundelas are the most prominent Rajputs hailing from Central India...
clan; they descended from a younger son of a former raja of Orchha
Orchha
Orchha is a town in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. The town was established by Maharaja Rudra Pratap Singh in 1501, as the seat of an eponymous former princely state of central India, in the Bundelkhand region. Orchha lies on the Betwa River , 80 km from Tikamgarh &...
. The state was administered as part of the Bundelkhand Agency
Bundelkhand Agency
The Marathas ceded parts of Bundelkhand, which were later called later British Bundelkhand, to the British in the 1802 Treaty of Bassein. After 1802, many of the local rulers were granted sanads by the British, which entitled them to the lands they controlled at the death of Ali Bahadur, in return...
of Central India
Central India Agency
The Central India Agency was a political office of the British Indian Empire, which covered the northern half of present-day Madhya Pradesh state. The Central India Agency was made up entirely of princely states, which were under native rulers...
. 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
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh was a province of India under the British Raj, which existed from 1902 to 1947; the official name was shortened by the Government of India Act 1935 to United Provinces, by which the province had been commonly known, and by which name it was also a province of...
.
Geography
Datia is located at 25.67°N 78.47°E. It has an average elevation of 302 metres (990 feet).Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, 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 School
3. Rani Laxmibai Public School
4. Government Higher Secondary School No.1
5. Government Higher Secondary School No 2
6. Government Girl School
7. Rajeev Vidyalaya
8. Mahila Samiti School
9. Rass JB professional studies
10. Omprakash Gupta School in Bundela colony
11. College of Advance Studies, Datia, Madhya Pradesh, India
12. St. Kolbe School, Indergarh, Datia
Colleges
Under the single umbrella of SRI there are five colleges providing world class education in various disciplines i.e. Engineering, Pharmacy, B.Ed. and D.Ed., Nursing and Allied Sciences. All the Institutes & colleges are set up and run by Shri Ramraja Sarkar Lok Kalyan Trust, an autonomous foundation which is a registered charitable trust functioning through Board of Governors and Board of Trustees.Shri Rawatpura Group of Colleges(SRGOC) consists the following institutions:-
- Shri Rawatpura Institute of Technology & Science(SRITS)
- Shri Rawatpura Institute of Management Sciences(SRIMS)
- Shri Rawatpura Institute of Pharmacy(SRIP)
- Shri Rawatpura College of Nursing(SRCN)
- Shri Rawatpura College of Physical Education(SRSCPE)
- Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Collage of Science & Education(SRCSE)
- Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Polytechnic Colleage(SRPC)
- Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Snatak Mahavidhyalaya(SRSMV)
Culture
Datia is best known for the Pitambara PeethPitambara Peeth
Shri Peetambra Peetha is a complex of Hindu temples ,located in the city of Datia, in the Madhaya Pradesh state of the central India. It was, according to many legends 'Tapasthali' of many mythological as well as real life people...
. Peetambra peeth is a famous shaktipitha located at the entrance of Datia in Madhya Pradesh. This pilgrimage spot features Bagalamukhi
Bagalamukhi
Bagalamukhi or Bagala ,, is one of the ten mahavidyas in Hinduism. Bagalamukhi Devi smashes the devotee's misconceptions and delusions with her cudgel...
Devi Temple and Dhumavati
Dhumavati
Dhumavati is one of the Mahavidyas, a group of ten Tantric goddesses. Dhumavati represents the fearsome aspect of Devi, the Hindu Divine Mother. She is often portrayed as an old, ugly widow, and is associated with things considered inauspicious and unattractive in Hinduism, such as the crow and...
Mai Temple established by shri Golokwasi Swamiji Maharaj. Vankhandeshwar temple is a Mahabharat period temple of Lord Shiva which is situated at this place. Pitambra peeth is about 0.6 mile from Datia Bus Station and 1.8 Miles from Datia Railway Station .
Temple of the goddess Peetaambara Bagalamukhi
Bagalamukhi
Bagalamukhi or Bagala ,, is one of the ten mahavidyas in Hinduism. Bagalamukhi Devi smashes the devotee's misconceptions and delusions with her cudgel...
,
and Jain Temples (Sonagir).Sonagir is located at 9 miles from Datia and is well connected by Road and Train.it has white marvel jain temples and shines looks very beautiful
Tourist Place
Peetambra PeethPathra village
Gujarra
Botonical Garden
Sonagiri-Temples
Badoni Temples
Unao-Balaji Sun Temple
Seondha
Pancham Kavi Ki Toriya
Govind Palace
Bhander
Udnu Ki Toriya
Khairi ki mata Temple
Rajgarh Palace & Museum
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it also famous for jain temple which located at stone hill in sonagir
12 km from datia