Jalaun district is a district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The district is named after the town of Jalaun, which was the former headquarters of a Maratha governor, but the administrative headquarters of the district is at Orai.
Geography
Map of Jalaun
Jalaun District is a part of the Jhansi Division. The district has an area of 4,565 km2, and a population of 1,689,974 (2011 census), and a population density of 370 persons per km2.
The district lies entirely within the level plains of Bundelkhand, north of the hill country, and is almost surrounded by the Yamuna River, which forms the northern boundary of the district, and its tributaries the Betwa, which forms the southern boundary of the district, and the Pahuj, which forms the western boundary. The central region thus enclosed is a dead level of cultivated land, almost destitute of trees, and dotted with villages. The southern portion presents an almost unbroken sheet of cultivation. The Non River flows through the centre of the district, which it drains by numerous small ravines.[1]
According to the 2011 census Jalaun district has a population of 1,689,974,[5] roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau[6] or the US state of Idaho.[7] This gives it a ranking of 296th in India (out of a total of 640).[5]
The district has a population density of 366 inhabitants per square kilometre (950/sq mi) .[5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 14.87%.[5] Jalaun has a sex ratio of 865 females for every 1000 males,[5] and a literacy rate of 75.16%. 24.79% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes made up 27.70% of the population.[5] The largest city in the district is Orai, followed by Konch.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 96.64% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 2.01% Bundeli and 1.30% Urdu as their first language.[8] Bundeli is the local dialect.
