Mahoba district

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Mahoba district (Hindi: महोबा जिला) is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India and Mahoba town is the district headquarters. Mahoba district is a part of Chitrakoot Division. The district occupies an area of 2884 km². It has a population of 708,447 (2001 census)[1]

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[edit] History

This district was carved out from the erstwhile Hamirpur district on 11 February, 1995 by separating the erstwhile Mahoba tehsil from it.

[edit] Divisions

The district comprises 3 tehsils: Mahoba, Charkhari and Kulpahar.

There are two Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Mahoba and Charkhari. Both are part of Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Mathew, K.M. (ed.) (2008). Manorama Yearbook 2008, Kottayam: Malayala Manorama, ISSN 0542-5778, p.552

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