Datia district is located at the district of
Madhya Pradesh. The administrative headquarters of the Datia district is located at Datia.
The district of
Bhind is located in its north, Gwalior in its west,
Shivpur in its south and the Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh in the east. It has good railway connectivity as it is situated on the Western Central Railway line between Jhansi and Gwalior. It has a population of 627,818 according to the 2001 census report, inhabiting an area of 2,038 sq km.
A pilgrimage spot for devotees Datia has the Pitambra Peeth, Sonagiri, Sun Temple, Buglamukhi Devi Temple, Badoni, and Satkhanda-Mahal, which are the main tourist attractions of the district. Purana Mahal or Datia Mahal is an excellent piece of architecture and was built in honour of the Mughal emperor
Jahangir.
