1. District Profile

District Jalaun is one of the important districts of Jhansi Mandal which comes under Bundelkhand Region Jalaun disrict comes under the Jhasni Division. The District is divided into 4 Tehsils namely Orai, Jalaun, Konch & Kalpi. Tehsils are further 5 subdivided by 9 development Blocks comprising 81 Nyay Panchayat which covers 1151 Gram Sabhas with 937 revenue villages. The district administration Headquarters is Orai.

1.1 Geography

The District Jalaun is situated in North Part at 270 ’N & 79-520 E. The district headquarter Orai is 120 Kms. from Kanpur and 110 Kms. from Jhansi. In North East It is surrounded by Etawah & Kanpur Dehat and in east south by Hamirpur, in the western side there is Pahuj River and accross the Pahuj District Bhind (Madhya Pradesh) is situated. Hence Jalaun is spread from east to west 93 Km. and north to south 68 Km. and in length & width and total geographical area of district Jalaun is 4569 Sq. Kms.

1.2 Topography & Agriculture

The total forest covered area of Jalaun is 25693.35 Hectare, 1 out of the total area of district 4569 Sq. Kms. The forest availability of Jalaun district is of evergreen forest. The Neem, Mango, Mauha, Saal, Sagaun, Babool, Kher, Kail are main trees of Jalaun District.
In its North East Border River Yamuna is flowing and in western Side many other rivers are flowing. Because of the deep depth of the rivers nearby 4.4 Km. area has covered by dense forest. Some part of the district is hilly.

2. Industrial profile of the district

The most prominent MSME sectors in the district are Handmade paper, Food products, Hosiery & Garments, Wood/Wooden based furniture, Repair & Service Industry

The following are the prominent type of industries in the district2: