It is divided into eight tehsils: Ashoknagar, Chanderi, Isagarh, Mungaoli, Shadora, Naisarai, Piprai and Bahadurpur.

[1] Ashoknagar also has a great historical importance,It is a part of ancient Ahirwada region, where Yaduvanshi ahirs used to rule.

The details of the Block wise population and area is shown in the table below: The region was ruled by the Scindia family as a part of Isagarh District of the Indian princely state of Gwalior.

Chanderi area (territory of Ashoknagar district) was under Avanti, Dasharna and Chedi Janapadas.

The seventh descendant of the Pratihara dynasty, Raja Kirtipal founded Chanderi city in the 10th−11th century AD.

Chanderi kingdom was also affected by repeated invasions of Mahmud Ghaznavi in the 11th century AD.

The last Bundela ruler of Chanderi Raja Mardan Singh made supreme sacrifice as a freedom fighter in 1857–58 AD.

The average national sex ratio in India is 940 as per latest reports of Census 2011 Directorate.

A huge fair is organized every year on Rangpanchmi in which Rai Dance is performed by Bedni Women.

Tumen is also a historical lgrim centre situated at Triveni known for Mata Vindhyavasini temple.

Disciples from across the globe visit Anandpur twice a year during Baisakhi and Guru Purnima to seek blessings from the gurus.

The peculiar name is derived from the fact that criminals were executed at this point by hurling them from the battlements above and thus dashing their bodies into pieces at foot.

Within the fort there are only two ruined buildings the Hawa and Nau-Khanda Mahals built by Bundela Chiefs.

Tumen To the south west of the fort there is a gateway called katti-ghatti made through hill side.

The village possesses a ruined monastery, from a very old record was picked up which it is stated that to monestor was built to house some members of Shaiva sect known as Matta Mourya.

During Akbar's reign Kadwaya was the headquarters of a mahal in the Gwalior's sarkar of the subah of Agra.

15 is the main among them known as big temple here, with 28 feet high colossus of Lord Adinath in standing posture, installed in Vikram Samvat 1672.

Atishay: It is said that sound of various musical instruments is heard in the night as the gods from heaven come here for prayers & worship.

The plateau is an extension of the Deccan Traps, formed between 60 and 68 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period.

The volcanic, clay-like soil of the region owes its black colour to the high iron content of the basalt from which it is formed.

The rainy season starts with the first showers of Aashaadha (mid-June) and extends to the middle of Ashvin (September).

The growing period lasts from 90 to 150 days, during which the average daily temperature is below 30 °C, but seldom falls below 20 °C.

Winter is the longest of the three seasons, extending for about five months (mid-Ashvin to Phalgun, i.e., October to mid-March).

Some cultivators believe that an occasional winter shower during the months of Pausha and Maagha—known as Mawta—is helpful to the early summer wheat and germ crops.

Ashoknagar is situated on the Western-Central Railway 's broad gauge line of the Kota-Bina Section.

Trains are available for Kota, Bina, Ujjain, Indore, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Ahamdabad, Bhopal, Sagar, Damoh, Jabalpur, Durg, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Delhi, Deharadoon, Darbhanga and Gwalior.