It was centered on Jaitpur, in present-day Mahoba district, Uttar Pradesh, which was the capital of the state.

The last Raja died without issue and Jaitpur State was subsequently annexed by the British Raj.

Jaitpur state was founded in 1731 by Jagat Rai, son of the famous Bundela Rajput leader Chhatrasal, as a division of Panna State.

In the year 5th may,1746 Maratha generals Malhar Rao Holkar and Jayappa Scindia besieged Jaitpur and Conquered it and appointed Laxman Shankar a treaty was concluded between Peshwa and Jagatraj Bundela.

[2] When Khet Singh, the state's last ruler, died without issue in 1849, the principality was annexed by the British.