[1] Under the Mughal Empire at the time of Akbar, the area of today's Jhansi district was part of the sarkar of Erachh in Agra Subah.

[2] The area was part of the mahals of Erachh, Bhander, Bijpur, Jhansi, "Pandor" (i.e. Pandwaha), and Jhatra.

South of Jhansi District lies the hill country of Bundelkhand, which slopes down from the Vindhya Range.

The district consists of the level plain of Bundelkhand, distinguished for its deep black soil, known as mar, and admirably adapted for the cultivation of cotton.

According to the 2011 census Jhansi district has a population of 1,998,603,[6] roughly equal to the nation of Slovenia[7] or the US state of New Mexico.