Kulpahar is known for its closeness to Khajuraho and other historic places like Mahoba, Charkhari, Kalinjar Rath, Orchha, and Jhansi.

This town holds relics of temples and man-made water bodies of the Chandela Dynasty Historians have different theories about the origin of its name, primarily there are two opinions about the name.

The fort of Kulpahar, situated on a steep hill, towers more than 800 ft (244 m) above the sea level, and contains the ruins of elaborately carved sculptures.

After the Mughals' fall and the rise of Chhatrasal Bundela, Kulpahar passed under his sway but failed to acquire any kind of pre-eminence.

He established a Bundella Principality and Bahadur Shah Moghal had to confirm all his acquisitions in the area called 'Bundelkhand'.

There was a revival of hostilities during the reign of Farrukhsiyar when his general Mohammed Khan Bangash invaded Bundelkhand in the year 1729 and the aged ruler Chatrasal had to seek aid from Peshwa Baji Rao.

They surrounded forces of Nawab Bangash who had captured Jaitpur, Belatal, Mudhari and Kulpahar etc.

The Peshwa inflicted a crushing defeat over the Nawab by annihilating his forces in the dense forests of Jaitpur, Mudhari and Salat near Kulpahar.

Kulpahar is served by the Khajuraho airport (90 km) and is linked to Delhi and Varanasi by Indian Airlines.

Regular bus services are available to nearby towns like Mahoba, Banda, Nowgaon, Charkhari, Rath, Orai, Chitrakoot, Karwi, Hamirpur and Kulpahar is also well connected with bus services to Allahabad, Varanasi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Delhi, Agra, Jhansi, Jaipur and Ajmer.

Kulpahar is a railway station[11] of the North Central Railways Zone, and is well connected by trains with all major cities, namely, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Jhansi, Varanasi, Agra, Gwalior, Khajuraho, Udaipur, Jaipur, Jabalpur, Gaya, Mathura and Allahabad.

Kulpahar region comprises areas which are essentially covered by grey, pink, red granitic rock and black dolerite.

Over half of the areas identified so far appear suitable for extracting blocks of two cubic meters in size from the surface outcrops.

The granite with red feldspar having presence of white and bluish quartz has become popular in national and international markets during the last 10 years.

They may be found as dykes, particularly of black and green types, as long narrow ridges often concealed beneath the surface.

A major part of granite deposits in these regions are underground and have to be extracted by open cast mining.

Underground granite block is more compact and require sophisticated and specialised machinery which adds to the cost of mining.