Raja Sumer Singh, a chieftain from Central India, is said to have founded Lalitpur, and named it after his queen Lalita Devi, who cured him of a snake that lodged in his stomach, of which story parallels are heard in several places, {see Cunningham’s Archaeological Report, Vol.

It is known for Gupta monuments and for many ancient monuments of Hindu and Jain origins inside and outside the walls of the fort.The Dashavatara Temple is an early 6th century Vishnu Hindu temple located at Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh which is 25 kilometers from Lalitpur, in the Betwa River valley in northern-central India.

It has a simple, one cell square plan and is one of the earliest Hindu stone temples still surviving today.

[citation needed] Lalitpur Junction has very good rail connections with major Indian cities including New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Patna, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Saugor, Puri, Allahabad, Bengaluru, Damoh, Jhansi.

[citation needed] Lalitpur is the only place in Bundelkhand Region having an Airstrip maintained by the Airport Authority of India.