It is connected to Jhansi district by a narrow corridor to the northeast, and is otherwise almost surrounded by Madhya Pradesh state, an example of a salient.

The district forms a portion of the hill country of Bundelkhand, sloping down from the outliers of the Vindhya Range on the south to the tributaries of the Yamuna River on the north.

North of the hilly region, the granite chains gradually turn into clusters of smaller hills.Lalitpur itself holds an important place in the field of minerals.

The climate of the district is sub-tropical, which is characterised by a very hot dry summer and a cold winter.

The territory of the present-day Lalitpur district was part of the state of Chanderi, founded in the 17th century by a Bundela Rajput who was descended from Rudra Pratap Singh of Orchha.

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Lalitpur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).

According to the 2011 census Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh has a population of 1,221,592,[7] roughly equal to the nation of Bahrain[8] or the US state of New Hampshire.

[7] At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 81.60% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 17.51% Bundeli as their first language.

Daily trains are available to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata (Howrah), Chen nai, Agra, Jammu Tawi, Bangalore (Bengaluru), Trivendrum, Indore, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jammu, Lucknow, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Kanpur and other major towns.

Lalitpur station is a junction now, with trains directly to Khajuraho, Singrauli, Satna & Tikamgarh.

Bus facility to major cities - Kanpur, Jhansi, Agra, Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal, Sagar, Panna.