[3] The area covered by this district was part of the Princely State of Orchha till its merger with the Indian Union.

[9] In the early 17th century, Jhujhar Singh rebelled the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, whose armies devastated the state and occupied Orchha from 1635 to 1641.

Maharaja Pratap Singh ju Dev (born 1854, died 1930), who succeeded to the throne in 1874, devoted himself entirely to the development of his state, himself designing most of the engineering and irrigation works that were executed during his reign.

It was the oldest and highest in rank of all the Bundela states, with a 17-gun salute, and its Maharajas bore the hereditary title of First of the Prince of Bundelkhand.

Today Orchha is almost a nondescript town with a small population, and its importance is maintained only due to its rich architectural heritage and tourism.

However the name of the Orchha State continued to be in use, as can be seen in the inscriptions of Jain tirth Paporaji, now on the outskirts of Tikamgarh.

The cost for the construction of the temple was about the same amount of money: rupees nine lakhs or nine hundred thousand, hence the name.

In the reign of Jehangir, in 1618, Raja Veer Singh Deva Bundela of Orchha had built Keshavdeva temple at the cost of thirty-three lakhs in Mathura.

A French traveller Tavernier visited Mathura in 1650 and had described the octagonal temple built in red sandstone.

The railing was removed by Mathura governor Abdun Nabi Khan on the order of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and he built Jama mosque on the ruins of the Hindu temples.

Tikamgarh Municipality has total administration over 14,587 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage.

Places of interest within 10 km include:[citation needed] Famous temple of God Shiva Tikamgarh has many schools and colleges.