WELCOME TO THE SITE OF DISTRICT LALITPUR

UTTAR PRADESH

DEVELOPED BY - NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTRE,
DISTRICT UNIT,
LALITPUR (U.P.)

RIVERS

DRAINAGE AND WATER RESOURCES

Lalitpur district has a good natural drainage towards north and north-east exhibited by the flow of rivers like Betwa, Jamni, Dhasan, Narain, Shahzad and Sajnam etc. There are also numerous dams and reservoirs built during post-independence period although ponds have been there from ancient times like in other parts of Bundelkhand.

Betwa River : Rising from near Bhopal, Betwa river first touches district Lalitpur near Dhojri village and is joined by Narain river at the same point. Betwa flows northward to make the districts westerm boundary and turns north-east forming its boundary with Jhansi district. Betwa has been dammed at Matatila and a multi-purpose inter-state RAJGHAT dam has been recently built for generation of electricity as well as irrigation in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

Dhasan River : A tributary of Betwa, this river touches Lalitpur district at the south-eastern tip and flows for about 38 kilometers before it re-enters the neighbouring district of Tikamgarh of Madhya Pradesh.

Jamni River : An important tributary of Betwa, this river enters Lalitpur district cutting through the forest nearMadanpur village, and flows northward for catchment area 45 kilometers leaving the town of Mehroni on its right. It then takes north-easterly bend and after catchment area 6 kilometers further comes to form the boundary of the district for about 60 kilometers. It comes very close to the Betwa just before it finally leaves the district. Jamni has been dammed within Lalitpur district. Dams

Other important streams

Important tributariesof Jamni are Sajnam and Shahzad rivers. While Sajnam joins it at Chandawali, Shahzad joins it near Hazaria village. These streams drain enormous volumes of water during rains while in other seasons they shrink to narrow channels. Shahzad, an important river flowing by the side of Lalitpur town, has been dammed to make Govind Sagar reservoir Lalitpur. Sajnam has also been dammed in this district.

There is another small stream named Rohini, a tributary of river Dhasan, which flows in the north-east direction across the Mehroni tehsil in the south-west corner of the district. Rohini has a small dam built for the purpose of irrigation.

IRRIGATION SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT

As already clear from the number of dams and reservoirs in this district, the irrigation potential is high. Prior to it, the main source of irrigation were masonry wells which used to be built by the farmers themselves and 93% irrigation was done by these wells only. The initiation of canal system made wells irrelevant for the time being.

This page was last updated on 02/01/01.