| Maheba | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Madhya Pradesh#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Label: | Maheba |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the contiguous India and Chhatarpur |
| Coordinates: | 24.9811°N 79.4739°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Madhya Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chhatarpur |
| Elevation M: | 275 |
| Elevation Ft: | 902 |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi[Bundeli] |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 471201 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 07682 |
| Registration Plate Type: | Vehicle registration |
| Registration Plate: | MP-16 |
Maheba, is a village and a tehsil in Chhatarpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located 3.5km from National Highway 39.
See main article: article and Chhatarpur State. Chhatarpur was founded in 1785 and is named after the Bundela Rajput leader Chhatrasal, the founder of Bundelkhand independence, and contains his cenotaph. The state was ruled by his descendants until 1785. At that time the Ponwar clan of the Rajputs took control of Chhatarpur. The state was guaranteed to Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar[1] in 1806 by the British Raj.In 1854 Chhatarpur would have lapsed to the British government for want of direct heirs under the doctrine of lapse, but was conferred on Jagat Raj as a special act of grace. The Ponwar Rajas ruled a princely state with an area of 1118sqmi, and population of 156,139 in 1901, which was part of the Bundelkhand agency of Central India.
In 1901 the town of Chhatarpur had a population of 10,029, a high school and manufactured paper and coarse cutlery. The state also contained the British cantonment of Nowgong.[2]
From National Highway 39 to village many trees of sugar-apples can be found on both sides of road. It also found in many areas of forest around the village.
There is no large scale industry in Maheba apart from agriculture .Most depend for their livelihood on farming. This region is in a drought-affected area, so the whole place faces a water crisis for farming and potable drinking water.
Maheba can be reach by road . Chhatarpur station started in 2017. Chhatarpur has railway station named Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur. The nearest railway stations are at Khajuraho (45 km), Harpalpur (55 km) Jhansi (125 km), Mauranipur (65 km) and Satna (140 km). The nearest airport is Khajuraho Civil Aerodrome, located 45 km away.[3]