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Utila Fort | |
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village | |
  Utila Fort Location in Madhya Pradesh, India Show map of Madhya Pradesh Utila Fort Utila Fort (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:26°9′48.44″N78°19′59.11″E / 26.1634556°N 78.3330861°E /26.1634556; 78.3330861 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Utila Fort is a fort inGwalior district inMadhya Pradesh, India. Utila is 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Gwalior city onGwalior–Hastinapur-Behat Road.
It was constructed byBhim Singh Rana ofGohad State in 1740. It was mainly constructed to provide defense toGohad Fort.
The fort is situated on a hillock and is guarded by a deep trench which surrounds it. There are four high towers or burj surrounding the fort, the architecture of which reflects the defense strategy and architectural skills of theGohad Jat rulers.