Talawada Village and Sitamata Sanctuary a small town in southern Rajasthan, in the district of Chittorgarh has its own charm after rainy season, as it posses good fertile land, the best in the state of Rajasthan which cultivate Wheat, mustard, pulses sugarcane and opium etc.

The village is a small town named after lake Talau Bandh which included it in its Jagir when the village was given to the youngest brother of Jhala Man singh (who sacrificed in the battle of HaldiGhat and saved the life of Maharana Pratap of Mewar, since than honoured by the title of Rajrana, the biggest honour in the royal court of Mewar, the worlds oldest and greatest ruling dynasty) Thakur Amar singh,some 250 years ago.

It is a small village with the population of around 1500 people, being situated on the borders of Rajasthan and Gujarat it has Gujarati influence in its mud houses and leaving. The village has a good number of Rajput families with a majority of Vaishya community, who are basically farmers and expert in the opium cultivation. Being a Thikana of mewar state, it includes families of musician, washerman, barber, cobbler, astrologer, Brahmin etc.

Being situated in the remote area and lack of accommodation facilities this area has been out of reach to the tourist.
The major attraction near the village is the Sitamata wild life sanctuary which is spread in 400 sq. kms, which was once the hunting place for the Pratapgarh, BariSadri, Bansi and Dhariyawad states of Mewar. The sanctuary is boarding the Aravali & Vindhyachal range, Jakham, Karmoi & Sitamata rivers crosses the sanctuary, with number of small and big dams, the biggest one is Jakham dam.

The dense forest is full of fauna & flora. It has a large number of leapord, wild boar, hyna, jackal, fox, jungle cat, porcupine, spotted deer, four horned antelope and nilgai, where the most important and conspicuous animal of the sanctuary is flying squirrel, which can be observed gliding between the trees during night, this nocturnal creature hides in the daylight in the tree hollows and comesout after sunset.