Karauli district | |
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.jpg) .jpg)    Clockwise from top-left:Shri Mahaveer Ji temple,Kaila Devi Temple[1] inKarauli,Timangarh Fort,Hindaun Fort, Maheshwara ki Kho | |
.svg) Location of Karauli district in Rajasthan | |
| Country | India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| Division | Bharatpur |
| Established | 995 A.D |
| Founded by | Raja Bijaipal[2] |
| Headquarters | Karauli |
| Government | |
| • District collector | Neelabh Saxena,IAS[3] |
| • Superintendent of Police | Brajesh Jyoti Upadhyay,IPS[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,043 km2 (1,947 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 1,458,248 |
| • Density | 289.2/km2 (748.9/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 66.22 |
| • Sex ratio | 861 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi,Rajasthani |
| • Native | Rajasthani,Braj Bhasha dialect |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | Karauli District |
Karauli district is a district of the state ofRajasthan inwestern India. karauli district is located in theBraj Bhoomi region. The town ofKarauli serves as the administrative headquarters of the district. Karauli district also comes under theBharatpur Divisional Commissionerate.
The population of Karuali district was 1,458,248 people in the2011 Indian census, giving a population density of 264 inhabitants per square kilometre (680/sq mi).[4]
Karauli District encompasses an area of 5,043 square kilometres (1,947 sq mi). It is bordered byDholpur district to the east,Bharatpur district to the northeast,Dausa district to the north, andSawai Madhopur district to the west.[5]Karauli City is located 169 km (105 mi) fromGwalior, 114 km (71 mi) west ofAgra and 158 km (98 mi) from the city ofJaipur.
TheChambal River forms the southeastern boundary of the district with the state ofMadhya Pradesh, around 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away fromMandrayal. Although most of Karauli district is composed of hills and valleys, there are no high mountains, with the highest having an elevation less than 450 metres (1,480 ft) above sea level.[5]
The district also has a forest which covered an area of 172,459 hectares (426,160 acres) in 2011, about 30% of the total geographical area of the district's 504,301 ha (1,246,150 acres).
Natural resources found in Karauli district includesandstone, masonry stone,silica sand,soapstone,white clay and some iron ore.[citation needed]
Karauli district's natural environment includes theVindhya Range andAravalli Range. The district has both plains and hilly areas.[6] The plains are fertile and the soil present in the area is lightweight and sandy. There are many rivers in the district.
The climate in Karauli district is sunny for most of the year, with the average annual high 35 °C (95 °F) and low 23 °C (73 °F). Extreme temperatures have reached 50 °C (122 °F) in May and 0 °C (32 °F) in January.[7] The humidity of Karauli district ranges from 31% to 35% in the dry season with adew point between 11 °C (52 °F) and 15 °C (59 °F). The annual rainfall is 668.86 mm (26.333 in), falling for an average of 35 days per year, concentrated during theSouth Asian Monsoon from June to September.
Karauli City is the district headquarters of Karauli district, which is divided into eighttehsils, six subdivisions, 223Panchayats, 881 villages, six Panchayat Samiti, twoNagar Parishad, and oneNagarpalika.
In 2006, theMinistry of Panchayati Raj named Karauli district one of the country's 250most impoverished districts (out of a total of640 districts).[9] It is one of the twelve districts in Rajasthan currently receiving funds from theBackward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[9]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 298,215 | — |
| 1911 | 295,899 | −0.08% |
| 1921 | 266,079 | −1.06% |
| 1931 | 292,829 | +0.96% |
| 1941 | 330,914 | +1.23% |
| 1951 | 370,984 | +1.15% |
| 1961 | 443,169 | +1.79% |
| 1971 | 557,132 | +2.31% |
| 1981 | 718,715 | +2.58% |
| 1991 | 924,715 | +2.55% |
| 2001 | 1,205,888 | +2.69% |
| 2011 | 1,458,248 | +1.92% |
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In the2011 census of India, Karauli district had apopulation of 1,458,248,[4] roughly equal to the nation ofEswatini[11] or the US state of Hawaii.[12] This makes it the 340th most populous district in India.[4] The district has a population density of 264 inhabitants per square kilometre (680/sq mi).[4] Itspopulation growth rate from 2001 to 2011 was 20.57%.[4] Karauli has asex ratio of 858females for every 1000 males,[4] and aliteracy rate of 67.34%. 14.96% of the population lives in urban areas.[4]
| Religion | Percent | |||
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| Hinduism | 93.62% | |||
| Islam | 5.96% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.42% | |||
After the separation ofTodabhim andNadoti tehsils, the resulting district had a population of 1,056,170. The district had a sex ratio of 858 females per 1000 males. 195,128 people (18.48% of the population) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 267,102 (25.29%) and 209,289 (19.82%) of the population respectively.[4]Hindi is the predominant language, spoken by 99.41% of the population.[14]
Karauli District is a part ofKarauli-Dholpur Loksabha Constituency, andBhajan Lal Jatav is the Current Member of Parliament representing this constituency .[15]
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