Dholpur district

Dholpur District is a district of  in western. The town of is the district headquarters.

Dholpur District has an area of 3084 km². The forms the southern boundary of the district, across which lies the state of. The district is bounded by the state of on the east and northeast, by  of Rajasthan on the northwest, and  of Rajasthan on the west. All along the bank of the the district is deeply intersected by ravines; low ranges of hills in the western portion of the district supply quarries of fine-grained and easily-worked red.

The population of the district is 982,815 (2001 census), with a population density of 324 persons per km². The population grew 31.2% between and 2001. The literacy rate is 60.1% in 2001, 75.1% for males and 41.8% for females. Administratively the district is divided into four subdivisions, Dholpur,, , and , and five s, Dholpur, Badi, Rajakhera, Basedi, and.

The economy of the district is primarily agricultural.