| Dholpur district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Rajasthan |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Rajasthan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bharatpur |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Parts Type: | Tehsils |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Area Total Km2: | 33.3 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 1,206,516 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio |
| Leader Title: | District Collector & Magistrate |
| Leader Title1: | Superintendent of Police |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
Dholpur District is a district of Rajasthan state in Northern India. The town of Dholpur is the district headquarters. Dholpur District is a part of Bharatpur Divisional Commissionerate. It was carved out from the erstwhile Bharatpur District on 15 April 1982.[1]
Dholpur District has an area of 3084 km2. The Chambal River forms the southern boundary of the district, across which lies the state of Madhya Pradesh. The district is bounded by the state of Uttar Pradesh on the east and northeast, by Bharatpur District of Rajasthan on the northwest, and Karauli District of Rajasthan on the west. All along the bank of the Chambal River 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 sandstone.
Administratively the district is divided into four subdivisions, Dholpur, Bari, Rajakhera, and Baseri, and six tehsils, Dholpur, Bari, Rajakhera, Basedi, Sarmathura and Saipau.
According to the 2011 census Dholpur district had a population of 1,206,516,[2] making Dholpur the 394th most populated of India's 640 district.[3] The district had a population density of 398PD/sqkm .[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.78%.[3] Dholpur had a sex ratio of 845 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 70.14%. 20.51% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 20.36% and 4.86% of the population respectively.[3]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 97.91% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 1.58% Braj Bhasha as their first language.[4]