Gangapur district | |
Settlement Type: | District of Rajasthan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name1: | Rajasthan |
Subdivision Name2: | Bharatpur |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 2023 |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Gangapur City |
Leader Name1: | Sujeet Shankar, IPS[1] |
Total Type: | Total |
Area Total Km2: | 2536 |
Population Total: | 9,20,340 |
Population Density Km2: | 362.91 |
Population Urban: | 1,53,038 |
Timezone1: | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Leader Name: | Dr. Gaurav Saini, IAS[2] |
Leader Title1: | Superintendent of Police |
Leader Title: | District Collector & Magistrate |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official Spoken |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi Braj and Dhundhari |
Gangapur district[3] is a district of Rajasthan State in north-west India. Gangapur City is the district headquarter. It comes under Bharatpur Division. It is one of the newest districts of Rajasthan.[4]
At the time of the 2011 census, what is now Gangapur City district has a population of 920,340. Gangapur City has a sex ratio of 875 females per 1000 males. 153,038 (16.63%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 192,321 (20.90%) and 226,406 (24.60%) of the population respectively.[5] [6]
At the time of the 2011 census, 97.67% of the population spoke Hindi & Rajasthani and 1.61% Urdu as their first language.[7]