Bhilwara District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The town of

Bhilwara Bhilwara () is a city, administrative headquarters in Bhilwara district of the Mewar region of Rajasthan, India. It has been termed as 'Textile city'. History Stone Age tools dating from 5,012 to 200,000 years were found in Bundi and B ...

is the district headquarters.

History

Stone Age tools dating from 5,000 to 200,000 years were found in

Bundi Bundi is a city in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India and capital of the former princely state of Rajputana agency. District of Bundi is named after the former princely state. Demographics According to the 2011 Indian cens ...

and Bhilwara districts of the state.

Geography

The district has an area of 10,455 km², and a population of 2,408,523 (2011 census), which increased 19.60% from 2001 to 2011. Famous for its textile & minerals Industries. It is bounded on the north by Ajmer District, on the east by

Bundi District Bundi District is a district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. The town of Bundi is the district headquarters. It has an area of 5,550 km2 and a population of 1,110,906 (2011 census). It is divided into 5 tehsils which are: ...

, on the south by

Chittorgarh District Chittorgarh district is one of the 33 districts of Rajasthan state in western India. The historic city of Chittaurgarh is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district was established on 1 August 1948 by integrating portions of ...

and on the west by Rajsamand District. State Highway (Jaipur-Udaipur) passes through the district, as does a

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railway line measuring 84 km and connecting

Ajmer Ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan. It is also known as heart of Rajasthan. The city was established as "''Aj ...

with

Khandwa Khandwa is a city and a nagar nigam in the Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Khandwa district, formerly known as East Nimar District. Khandwa is a major railway junction; the Malwa line co ...

in Madhya Pradesh. The nearest airport is at

Udaipur Udaipur () (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura''), historically named as Udayapura, is a city and municipal corporation in Udaipur district of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarter of Udaipur district. It is the historic capit ...

(171 km).

Administration

There are 7 sub-divisions in the district:

, Shahpura, Gangapur,

Gulabpura Gulabpura is a Town in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. Mainly industrial town with good educational institutes. The town gets its name from a religious preacher by the name ''Gulab Baba'' who practiced meditation in that area more than 100 year ...

Asind Asind is a city and a municipality in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, India. It is a Tehsil (sub-division) for many villages The city have a magistrate office, lower justice court and many administrative hub for many major villages. Geography ...

Mandalgarh Mandalgarh is a town with municipality in Bhilwara district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Pincode of Mandalgarh is 311604. It is the tehsil headquarters of Mandalgarh tehsil. History Mandalgarh was ruled by Brahma kings , the last Brahma ki ...

and

Jahazpur Jahazpur is a city and a municipality in Bhilwara district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.It is also the tehsil headquarters of the Jahazpur tehsil. It is commonly popular for a temple called Jain temple swastidham and built around a fort. H ...

. Under these sub-divisions there are 12 Tehsils as per Census of India 2011 report and these 12 Tehsils are Panachayat Samitis:

Banera Banera is a town and tehsil located in the Bhilwara Bhilwara () is a city, administrative headquarters in Bhilwara district of the Mewar region of Rajasthan, India. It has been termed as 'Textile city'. History Stone Age tools dating ...

, Mandal,

, Beejoliya,

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, Hurda, Shahpura,

, Sahada,

and Raipur. There are four Sub Tehsils under the Tehsils mentioned in () also named Bagor (Mandal), Badnor (Asind), Hamirgarh and Puliakalan (Shahpura). Similarly there are 1783 villages as per census of 2001.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Bhilwara district has a population of 2,408,523, roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait or the US state of New Mexico. This gives it a ranking of 184th in India (out of a total of

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). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.7%. Bhilwara has a sex ratio of 969 females for every 1000 males, and a

literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

of 62.71%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 16.94% and 9.52% of the population respectively. This district, rather pretentiously, is boastfully called Textile City or Manchester of Rajasthan. At the time of the 2011 census, 53.08% of the population spoke Rajasthani, 27.50%

Mewari Mewari is an Indo-Aryan language of the Rajasthani group. It is spoken by about five million speakers in Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Udaipur, Chittorgarh and Pratapgarh districts of Rajasthan state and Mandsaur, Neemuch districts of Madhya Prad ...

, 15.00% Hindi and 1.82% Marwari as their first language.

References

External links

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Bhilwara district Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhilwara District Districts of Rajasthan Districts in Ajmer division