Dausa (district)

Dausa district
State	Rajasthan
Division :	Jaipur
Administrative headquarters :	Dausa
Area :	3432 km²
Residents :	1,637,226 (2011)
Population density :	477.46 inhabitants / km²
Website :	http://www.dausa.rajasthan.gov.in

Dausa ( Hindi : दौसा) is a district in the western Indian state of Rajasthan .

The district was created on April 10, 1991. The area is 3432 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name, Dausa . A historically and culturally significant place is the village of Abhaneri .

population

The population of the mostly Hindi- speaking population is 1,637,226 (2011). About 85% of the population are Hindus and about 15% are Muslim . As is customary with Indian censuses, the male population exceeds the female population by around 15%.

Administrative division

The district is divided into 5 tehsils :

• Baswa
• Dausa
• Lalsot
• Mahwa
• Sikrai

The following cities with the status of a municipality exist in the district :

• Bandikui
• Dausa
• Lalsot

Web links

Commons : Dausa District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• District homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)