Dausa district

{{Short description|District of Rajasthan in India}} {{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Dausa}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Dausa district | settlement_type = District of Rajasthan | total_type = Total | native_name = | image_skyline = Abhaneri-Chand Baori-30-Stufenbrunnen-2018-gje.jpg | image_caption = Chand Baori, Abhaneri | map_caption = Location of Dausa district in Rajasthan | coordinates = {{Coord|26.54|76.19|region:IN-RJ_type:adm3rd|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = Dausa | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagu|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Rajasthan | subdivision_type2 = Division | subdivision_name2 = Jaipur | established_title = Established | established_date = | seat_type = Headquarters | seat = Dausa | parts_type = Tehsils | parts_style = para | p1 = | area_total_km2 = 3432 | area_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 1,634,409 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0811_PART_B_DCHB_0811_DAUSA.pdf | title = Name Census 2011, Dausa Handbook data | access-date = 28 February 2016 | year = 2016 | publisher = censusindia.gov.in}}</ref> | population_urban = | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 = Demographics | demographics1_title1 = Literacy | demographics1_info1 = 68.16% | demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio | demographics1_info2 = 905 | leader_title = District Collector & Magistrate | leader_name = Devendra Kumar, IAS<ref>{{cite web |title= Administration : Dausa District |url=https://dausa.rajasthan.gov.in/pages/sm/contact-directory/11782/33/30261 |date=26 June 2024}}</ref> | leader_title1 = Superintendent of Police | leader_name1 = Ranjeeta Sharma, IPS<ref>{{cite web |title= Administration : Dausa District |url=https://dausa.rajasthan.gov.in/pages/sm/contact-directory/11782/33/30261 |date=26 June 2024}}</ref> | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +05:30 | registration_plate = RJ-29 | blank_name_sec1 = Major highways | blank_info_sec1 = National Highway 21 (NH-21) National Highway 148 (NH-148) Delhi–Mumbai Expressway (NE-4) | blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation | blank_info_sec2 = 459.8 mm | website = {{URL|https://dausa.rajasthan.gov.in/|Dausa District}} }}

'''Dausa district''' is a district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is part of the Jaipur division–one of the ten administrative divisions of Rajasthan. The city of Dausa is the district headquarters. Other important cities are Bandikui, Lalsot, and Mahuwa. It is surrounded by Alwar district in the north, Bharatpur in the east, Gangapur in the south-east, Sawai Madhopur in the south, and Jaipur Rural in the west. It has an area of {{cvt|3432|km2}} and a population of 1,634,409 (2011 census).

The district is named after the city of Dausa, derived from a Sanskrit word ''Dhau-Sa'' which means "Beautiful like Heaven".<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us - District Dausa - Government of Rajasthan |url=https://dausa.rajasthan.gov.in/home/district-info/33 |access-date=19 January 2024 |website=District Dausa}}</ref>

==History== Dausa is situated in a region known as Dhundhar. It was ruled by the Chauhans and Badgurjars during the 10th century CE. It became the first capital of Dhundhar. In the 11th century CE, Dulha Rai won it from the Badgurjars and continued to rule until 1036 CE.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kling |first1=Doris Marion |title=The Emergence of Jaipur State: Rajput Response to Mughal Rule, 1562-1743 |date=1993 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |pages=64 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGBuAAAAMAAJ&q=BADaGUJAR+principality |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=en |quote= By the early eleventh century Dulha Rai had wrested Dausa and Deoti from the Badgujar Rajputs and subdued Meenas}}</ref><ref name="history">{{cite web |url=https://dausa.rajasthan.gov.in/sm/jankalyan-category-and-entry-type/11775/33/4/2 |title=History – Dausa district |website=dausa.rajasthan.gov.in |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref> Later, Dulha Rai changed his capital from Dausa to Khoh.<ref name="Hooja">{{Cite book |author=Rima Hooja |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ |title=A History of Rajasthan |year=2006 |publisher=Rupa & Co. |isbn=9788129108906 |language=en |oclc=80362053 |access-date=19 January 2024 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404134542/https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ |url-status=live |page=395 }}</ref>

When Akbar went to Ajmer as a pilgrim to Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in 1562 CE, he stayed in Dausa and met with Rupsi Bairagi, the Hakim of Dausa at the time and brother of the then ruler of Amber, Raja Bharmal.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fazl |first=Abul |title=The Akbarnama |volume=II|publisher=The Asiatic Society |page=241 |orig-date=1st pub. 1907 |date=2000|translator-last=Beveridge |translator-first=Henry}}</ref>

Dausa district was constituted on 10 April 1991 by separating four tehsils, namely Dausa, Baswa, Sikrai, & Lalsot from Jaipur district. Mahwa Tehsil of Sawai Madhopur was included in this district on 15 August 1992.<ref name="history" />

==Geography== The district is situated between 22°33' and 27°33' north latitudes and 76°50' and 76°90' east longitudes. Dausa district is located in the eastern part of Rajasthan within Jaipur division. The area of the district is {{cvt|3432|km2}} and ranks at 32nd among districts of Rajasthan.<ref name="Geo1">{{cite web |url=https://dausa.rajasthan.gov.in/sm/jankalyan-category-and-entry-type/11774/33/1/4 |title=Geographical and Physical features - District Dausa |access-date=5 August 2023 |website=District Dausa }}</ref> It is bordered by the district of Alwar to the north, Bharatpur to the east, Gangapur to the south-east, Sawai Madhopur to the south, and Jaipur Rural to the west.<ref>{{cite web |title=District Dausa |url=https://foundation.rajasthan.gov.in/rf/pdf/Dausa.pdf |website=foundation.rajasthan.gov.in |access-date=21 January 2024}}</ref>

The Banganga and Morel rivers run through the district. However, there are no perennial rivers in the district. The district falls within the three corresponding river basins namely "Banganga River Basin" in northern part, "Banas River Basin" in southern part, and "Gambhir River Basin" in lower eastern part.<ref name="Geo1" /><ref name="Geo2">{{cite web |url=https://phedwater.rajasthan.gov.in/content/dam/doitassets/water/Ground%20Water/Pdf/PublicReports/Groundwater_Atlas/Districts/Districtwise%20Atlas%20-%20Dausa.pdf |title=Hydrogeological Atlas of Rajasthan Dausa District |access-date=5 August 2023|website=Public Health Engineering Department |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805115527/https://phedwater.rajasthan.gov.in/content/dam/doitassets/water/Ground%20Water/Pdf/PublicReports/Groundwater_Atlas/Districts/Districtwise%20Atlas%20-%20Dausa.pdf|archive-date=5 August 2023 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The general topographic elevation in the district is between 250 m to 300 m above sea level. Elevation ranges from a minimum of 203.2 m above sea level in Mahwa in the northeastern part of the district and maximum of 596.3 m above sea level in Bandikui in northern part of the district.<ref name="Geo2"/>

===Climate=== The climate of the district mostly remains dry except in the rainy season. The annual normal rainfall of the district is 561 mm.<ref name="Geo1" />

==Divisions== Dausa district has 11 Sub-divisions, 15 Tehsils, 11 Panchayat Samitis and 284 Gram Panchayats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=District Dausa - Government of Rajasthan |url=https://dausa.rajasthan.gov.in/ |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=District Dausa}}</ref>

=== Sub–divisions ===

The 11 '''Sub-divisions''' in district are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sub Division Office - District Dausa - Government of Rajasthan |url=https://dausa.rajasthan.gov.in/sm/jankalyan-category-and-entry-type/11841/33/48/75 |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=District Dausa}}</ref> * Dausa * Bandikui * Lalsot * Ramgarh Pachwara * Lawan * Nangal Rajawatan * Sikrai * Mahwa * Mandawar * Sainthal * Baswa

=== Panchayat Samitis ===

The 11 '''Panchayat Samitis''' are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Panchayat Samiti/Block - District Dausa - Government of Rajasthan |url=https://dausa.rajasthan.gov.in/sm/jankalyan-category-and-entry-type/11845/33/48/77 |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=District Dausa}}</ref> * Dausa * Bandikui * Lalsot * Lawan * Mahwa * Sikrai * Ramgarh Pachwara * Sikandra * Nangal Rajawatan * Baijupara * Baswa

=== Tehsils ===

The 15 '''Tehsils''' are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tehsil - District Dausa - Government of Rajasthan |url=https://dausa.rajasthan.gov.in/sm/jankalyan-category-and-entry-type/11842/33/48/76 |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=District Dausa}}</ref> * Dausa * Bandikui * Lalsot * Ramgarh Pachwara * Lawan * Baswa * Nangal Rajawatan * Mahwa * Mandawar * Sikrai * Rahuwas * Sainthal * Baharawanda * Baijupara * Bhandarej

=== Lok Sabha Constituency === Dausa district is part of the Dausa Lok Sabha constituency, and Murari Lal Meena is the current Member of Parliament representing this constituency.

=== Vidhan Sabha Constituencies === Dausa district has 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://dausa.rajasthan.gov.in/sm/jankalyan-category-and-entry-type/11846/33/48/80 |title=Assembly Constituency-Dausa District |access-date=5 August 2023 |website=District Dausa}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable" width="500px" !width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number !width="100px"|Name !width="100px" colspan=2|Party !width="150px"|Elected Representative |- |85 |Bandikui |{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}} |Bhagchand Tankda |- |86 |Mahuwa |Rajendra Meena |- |87 |Sikrai |Vikram Banshiwal |- |88 |Dausa |{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Murari Lal Meena |- |89 |Lalsot |{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Rambilas Meena |}

==Demographics==

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,21,510|13=1911|14=3,05,507|15=1921|16=2,54,843|17=1931|18=2,83,384|19=1941|20=3,22,117|21=1951|22=4,03,207|23=1961|24=4,73,905|25=1971|26=5,88,702|27=1981|28=7,63,706|29=1991|30=9,99,227|31=2001|32=13,23,002|33=2011|34=16,34,409|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

According to the 2011 census Dausa district has a population of 1,634,409, with a population density of 476 persons per km²,<ref name=districtcensus>{{Cite web |title=District Census Handbook 2011 - Dausa|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1038/download/3166/DH_2011_0811_PART_A_DCHB_DAUSA.pdf|website=Census of India|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Guinea-Bissau 1,596,677 July 2011 est. }}</ref> or the US state of Idaho.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |access-date=30 September 2011 |quote=Idaho 1,567,582 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=19 October 2013}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 305th in India (out of a total of 640).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 476 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 24.31%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Dausa has a sex ratio of 905 females for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a literacy rate of 68.16%, with male literacy at 82.98% and female literacy at 51.93%. 12.35% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 21.68% and 26.51% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/> === Religion === {{bar box |title=Religions in Dausa district (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11390/download/14503/DDW08C-01%20MDDS.XLS|title=Table C-16 Population by religious community: Rajasthan|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}</ref> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|96.81}} {{bar percent|Islam|green|2.78}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.41}} }} According to the 2011 census, Hindus form the majority religious group accounting for 96.81% of the district's population, followed by Muslims (2.78%).<ref name="religion" />

=== Languages === {{Pie chart |caption = Languages of Dausa district (2011)<ref name="language"/> |label1 = Hindi |value1 = 86.77 |color1 = orange |label2 = Dhundari |value2 = 6.64 |color2 = sienna |label3 = Rajasthani |value3 = 6.40 |color3 = firebrick |label4 = Others |value4 = 0.19 |color4 = grey }}

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 86.77% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 6.64% Dhundari and 6.40% Rajasthani as their first language.<ref name="language">{{Cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10220/download/13332/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0800.XLSX|title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Rajasthan|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}</ref> The dialect of the region is Dhundari.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://dausa.rajasthan.gov.in/ Official website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060508035352/http://www.rajasthan.gov.in/DAUSA1.SHTM Dausa district on Rajasthan govt page]

{{Geographic location |Centre = Dausa district |North = Alwar district |Northeast = |East = Bharatpur district |Southeast = Gangapur district |South = |Southwest = Sawai Madhopur district |West = Jaipur Rural district |Northwest = }}

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