Jhalawar district


Jhalawar district is one of the 33 districts of Rajasthan state in western India. The district is bounded on the northwest by Kota district, on the northeast by Baran district, on the east by Guna district of Madhya Pradesh state, on the south by Rajgarh and Shajapur districts of Madhya Pradesh state and on the west by Ratlam, Mandsaur and Nimach districts of Madhya Pradesh state. The district occupies an area of 6928 km². The district is part of Kota division. The historical city of Jhalawar is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Origin of name

The name of the district is derived from the erstwhile princely state of Jhalawar.

History

The territory of the present district belonged to the princely state of Jhalawar till India's independence in 1947.

Geography

The district lies in the Hadoti region in southeast Rajasthan, on the edge of Malwa Plateau. The Kali Sindh River flows northward through the center of the district.

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Jhalawar one of the country's 250 most backward districts. It is one of the twelve districts in Rajasthan currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Divisions

The district is divided into Eight sub-divisions as per Govt of Rajasthan: Jhalawar, Aklera, Asnawar, Gangdhar, Bhawani Mandi, Pirawa, Khanpur, and Manohar Thana.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Jhalawar district has a population of 1,411,129, roughly equal to the nation of Swaziland or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 349th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.57%. Jhalawar has a sex ratio of 945 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 62.13%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 98.80% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 0.68% Urdu as their first language.