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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Udaipur}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Udaipur district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Rajasthan|District of Rajasthan]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = Map_rajasthan_dist_num_3.PNG
| map_caption = Location of Udaipur district in Rajasthan
| coordinates = {{coord|24|23|N|73|37|E|type:adm3rd_region:IN_dim:200000|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint = Udaipur
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Udaipur Division]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Udaipur]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 1.[[Badgaon tehsil|Badgaon]] 2.[[Bhindar tehsil|Bhindar]] 3.[[Girwa tehsil|Girwa]] 4.[[Gogunda tehsil|Gogunda]] 5.[[Jhadol tehsil|Jhadol]] 6.[[Kanor tehsil|Kanor]] 7.[[Kherwara tehsil|Kherwara]] 8.[[Kotra tehsil|Kotra]] 9.[[Lasadiya tehsil|Lasadiya]] 10.[[Mavli tehsil|Mavli]] 11.[[Rishabhdeo tehsil|Rishabhdeo]] 12.[[Salumbar tehsil|Salumbar]] 13.[[Semari tehsil|Semari]] 14.[[Sarada tehsil|Sarada]] 15.[[Vallabhnagar tehsil|Vallabhnagar]]
| area_total_km2 = 11724
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 3,068,420
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 19.83%
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 61.82%<ref name="Census_2011_A" />
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 958
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = District spread over 2 constituencies - Udaipur and Chittorgarh
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 9
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = National Highways 8, 76
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = 554 mm
| demographics_type2 = Languages
| demographics2_title1 = Official
| demographics2_info1 = [[Hindi]]
| demographics2_title2 = Regional
| demographics2_info2 = [[Mewari language|Mewari]]
| website = {{URL|http://udaipur.rajasthan.gov.in/}}
}}

'''Udaipur district''' is one of the 33 [[Districts of Rajasthan|district]]s of [[Rajasthan]] [[States and territories of India|state]] in western [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rajcensus.gov.in/admin.html|title=Statistical Data of Rajasthan State Pertaining to Census-2011|website=www.rajcensus.gov.in|access-date=2018-09-07}}</ref> The historic city of [[Udaipur]] is the administrative headquarters of the district.<ref name="Census_2011_A">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/UdaipurRajasthan2011CensusHandbookA|title=District Census Handbook Udaipur, Village and Town Directory Part XII-A|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations Rajasthan|year=2011|series=Series-09, Part XII-A}}</ref> The district is part of the [[Mewar]] region of Rajasthan.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{Cite book|url=http://plan.rajasthan.gov.in/content/planning-portal/en/des/publications/RAJASTHAN_GAZETTEERS/DISTRICT_GAZETTEER/UDAIPUR/ENGLISH.html|title=Rajasthan District Gazeteers Udaipur|last=Agarwal|first=B.D.|publisher=Directorate of District Gazeteers|year=1979|location=Jaipur}}</ref>

== History ==
Before Udaipur district was established in independent India, it was a part of former [[Udaipur State|Mewar or Udaipur State]],<ref name="Census_2011_A" /> comprising little less than half the portion of the former state.<ref name="Gazetteer" />

With the formation of the [[United State of Rajasthan]] in 1948, parts of the erstwhile district of Girwa, Khamnor, Rajnagar, Bhim, Magra, Kherwara and Kumbhalgarh, together with the [[thikanas]] of Nathdwara, Kankroli, Salumbar (excluding Saira tehsil), Bhinder, Kanor, Bansi, Bari Sadri, Amet, Sardargarh, Deogarh and Gogunda were combined to constitute the district of Udaipur.<ref name="Census_2011_A" />

During the decadal period 1951-61, two new tehsils - Nathdwara and Gogunda - were created in the district.<ref name="Gazetteer" /> In 1991, seven tehsils of Udaipur district (Bhim, Deogarh, Amet, Kumbhalgarh, Rajsamand, Nathdwara and Railmagra) were transferred out of Udaipur district to create the new district of [[Rajsamand district|Rajsamand]].<ref name="Census_2011_A" /> Since then, several new tehsils have been created by restructuring or dividing existing tehsils; such new tehsils include [[Rishabhdeo tehsil|Rishabhdeo]] and [[Lasadiya tehsil|Lasadiya]] created in 2008,<ref name="Census_2011_A" /> Badgaon in 2012,<ref name="UdaipurNews2012">{{cite news |title=Badgaon bani tehsil |url=http://udaipurnews.in/2012/06/18/the-tehsil-budgaon/ |access-date=18 April 2019 |work=Udaipur News |date=18 June 2012}}</ref> Bhindar in 2017,<ref name="DainikBhaskar2017">{{cite news |title=Saat jilo mein nau nai tehsilo ka gathan |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JAI-HMU-MAT-latest-jaipur-news-043505-430151-NOR.html |access-date=18 April 2019 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=8 November 2017}}</ref> and [[Kanor tehsil|Kanor]] in 2018.<ref name="RevBoardNotification2018">{{cite news |title=Notification No. P9(1) Raj / Group -1 / 2018 |url=https://archive.org/details/RajasthanTehsilFormationNotification16July2018 |access-date=18 April 2019 |work=Revenue Board |agency=Government of Rajasthan |date=16 July 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==
The area of Udaipur District is 11,724 square kilometres.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://plan.rajasthan.gov.in/content/dam/planning-portal/Directorate%20of%20Economics%20and%20Statistics/Publication/DISTRICT%20PUBLICATIONS/district%20at%20a%20glance/Udaipur/District%20At%20a%20Glance%202016,%20Udaipur.pdf|title=जिला एक दृष्टी मैं, जिला उदयपुर (District at a Glance, Udaipur District)|publisher=Office of Deputy Director Economic and Statistics|year=2016|location=Udaipur}}</ref> The district is characterized by hilly terrain, with hills in the west and south, an elevated plateau in the north, and plains in the east.<ref name="Gazetteer" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/Rajasthan/Udaipur.pdf|title=Ground Water Scenario, Udaipur District, Rajasthan|publisher=Central Ground Water Board|year=2013|location=Jaipur}}</ref> The western part of the district is drained by the Sabarmati, Wakal and Sei rivers, while the southeastern part of the district is drained by Jakham, Gomti and Som rivers.<ref name=":2" />

Udaipur district bounded on the northwest by the [[Aravalli Range]], across which lie the districts of [[Sirohi District|Sirohi]] and [[Pali District|Pali]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/Data/Census_2011/Map/Rajasthan/00_Rajasthan.pdf|title=Rajasthan Administrative Divisions 2011|website=Census of India|access-date=7 September 2018}}</ref> It is bounded on the north by [[Rajsamand District]], on the east by [[Chittaurgarh District]] and [[Pratapgarh district, Rajasthan|Pratapgarh District]], on the south by [[Dungarpur District]], and on the southwest by the state of [[Gujarat]].<ref name=":0" />

The continental watershed, in the form of the [[Aravalli range]], passes through the district, with the northeastern part of the district draining to the [[Bay of Bengal]] and the southwestern part draining to the [[Gulf of Khambhat]].<ref name="Tahal_report">{{cite book |title=Study on Planning of Water Resources of Rajasthan |date=2014 |publisher=Tahal Group |url=http://water.rajasthan.gov.in/content/water/en/swrpdepartment/dataroom/tahaldata.html |access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> 47% of the district's area lies in the [[Mahi River|Mahi]] basin, 30% in [[Sabarmati]] basin, and 23% in the [[Banas River|Banas]] basin.<ref name="Tahal_report" /> The average annual rainfall of the district is 637 mm.<ref name=":2" />

==Demographics==
[[Rishabhdeo tehsil|According]] to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Udaipur district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 3,068,420,<ref name="Census_2011_B">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/UdaipurDistrict2011CensusHandbook-B|title=District Census Handbook Udaipur, Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract Part XII-B|year=2011|publisher=Census2011.co.in|access-date=2011-09-30}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Oman]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html|title=Country Comparison:Population|author=US Directorate of Intelligence|access-date=2011-10-01|quote=Oman 3,027,959}}</ref> or the US state of [[Iowa]].<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=2011-09-30|quote=Iowa 3,046,355}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 118th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name="Census_2011_B" /> The district has a population density of {{convert| 242 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name="Census_2011_B" /> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 23.66%.<ref name="Census_2011_B" /> Udaipur has a [[sex ratio]] of 958 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name="Census_2011_B" /> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 62.74%.<ref name="Census_2011_B" />

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 77.68% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]], 19.23% [[Bhili language|Bhili]], 1.06% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], 0.67% [[Urdu]] and 0.45% [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

Several areas of the district are classified as [[Scheduled Areas (India)|Scheduled Areas]] because of large [[scheduled tribe|tribal]] populations in these areas.<ref name="Gazette_19May2019">{{cite news |title=Gazette of India |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.central.e.2018-05-19.185561 |access-date=13 April 2019 |publisher=Government of India |date=19 May 2019}}</ref> Scheduled Areas in the district include the entire tehsils of [[Kotra Tehsil|Kotra]], [[Jhadol Tehsil|Jhadol]], Lasadiya, Salumber, Sarada, [[Kherwara tehsil, Udaipur, Rajasthan|Kherwara]], [[Rishabhdeo tehsil|Rishabhdeo]], and [[Gogunda Tehsil, Udaipur, Rajasthan|Gogunda]], and portions of Girwa, Mavli, and Vallabhnagar tehsils.<ref name="Gazette_19May2019" /> Among 2,479 villages in the district, 1,945 villages (78%) are designed as being under the [[Tribal Sub-Plan]].<ref name="DainikBhaskar2018">{{cite news |title=TSP mein jude Udaipur ke 342 gaon, pahle 1612 the, ab 1954 hue |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/udaipur/news/latest-udaipur-news-071004-2176665.html |access-date=20 April 2019 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=12 July 2018}}</ref>{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,47,896|13=1911|14=4,30,225|15=1921|16=4,56,868|17=1931|18=5,22,826|19=1941|20=6,23,505|21=1951|22=7,33,014|23=1961|24=9,09,566|25=1971|26=11,85,788|27=1981|28=15,74,876|29=1991|30=19,52,388|31=2001|32=24,81,201|33=2011|34=30,68,420|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}}

==Economy==
The economy of Udaipur district is primarily dependent on agriculture with 61.7 percent workers in the district engaged as cultivators or agricultural labourers.<ref name="Census_2011_A" />

In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Udaipur one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name="brgf" /> It is one of the twelve districts in Rajasthan currently receiving funds from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund|Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme]] (BRGF).<ref name="brgf">{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj|date=8 September 2009|title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme|publisher=National Institute of Rural Development|url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|access-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|archive-date=5 April 2012}}</ref>

Udaipur district is rich in mineral resources, and produces greater value of minerals than the rest of the state combined.<ref name="Census_2011_A" /> The important metallic minerals found in the district are orc of [[copper]], [[lead]], [[zinc]] and [[silver]].<ref name="Census_2011_A" /> Important non-metallic minerals found in the district are rock phosphate, asbestos, limestone, and marble.<ref name=IndustrialReport>{{cite web|title=Brief Industrial Profile of Udaipur District|url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DIPR_Udaipur.pdf|website=Dcmsme.gov.in|publisher=Government of India - Ministry of MSME|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>

==Divisions, Subdivisions and Tehsils==
[[File:Udaipur district map.jpg|thumb|363x363px|Map of Udaipur district]]
Udaipur district comprises eight sub-divisions: Girwa, Kherwada, Mavli, Vallabhnagar, Kotda, Jhadol, Rishabhdev and Salumber.<ref name="Census_2011_A" /> These sub-divisions are further divided into 15 tehsils.<ref name="UdaipurTelDirectory">{{cite web |title=Telephone Directory |url=http://udaipur.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/udaipur/en/telephonedirectory.html |website=Official Website of Udaipur |access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> Girwa sub-division consists two tehsils: [[Girwa]] and [[Gogunda tehsil|Gogunda]].<ref name="Census_2011_A" /> Kherwada sub-division also comprises two tehsils: [[Kherwara tehsil|Kherwada]] and Rishabhdev.<ref name="Census_2011_A" /> Each of the sub-divisions, Mavli, Vallabhnagar, Kotda and Jhadol comprise only one tehsil of the same name.<ref name="Census_2011_A" /> Salumber sub-division comprises three tehsils: [[Lasadiya tehsil|Lasadiya]], [[Salumbar tehsil|Salumbar]] and Sarada.<ref name="Census_2011_A" />

==See also==
*[[Tarpal]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://udaipur.rajasthan.gov.in/ Udaipur district website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Udaipur district
|North = [[Rajsamand district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Chittaurgarh district]] (Western)
|Southeast = [[Pratapgarh district (Rajasthan)|Pratapgarh district]]
|South = [[Dungarpur district]]
|Southwest = [[Sabar Kantha district]], [[Gujarat]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Pali district]] <br> [[Sirohi district]]
}}

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