Deeg district

Deeg district is a district of Rajasthan state in northwestern India. It is bordered by Haryana to the north, Uttar Pradesh to the east, Bharatpur district to the south, and Alwar district to the west. The district is part of the Mewat region, while in the south it transitions to Braj Bhoomi.

Deeg district has 9 tehsils: Pahari, Jurhara, Kaman, Seekri, Nagar, Deeg, Janoothar, Kumher and Rarah.

Demographics[edit]

Religions in Deeg district (2011)^[1]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			66.02%
Islam			31.90%
Sikhism			1.65%
Other or not stated			0.43%

Deeg district has a population of 1,072,755. Deeg district has a sex ratio of 894 females per 1000 males. 132,151 (12.32%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 163,199 (15.21%) and 10,669 (0.99%) of the population respectively.^[2]

Hindus are the majority community in the district. Muslims, mainly Meos, are largely rural and are majority in the northern tehsils.

Languages of Deeg district (2011)^[3]

Hindi (52.86%)

Braj Bhasha (31.65%)

Mewati (11.87%)

Others (3.62%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 52.86% of the population spoke Hindi, 31.65% Braj and 11.87% Mewati as their first language.^[3]

References[edit]

↑ "Table C-01 Population By Religion - Rajasthan". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
↑ "District Census Handbook 2011 - Bharatpur" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Rajasthan". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

[Religion-1] "Table C-01 Population By Religion - Rajasthan". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

[districtcensus-2] "District Census Handbook 2011 - Bharatpur" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

[language-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Rajasthan". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

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