| Voice of Dholapur District
: S.L.Sharma
Dholapur District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 3033.0 Km2
Population in Dhaulpur (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1207293
Male : 654344
Female : 552949
Under 6 population
Total : 215567
Male : 116276
Female : 99291
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 28338
In seeing : 17698
In speech : 1155
In hearing : 976
In movement : 7020
Mental : 1489
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 282
Sex Ratio Rank : 15
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 324 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 371 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Dholapur District
Location
Dhaulpur is a newly formed district of Rajasthan, carved out
of Bharatpur district. It is bound on the north-east by Agra district
of Uttar Pradesh, on the south by Morena district of Madhya Pradesh,
on the west by Sawai Madhopur district and on the north by Bharatpur
district of Rajasthan.
Distance from major Cities
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Jaipur-186 kms
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Agra-60 kms
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Delhi-200 kms
Climate and Rainfal
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Dhaulpur town is one of the hottest place in
Rajasthan.
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Maximum temperature raises upto 49 degree celsius.
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Minimum temperature reaches one degree celsius.
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The average annual rainfall in the district
is about 67 cms.
Major Crops and their Production
| Production:
2004-05 |
| (Tonnes) |
| Bajra |
150204 |
| Wheat |
142496 |
| Rapeseed & Mustard |
108628 |
| Sugar cane |
4120 |
| Gram |
3421 |
| Barley |
1490 |
| Guarseed |
1244 |
| Rice |
960 |
| Groundnuts |
323 |
| Field pea |
228 |
| Jowar |
75 |
| Masoor |
72 |
| Black gram (urad) |
71 |
| Green gram (Moong) |
36 |
| Maize |
33 |
| Cowpea (Chowri) |
11 |
| |
Minerals
| Mineral Production:
1999-00 |
| Tonnes |
| Masonary stone |
18,154 |
| Sand stone |
71,166 |
Infrastructure
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Electricity
The existing power position in
the district is just sufficient. The district is receiving the
supply of power from Hindaun and Gwalior by way of transmission
through a sub-station. Out of total 551 villages in the district,
509 were electrified as on 31 March 2000.
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Water
The water supply function in
the district is performed by PHED, Dhaulpur. The major supply
of water by PHED is being done from two sources viz., Chambal
river and through wells.
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Road Transport
Dhaulpur district is attached
with Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh States. All the towns
of the district are well connected with State Highways. The
Dhaulpur town itself is located at National Highway No.3. As
on March 2000, the total length of different types of roads
in the district was about 1,133 kms.
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Rail Transport
Dhaulpur district is well connected
with both meter guage and broad guage rail routes with Agra,
Gwalior, Bharatput and Sawai Madhopur etc. The total rail length
in the district is 105.15 kms.
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Air Transport
The nearest airport is at Agra
(60 kms).
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Communication Facilities
| (Nos.) |
| Post offices |
188 |
| Telegraph offices |
31 |
| Telephone exchanges |
13 |
| Local call offices |
340 |
| STD and PCOs |
8 |
Industrial Scenario
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No. of large and medium scale industries:
2
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No. of large and medium scale industries:
1
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No. of small scale units: 1,53,060
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No. of industrial areas: 3
- Bari, Old Industrial Area
- Dhaulpur
- New Industrial Area, Dhaulpur
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Cattle feed
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Cast iron foundry
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Dal mills
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Handloom cloth
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Hi-tech glass manufacturing
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Iron and steel fabrication
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Leather footwear
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Oil mills
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