Dholpur District is a district of Rajasthan state in Northern India. The town of Dholpur is the district headquarters. Dholpur District is a part of Bharatpur Divisional Commissionerate. It was carved out from the erstwhile Bharatpur District on 15 April 1982.

Dholpur District has an area of 3084 km. The Chambal River forms the southern boundary of the district, across which lies the state of Madhya Pradesh. The district is bounded by the state of Uttar Pradesh on the east and northeast, by Bharatpur District of Rajasthan on the northwest, and Karauli District of Rajasthan on the west. All along the bank of the Chambal River the district is deeply intersected by ravines; low ranges of hills in the western portion of the district supply quarries of fine-grained and easily worked red sandstone.

Administratively the district is divided into four subdivisions, Dholpur, Bari, Rajakhera, and Baseri, and six tehsils, Dholpur, Bari, Rajakhera, Basedi, Sarmathura and Saipau.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	298,547	—
1911	273,322	−0.88%
1921	241,508	−1.23%
1931	246,660	+0.21%
1941	286,788	+1.52%
1951	302,123	+0.52%
1961	363,727	+1.87%
1971	459,655	+2.37%
1981	585,059	+2.44%
1991	749,479	+2.51%
2001	983,258	+2.75%
2011	1,206,516	+2.07%
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According to the 2011 census Dholpur district has a population of 1,206,516, roughly equal to the nation of Bahrain or the US state of New Hampshire. This gives it a ranking of 394th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 398 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,030/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.78%. Dhaulpur has a sex ratio of 845 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 70.14%. 20.51% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 20.36% and 4.86% of the population respectively.

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 97.91% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 1.58% Braj Bhasha as their first language.