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Bharatpur
Braj district known for Keoladeo, seasonal rivers and eastern plains
Last verified: 2026-05-05
Bharatpur is described in the 2011 District Census Handbook as Rajasthan's easternmost district, with boundaries touching Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Census 2011 recorded 2,548,462 residents, a 70.11 percent literacy rate and 1,432 inhabited villages. Keoladeo National Park gives the district a UNESCO World Heritage anchor, while the DCHB places Bharatpur in the Braj cultural area.
District at a Glance
| Population, 2011 | Bharatpur district had a Census 2011 population of 2,548,462, with 1,355,726 males and 1,192,736 females. |
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| Rural-urban split, 2011 | Census 2011 recorded 2,053,363 rural residents and 495,099 urban residents in Bharatpur district. |
| Sex ratio, 2011 | The district sex ratio was 880 females per 1,000 males; rural sex ratio was 878 and urban sex ratio was 887. |
| Literacy, 2011 | The Census 2011 literacy rate was 70.11 percent overall, 84.10 percent for males and 54.24 percent for females. |
| Scheduled communities, 2011 | Scheduled Castes numbered 557,305 people, or 21.87 percent, and Scheduled Tribes numbered 54,090 people, or 2.12 percent. |
| Villages and towns, 2011 | The district had 1,524 villages, including 1,432 inhabited and 92 uninhabited villages, and 10 towns. |
| Area rank | The 2011 DCHB gives Bharatpur district's area as 5,066 sq. km. and ranks it 26th in Rajasthan. |
| Keoladeo inscription | Keoladeo National Park was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985 under natural criterion (x). |
| Keoladeo property area | UNESCO records Keoladeo National Park as a 2,873 ha World Heritage property in Rajasthan, 50 km west of Agra. |
| Sub-districts | IGOD lists eight Bharatpur sub-district results: Bayana, Bharatpur, Bhusawar, Nadbai, Rudawal, Rupbas, Uchchain and Weir. |
| Panch Gaurav entries | The Economic Review identifies Honey, Kadamba, agriculture-based products, Keoladeo National Park and wrestling for Bharatpur under Panch Gaurav. |
| Child nutrition burden | The 2020 burden table estimated 139,598 Bharatpur children under five were stunted and 100,981 were underweight. |
District Administration
Current officeholders — sourced from public records.
Superintendent of Police
Digant Anand
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Sanjna Jatav
Bharatpur
Indian National CongressSince 2024
Member of Legislative Assembly
Ritu Banawat
Bayana (SC)
IndependentSince 2023
Member of Legislative Assembly
Nauksham
Kaman
Bharatiya Janata Party
Member of Legislative Assembly
Jagat Singh
Nadbai
Bharatiya Janata Party
District & Sessions Judge
Baljit Singh
History — Ancient → Medieval → Modern
Keoladeo Reserve
Keoladeo was developed in a natural depression wetland that was managed as a duck shooting reserve at the end of the 19th century, and it was declared a national park in 1982.
Excavation Sites
Archaeological excavations have been carried out in Bharatpur district at Noh, Bachhawa Mandi, Bayana, Kaman, Rupbas and Aghapur.
Historic Fort
In Bharatpur city's north-western part stands a historical masonry stone fort of square dimensions with high walls, surrounded by a moat about 61 metres wide.
Bayana Heritage
Bayana is about 45 km south by south-west of Bharatpur and is associated with Vijaygarh fort, Bhim Lat, and the ancient names Sripatha or Shriprastha.
Museum Establishment
Established on 11 November 1944, the Government Museum, Bharatpur is located in the centre of the historic Lohagarh Fort.
Princely Collection
Artefacts collected from various parts of the Bharatpur princely state were initially displayed in a public library under Maharaja Sawai Brijendra Singh in 1939.
Fort Museum Shift
In 1944, the Bharatpur museum collection was moved to the Kachahri Kalan building in Lohagarh Fort, which was later converted into a museum.
Balwant Singh Buildings
The Kachahri Kalan and Kamra Khas buildings were built during the reign of Maharaja Balwant Singh Ji in the first half of the 19th century.
Art, Culture, Heritage & Tourism
Keoladeo Ghana
The Bharatpur DCHB describes Keoladeo Ghana as adjacent to Bharatpur City, a famous breeding water-bird sanctuary and a centre for scientific investigations on water birds.
Braj Performing Arts
Bharatpur district is part of the Braj area, and Braj influence is reflected in Raslila, Phag, Rasiya, Languriya and Nautanki.
Government Museum
The Government Museum, Bharatpur houses artefacts collected from the erstwhile Bharatpur princely state.
Museum Collections
The Government Museum, Bharatpur displays over 581 stone sculptures and 861 local art and craft wares and ancient scriptures.
Excavated Sculptures
Sculptures excavated from Noh, Mallah, Bareh and Bayana, dating from the Kushan period to the 19th century AD, are displayed at the Government Museum, Bharatpur.
Arms Gallery
The Arms Section of the Government Museum, Bharatpur displays weapons and armours used by Jat warriors from the 17th century, along with some weapons acquired from the British Empire.
Geography, Climate & Ecology
Eastern Boundary
In the 2011 DCHB district profile, Bharatpur is described as Rajasthan's easternmost district, with boundaries touching Gurgaon district of Haryana to the north, Mathura and Agra districts of Uttar Pradesh to the east, Alwar and Dausa to the west, and Dhaulpur to the south.
Plains And Hills
Bharatpur and Nadbai tehsils consist of plain and leveled area, while Bayana and Rupbas tehsils have hilly area.
Seasonal Rivers
The district has no perennial river; Gambhir, Banganga and Ruparel are the main seasonal rivers.
Annual Rainfall
The annual normal rainfall of Bharatpur district is 663.9 mm.
Flood-Prone Plain
Bharatpur is placed in the Flood-prone Eastern Plain, where major crops are Bajra, Guar and Groundnut in kharif and Wheat, Barley, Mustard and Gram in rabi.
Migratory Wetland
Keoladeo National Park is an important wintering ground of Palaearctic migratory waterfowl and has large congregations of non-migratory resident breeding birds.
Wetland Mosaic
The Keoladeo landscape is a mosaic of grasslands, woodlands, woodland swamps and wetlands, with about 375 bird species and other life forms recorded.
Migratory Flyway
Because Keoladeo lies in the middle of the Central Asian migratory flyway and has water, ducks, geese, coots, pelicans and waders arrive there in winter.
Wintering Habitat
Keoladeo was the only known wintering site of the central population of the critically endangered Siberian Crane and also winters globally threatened Greater Spotted Eagle and Imperial Eagle.
Breeding Heronry
In the breeding season, Keoladeo forms a major heronry with 15 species of herons, ibis, cormorants, spoonbills and storks; in a well-flooded year over 20,000 birds nest.
Managed Wetlands
Keoladeo wetlands are not natural; they depend on the monsoon and on water pumped from outside, traditionally from the Ajan Bandh reservoir.
Wetland Pressures
UNESCO identifies Keoladeo's major threats as water supply quantity and quality, invasive vegetation such as Prosopis, Eichhornia and Paspalum, and inappropriate use by neighbouring villages.
Economy — Sectors, Industry, Energy
Worker Count
As a Census 2011 Bharatpur district fact, total workers numbered 1,071,154, with 694,929 main workers and 376,225 marginal workers.
Agricultural Workforce
Among Census 2011 Bharatpur district workers, cultivators were 46.77 percent and agricultural labourers were 22.30 percent of main and marginal workers.
Land Use
Bharatpur's 2014-15 land utilisation recorded total area of 515,764 hectares, forest area of 33,645 hectares, non-agriculture land of 61,795 hectares and net area sown of 396,007 hectares.
Mineral Areas
An estimated 2.5 percent of Bharatpur district's area comes under mines and minerals; minerals are generally found around Bayana, Kama, Weir, Bhusawar, Deeg, Roopwas and Bharatpur.
Main Minerals
Bharatpur's main minerals include silica sand, soap stone, brick clay, mill stone and quartzite, with brick clay found generally all over the district.
Small Units
The industrial profile counted 11,515 registered micro and small scale units in Bharatpur, employing 47,981 people with Rs. 14,374.02 lakh investment, and recorded six industrial areas.
Industrial Areas
As on 31 March 2016, Bharatpur's main industrial areas included Old Industrial Area, Brij Industrial Area, Industrial Area Bayana, Industrial Area Deeg, Industrial Area Jurhera and IID Centre Bayana.
Large Industry
The functional large-scale industry listed for Bharatpur was Cimmco Birla Limited at Mal Godown Road, making railway wagon machinery and steel structural products, with Rs. 281.28 crore investment and 245 employees.
Tourism Services
The profile identifies tourism-service potential in Bharatpur for hotels and tour and travel agencies because Keoladeo Ghana bird sanctuary is located in the district.
Enterprise Prospects
Potential new MSMEs listed for Bharatpur include edible oil refinery, oil mills, dal mills, tomato ketchup and sauce, dehydrated vegetables, flour mills, stone cutting and polishing, stone grit and oil expellers.
Oil Mill Cluster
The Edible Oil Mill cluster at Bharatpur had 80 functional units, Rs. 4 crore turnover, direct employment of 1,500 people and indirect employment of 2,500 people.
ODOP Product
As of 25 July 2025, Rajasthan's ODOP list identified Bharatpur's One District One Product as Agro Based Product.
District Income
For 2024-25, Bharatpur's provisional GDDP at current prices was Rs. 45,804 crore and its provisional district per capita income at current prices was Rs. 135,662.
Political & Administrative Setup
Administrative Units
In the 2011 District Census Handbook, Bharatpur district is described as having 10 sub-divisions and 10 tehsil headquarters.
Panchayat Samitis
For rural development and Panchayati Raj implementation, the 2011 District Census Handbook describes Bharatpur district as divided into 9 Panchayat Samitis.
Gram Panchayats
The 2011 District Census Handbook records 365 Gram Panchayats in Bharatpur district.
Park Protection
Keoladeo National Park has legal protection under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and Indian Forest Act, 1927, and is managed by the Rajasthan Forest Department.
Urban Authority
Bharatpur is one of Rajasthan's seven active urban development authorities listed in the Economic Review.
Roopwas Master Plan
The NCR Cell prepared the Draft Master Plan-2041 for Roopwas town in Bharatpur district.
Government Directory
IGOD places the Bharatpur sub-district page in the hierarchy State / UT Government > Rajasthan > Districts > Bharatpur > Sub Districts.
Lok Sabha Electors
In the Election Commission of India's Elections, 2024 constituency-wise detailed results, Bharatpur is Constituency 9 with total electors 2,124,971.
Lok Sabha Winner
In General Election 2024, Sanjna Jatav of INC was listed at serial no. 1 for Bharatpur, polling 579,890 total votes and 51.43 percent of valid votes.
Runner-up Votes
In General Election 2024, Ramswaroop Koli of BJP was listed at serial no. 2 for Bharatpur, polling 527,907 total votes and 46.82 percent of valid votes.
Vote Totals
In General Election 2024, the ECI Bharatpur table totalled 1,116,850 general votes, 16,150 postal votes and 1,133,000 total votes across listed entries.
Bharatpur MLA
In the State Election 2023 Assembly result, constituency 73 - Bharatpur had total electors 279,032; Dr. Subhash Garg of RLD polled 81,878 total votes, or 43.26 percent.
Nadbai MLA
In the State Election 2023 Assembly result, constituency 74 - Nadbai had total electors 291,897; Jagat Singh of BJP polled 103,795 total votes, or 50.15 percent.
Bayana MLA
In the State Election 2023 Assembly result, constituency 76 - Bayana (SC) had total electors 266,511; Dr. Ritu Banawat with party code IND polled 105,749 total votes, or 54.94 percent.
Governance Initiatives & Schemes (2025-26)
ODOP Buyer Meet
Bharatpur was listed as a buyer-seller meet location with special focus on ODOP after Rs. 20.00 lakh was transferred to REPC for organising buyer-seller meets.
Nutri-Cereals Mission
For 2025-26, Bharatpur is included under the National Food Security and Nutrition Mission for Nutri-cereals for both Jowar and Bajra crop coverage.
Cotton Mission
For 2025-26, Bharatpur is included among the 18 districts covered for cotton under the National Food Security and Nutrition Mission for Commercial Crops.
Botanical Gardens
Botanical gardens are being developed in Bharatpur and five other cities, modeled after the World Forestry Arboretum, Jaipur.
Startup Incubator
By 2025-26 up to December, startup incubators had already been set up in Bharatpur along with Jaipur, Kota, Bikaner, Churu, Pali, Jodhpur and Udaipur districts.
ANC Registration
The District Nutrition Profile listed 60,846 pregnant women registered for ANC in Bharatpur.
Institutional Births
The District Nutrition Profile recorded 53,379 institutional births in Bharatpur.
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Test yourself — 10 questions
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Question 1 of 10
According to the 2011 Census DCHB, what was Bharatpur district's total population?
Frequently asked questions
What was Bharatpur district's Census 2011 population?
Census 2011 recorded Bharatpur district's population as 2,548,462, comprising 1,355,726 males and 1,192,736 females.
Why is Keoladeo National Park important for Bharatpur?
UNESCO records Keoladeo as a 2,873 ha World Heritage property, inscribed in 1985, and describes it as an important wintering ground for Palaearctic migratory waterfowl.
Which rivers are associated with Bharatpur district?
The district has no perennial river; Gambhir, Banganga and Ruparel are the main seasonal rivers listed in the DCHB.
What cultural zone influences Bharatpur district?
The DCHB places Bharatpur in the Braj area and notes Braj influence in Raslila, Phag, Rasiya, Languriya and Nautanki.
Which sub-districts does IGOD list for Bharatpur?
IGOD lists eight Bharatpur sub-district results: Bayana, Bharatpur, Bhusawar, Nadbai, Rudawal, Rupbas, Uchchain and Weir.
What is Bharatpur's One District One Product entry?
Rajasthan's ODOP list identified Bharatpur's One District One Product as Agro Based Product as of 25 July 2025.
What industrial cluster is listed for Bharatpur?
The District Industrial Potential Report lists an Edible Oil Mill cluster at Bharatpur with 80 functional units and Rs. 4 crore turnover.
What was Bharatpur's 2024 Lok Sabha electorate in the ECI table?
In the Election Commission of India's Elections, 2024 constituency-wise results, Bharatpur is Constituency 9 with total electors 2,124,971.