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Gangapur district | |
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![]() Location of Gangapur district in Rajasthan | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Rajasthan |
Division | Bharatpur |
Established | 2023 |
Headquarters | Gangapur City |
Government | |
• District Collector & Magistrate | Dr. Gaurav Saini, IAS [1] |
• Superintendent of Police | Sujeet Shankar, IPS [2] |
Population | |
• Total | 920,340 |
• Urban | 153,038 |
Languages | |
• Official | Spoken | Hindi | Braj and Dhundhari |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Website | Gangapur City District |
Gangapur district [3] is a district of Rajasthan State in north-west India. Gangapur City is the district headquarter. It comes under Bharatpur Division. It is one of the newest districts of Rajasthan. [4]
At the time of the 2011 census, what is now Gangapur City district has a population of 920,340. Gangapur City has a sex ratio of 875 females per 1000 males. 153,038 (16.63%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 192,321 (20.90%) and 226,406 (24.60%) of the population respectively. [6] [7]
At the time of the 2011 census, 97.67% of the population spoke Hindi & Rajasthani and 1.61% Urdu as their first language. [8]