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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Chittorgarh}}
{{Distinguish|Chittoor district}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chittorgarh district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Rajasthan|District]] of [[Rajasthan]]
| total_type = Total
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| image_caption = [[Kirti Stambha]] with nearby temple, [[Chittor Fort]]
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| map_caption = Chittorgarh district
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = [[Udaipur division|Udaipur]]
| established_title = Established
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Chittorgarh|Chittaurgarh]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
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| area_total_km2 = 7822
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,544,338
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'''Chittaurgarh district''' is one of the 33 [[Districts of Rajasthan|district]]s of [[Rajasthan]] [[States and territories of India|state]] in western [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rajcensus.gov.in/admin.html|title=Statistical Data of Rajasthan State Pertaining to Census-2011|website=www.rajcensus.gov.in|access-date=2018-09-07}}</ref> The historic city of [[Chittorgarh|Chittaurgarh]] is the administrative headquarters of the district.<ref name="Census2011">{{cite book |title=District Census Handbook Chittaurgarh |date=2011 |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations |url=https://archive.org/details/2011DistrictCensusChittaurgarh}}</ref> The modern district of Chittaurgarh was established on 1 August 1948 by integrating portions of various states: [[Mewar State|Mewar]], [[Pratapgarh State|Pratabgarh]], [[Tonk State|Tonk]], and [[Jhalawar State|Jhalawar]].<ref name="District_Gaz">{{cite book |title=Rajasthan District Gazetteers - Chittaurgarh |date=1977 |publisher=Directorate of District Gazetteers |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.146807/}}</ref> Chittaurgarh is famous for the [[Chittor Fort|Chittor fort]], home to various famous Rajput dynasties.

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Chittorgarh one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the twelve districts in Rajasthan currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Chittorgarh district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,544,338,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Gabon]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Gabon 1,576,665
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Hawaii 1,360,301
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 323rd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/>
The district has a population density of {{convert| 193 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.09%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Chittaurgarh has a [[sex ratio]] of 970 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 62.51%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 67.88% of the population in the district spoke [[Mewari language|Mewari]], 15.52% [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]] and 13.86% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,34,331|13=1911|14=2,88,969|15=1921|16=3,08,082|17=1931|18=3,52,415|19=1941|20=4,17,574|21=1951|22=4,72,109|23=1961|24=5,71,327|25=1971|26=7,14,436|27=1981|28=9,21,629|29=1991|30=11,04,610|31=2001|32=13,30,360|33=2011|34=15,44,338|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

==See also==
* [[Chittor Fort]]
* [[Tourism in Rajasthan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://chittorgarh.rajasthan.gov.in Official website of Chittorgarh district]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Chittorgarh district (West)
|North = [[Bhilwara district]]
|Northeast =
|East =
|Southeast = [[Neemuch district]], [[Rajasthan]]
|South = [[Pratapgarh district (Rajasthan)|Pratapgarh district]]
|Southwest = [[Udaipur district]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Rajsamand district]]
}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Chittorgarh district (East)
|North = [[Bundi district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Kota district]]
|Southeast = [[Mandsaur district]], [[Rajasthan]]
|South = [[Neemuch district]], [[Rajasthan]]
|Southwest =
|West =
|Northwest = [[Bhilwara district]]
}}

{{Chittorgarh district}}
{{Districts of Rajasthan}}
{{Rajasthan}}
{{Authority control}}

{{Coord|24|52|48|N|74|37|12|E|region:IN-RJ_type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-nowiki|display=title}}

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