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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dungarpur district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Rajasthan|District]] of [[Rajasthan]]
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| image_caption = Kandi Dam
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| map_caption = Location of Dungarpur district in Rajasthan
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
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| area_total_km2 = 3770
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| population_total = 1388552
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| population_urban = 88473<ref name="Census2011Dungarpur" />
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| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
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| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
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'''Dungarpur District''' is a district of the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Rajasthan]] in western [[India]]. The town of [[Dungarpur]] is the district headquarters.

==History==
{{main|Bhil people|Dungarpur State}}
The area of Dungarpur district was occupied by the [[Bhil people]] perhaps as early as 4000 BCE.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Vaughan, Keith |year=2009 |title=Faces of India|journal=PSA Journal|volume=75|issue=10|pages=26–29, page 27 }}</ref> There is second largest community of [[Patidar]]. It was invaded by [[Rajput]]s in the 12th century. Dungarpur State was founded in 1197 by Samant Singh, a Rajput prince from [[Mewar]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dungarpur (Princely State) |publisher=[[Queensland University]] |url=http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/d/dungarpur.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905003655/http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/d/dungarpur.html |archive-date=5 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> but Rajput control over the area took centuries.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Fattori, Marco |year=2012 |chapter=The Bhil and the Rajput Kingdoms of Southern Rajasthan |editor1=Das Gupta, Sanjukta |editor2=Basu, Raj Sekhar |title=Narratives from the Margins: Aspects of Adivasi History in India|location=New Delhi |publisher=Primus Books |pages=127–152, [https://books.google.com/books?id=VDGIpkJ9BgwC&pg=PA140 page 140] |isbn=978-93-80607-10-8}}</ref> ''Bagar'' or ''Vargar'' was the name the Rajputs gave to the area of Dungarpur and [[Banswara district|Banswara]] districts.<ref>{{harvnb|Fattori|2012|page=139}}</ref> The Bhil people remained the major ethnic group in the district during Rajput rule, and under the [[British Raj]] formed the core of the military and police.<ref>{{harvnb|Fattori|2012|pages=141–143}}</ref>

==Geography and climate==
Dungarpur District lies in southern Rajasthan on the border with [[Gujarat]]. The district has an area of 3,770 km<sup>2</sup><ref name="DDP">{{Cite web|title=Dungarpur District Profile |publisher=Bureau of Investment Promotion (BIP) |location=Rajasthan |url=http://www.investrajasthan.com/about/dun2814.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209094917/http://www.investrajasthan.com/about/dun2814.htm |archive-date=9 February 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and had a population of 1,388,906 in 2011. The district is roughly triangular in shape.<ref>{{Cite web|title=District Wise Health Facilities: District Map: Dungarpur District|publisher=National Health Mission (NHM), Government of Rajastha |url=http://nrhmrajasthan.nic.in/District%20map%20PDF%20Dt.%2026.01.13/District%20Wise/Dungarpur.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319175709/http://nrhmrajasthan.nic.in/District%20map%20PDF%20Dt.%2026.01.13/District%20Wise/Dungarpur.jpg |archive-date=19 March 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Mahi River]] runs along the southeastern edge of the district, forming the boundary with [[Banswara district|Banswara District]]. The [[Som River]], a tributary of the Mahi, runs along the northern edge of the district, largely forming the boundary with [[Udaipur district|Udaipur District]]. The district is bounded on the southeast by the districts of [[Sabarkantha district|Sabarkantha]], [[Panchmahal district|Panchmahal]] and [[Dahod district|Dahod]] of the state of [[Gujarat]]. The [[Vatrak River]] originates in Dungarpur District.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Basinwise Watershed Codes: Sabarmati|publisher= Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India |url=http://cgwb.gov.in/watershed/cdsabarmati.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329141546/http://cgwb.gov.in/watershed/cdsabarmati.html |archive-date=29 March 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The district has a dry climate with a hot season from April to June; however the climate is milder than in the [[Thar Desert|desert regions of Rajasthan]] to the north and west. The maximum temperature in the district occurs during the hot season and ranges between 40°to 45° Celsius. The minimum temperature ranges between 10° and 12° Celsius, usually occurring in January.<ref name="DDP" /> The monsoon season, which runs from June through September, brings almost the only rain to much of the district, but some rain may fall from November through February.<ref name="Rainfall">{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan Rainfall Data (1957 to 2014) |publisher=Department of Water Resources, Government of Rajasthan |url=http://waterresources.rajasthan.gov.in/Daily_Rainfall_Data/Rainfall_Index.htm}}</ref> The annual rainfall varies extensively over the district from up to 880 mm in Dungarpur town in the northwest to under 500 mm at Nithawa in the northeast.<ref name="Rainfall" /> But the rainfall is quite variable from year to year, as Nithawa had 805 mm in 2013 but only 465 mm in 2014.<ref name="Rainfall" />

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Dungarpur 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|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]] Dungarpur district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,388,552, <ref name=Census2011Dungarpur>{{Cite book|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0826_PART_B_DCHB_DUNGARPUR.pdf|title=District Census Handbook Dungarpur Part XII-B|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations|year=2011}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Swaziland]]<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 = Swaziland 1,370,424
}}</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 gave it a ranking of 351st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php|title=District Census 2011|year=2011|publisher=Census2011.co.in|access-date=2011-09-30}}</ref> The district had a population density of {{convert|368|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus /> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.39%.<ref name=districtcensus /> Dungarpur had a [[sex ratio]] of 990 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus /> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 60.78%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 3.77% and 70.82% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus />

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 74.54% of the population in the district spoke [[Wagdi]], 21.47% [[Bagri language|Bagri]] and 3.02% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

The [[Vagad]] region of Rajasthan includes Dungarpur and Banswara districts. Vagad's population is predominantly [[Bhil]]s.{{fact|date=August 2018}}{{historical populations|11=1901|12=1,00,103|13=1911|14=1,59,192|15=1921|16=1,89,272|17=1931|18=2,27,544|19=1941|20=2,74,282|21=1951|22=3,08,243|23=1961|24=4,06,944|25=1971|26=5,30,258|27=1981|28=6,82,845|29=1991|30=8,74,549|31=2001|32=11,07,643|33=2011|34=13,88,552|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}}

==Administrative divisions==
At the 2001 Indian census the Dungarpur district was divided into four [[tehsil]]s: [[Aspur Tehsil|Aspur]], [[Dungarpur Tehsil|Dungarpur]], [[Sagwara Tehsil|Sagwara]] and [[Simalwara chikhali Tehsil|Simalwara]];<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tehsil Map of Dungarpur|publisher=Maps of India |url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/rajasthan/tehsil/dungarpur.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223082747/http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/rajasthan/tehsil/dungarpur.html |archive-date=23 February 2014| url-status=live}}</ref> however, around 2007 the new tehsil of [[Bichiwara Tehsil|Bichiwara]] (Bichhiwara) was created out of the western part of Dungarpur Tehsil.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Panchayat Samiti - Rajasthan|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Rajasthan |url=http://www.rajcensus.gov.in/other/ps.pdf}}</ref> There are four towns in Dungarpur district: two municipalities [[Dungarpur]] and [[Sagwara]], and two census towns [[Seemalwara]] and [[Galiakot]]. As of the 2011 census there were 976 villages in the district.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sociology of Dungarpur District |publisher=Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Rajasthan |url=http://www.statistics.rajasthan.gov.in/socio_Dungarpur.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820093943/http://statistics.rajasthan.gov.in/socio_Dungarpur.aspx |archive-date=20 August 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 April 2015 }}</ref>

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
{{Commons Category}}
* {{official website|http://www.dungarpur.rajasthan.gov.in}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Dungarpur district
|North = [[Udaipur district]]
|Northeast = [[Udaipur district]]
|East = [[Banswara district]]
|Southeast = [[Banswara district]]
|South = [[Dahod district]], [[Gujarat]]
|Southwest = [[Panch Mahals district]], [[Gujarat]]
|West = [[Sabar Kantha district]], [[Gujarat]]
|Northwest =
}}

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