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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Jhalawar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox district
| name = Jhalawar district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Rajasthan|District]] of [[Rajasthan]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
|size = 250
|photo1a = Jhalrapatan Padam Nath Temple.jpg
|photo1b = Gagron fort.JPG
|photo2a = The Fort in Chachorni.jpg
|photo2b = Garh Palace,Jhalawar,Rajasthan, India. 02.jpg
|photo3a = Grassland of Aklera, India on 15 August 2008.jpg
}}
| image_caption = Clockwise from top-left: [[Jhalrapatan]] Sun Temple, Gagron Fort from the [[Kali Sindh River]], Garh Palace in [[Jhalawar]], fields in [[Aklera]], Fort in Chachorni
| image_map = Jhalawar in Rajasthan (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan
| coordinates = 24.597349, 76.160980
| coor_pinpoint =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
| subdivision_type2 =
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| established_title = Established
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Jhalawar]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 6928
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,411,129
| population_footnotes = <ref name=districtcensus/>
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 =
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 =
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
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| leader_title = District Collector
| leader_name = Shri Ajay Singh Rathore (IAS)
| leader_title1 =
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
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'''Jhalawar district''' is one of the 50 [[districts of Rajasthan]] [[States and territories of India|state]] in western [[India]]. The historical [[Jhalawar|city of Jhalawar]] is the administrative headquarters of the Jhalawar district. The district is bounded on the northwest by [[Kota district]], on the northeast by [[Baran district]], on the east by [[Guna district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state, on the south by [[Rajgarh district]] and [[Agar Malwa district]] of Madhya Pradesh state and on the west by [[Ratlam district]] and [[Mandsaur district]] of Madhya Pradesh state. The district occupies an area of 6,219 km². The district is part of [[Kota Division|Kota division]].
To know more about [[Jhalawar|Jhalawar City]].

==Origin of name==
The name of the district is derived from the erstwhile princely state of Jhalawar (which literally means the abode of the [[Jhala (clan)|Jhalas]], a [[Rajput]] clan).

==History==
The territory of the present district belonged to the [[princely state]] of [[Jhalawar State|Jhalawar]] till [[India's independence]] in 1947.

==Geography==
The district lies in the [[Hadoti]] region in southeast Rajasthan, on the edge of [[Malwa Plateau]]. The [[Kali Sindh River]] flows northward through the center of the district.

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Jhalawar 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=April 5, 2012 }}</ref>

==Divisions==
The district is divided into eight sub-divisions by the government of Rajasthan<ref>{{cite web |title=Blocks/Tehsils/Panchayats |url=https://jhalawar.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/jhalawar/en/about-jhalawar/blocks-tehsils-panchayats.html |website=jhalawar.rajasthan.gov.in |publisher=Govt of Rajasthan |access-date=16 June 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[Jhalawar]]
*Aklera
*Asnawar
*Gangdhar
*[[Bhawani Mandi]]
*[[Pirawa]]
*Khanpur
*Manohar Thana.

==Tehsils==
There are 12 tehsil headquarters in Jhalawar district.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tehsils |url=https://jhalawar.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/jhalawar/en/about-jhalawar/blocks-tehsils-panchayats.html# |website=jhalawar.rajasthan.gov.in |access-date=16 June 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref> The tehsils of district are:
*Aklera
*Asnawar
*Gangdhar
*Jhalrapatan
*Khanpur
*Manoharthana
*Pachpahar
*[[Pirawa]]
*Sunel
*[[Raipur, Jhalawar|Raipur]]
*Bakani
*Dag

==Demographics==

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,53,651|13=1911|14=3,01,449|15=1921|16=2,99,617|17=1931|18=3,30,140|19=1941|20=3,74,596|21=1951|22=4,05,036|23=1961|24=4,91,872|25=1971|26=6,23,763|27=1981|28=7,84,998|29=1991|30=9,56,971|31=2001|32=11,80,323|33=2011|34=14,11,129|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=center}}

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Jhalawar district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=Table C-01 Population By Religion - Rajasthan|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11390/download/14503/DDW08C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=census.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|92.11}}
{{bar percent|[[Rajasthani Muslims|Islam]]|green|6.81}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Rajasthan|Jainism]]|brown|0.88}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.20}}
}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Jhalawar district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,411,129,<ref name=districtcensus>{{Cite web |title=District Census Handbook 2011 - Jhalawar|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1056/download/3238/DH_2011_0831_PART_A_DCHB_JHALAWAR.pdf|website=[[Census of India]]|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Swaziland|Eswatini]]<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 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | 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 gives it a ranking of 349th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 227 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.57%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Jhalawar has a [[sex ratio]] of 945 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 62.13%. 16.25% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 17.26% and 12.91% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages in Jhalawar district (2011)<ref name="language"/>
|label1 = [[Hindi]] |value1 = 44.46 |color1 = orange
|label2 = [[Harauti language|Harauti]] |value2 = 20.34 |color2 = salmon
|label3 = [[Malvi language|Malvi]] |value3 = 18.91 |color3 = mediumvioletred
|label4 = Sondwari |value4 = 14.24 |color4 = orchid
|label5 = Others |value5 = 2.05 |color5 = grey
}}

At the time of the 2011 census, 44.46% of the population spoke [[Hindi]], 20.34% [[Hadauti language|Harauti]], 18.91% [[Malvi language|Malvi]] and 14.24% Sondwari as their first language.<ref name="language">{{Cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10220/download/13332/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0800.XLSX|title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Rajasthan|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://jhalawar.rajasthan.gov.in}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Jhalawar district
|North = [[Kota district]]
|Northeast = [[Baran district]]
|East = [[Guna district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|Southeast = [[Rajgarh district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|South = [[Shajapur district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|Southwest = [[Ratlam district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|West = [[Mandsaur district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|Northwest =
}}

{{Jhalawar district}}
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[[Category:Districts in Kota division]]

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