Deeg district | |
Settlement Type: | District of Rajasthan |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Rajasthan |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Bharatpur |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | August 2023 |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Deeg |
Parts Type: | Tehsils |
Parts Style: | para |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 1,072,755 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio |
Leader Title: | District Collector & Magistrate |
Leader Name: | Shruti Bhardwaj, IAS[1] |
Leader Title1: | Superintendent of Police |
Leader Name1: | Rajesh Kumar Meena, IPS[2] |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
Language: | Mewati, kathedi, braj bhasha |
Deeg district is a district in Rajasthan state in northwestern India. It is bordered by Haryana to the north, Uttar Pradesh to the east, Bharatpur district to the south, and Alwar district to the west.
Deeg district was once part of Bharatpur State before its accession to India. After Bharatpur State's merger to Rajasthan, Deeg became part of Bharatpur district. In August 2023, Chief Minister Ashok Gelhot declared Deeg to be a new district. The district is located at the junction of the Mewat region and Braj region, with northern tehsils part of Mewat and southern tehsils part of Braj Bhoomi.
Deeg district has 9 tehsils: Pahari, Jurhara, Kaman, Seekri, Nagar, Deeg, Janoothar, Kumher and Rarah.
Deeg district has a population of 1,072,755. Deeg district has a sex ratio of 894 females per 1000 males. 132,151 (12.32%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 163,199 (15.21%) and 10,669 (0.99%) of the population respectively.[3]
Hindus are the majority community in the district. Muslims, mainly Meos, are largely rural and are majority in the northern tehsils which are part of Mewat. Southern tehsils are predominantly Hindu with very small minorities percentage.
At the time of the 2011 census, 52.86% of the population spoke Hindi, 31.65% Braj, 11.87% Rajasthani (Mewati), 1.62% Urdu and 1.55% Punjabi as their first language.[4]