Districts of Rajasthan

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A district of Rajasthan state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Rajasthan Administrative Service and other Rajasthan state services.

A Superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Rajasthan Police Service and other Rajasthan Police officials.

A Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service is responsible for managing the Forests, environment and wild-life related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Rajasthan Forest Service and other Rajasthan Forest officials and Rajasthan Wild-Life officials.

Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as PWD, Health, Education, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the various Rajasthan State Services.

Rajasthan has 32 districts: Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bharatpur, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dausa, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Rajsamand, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar, Tonk, and Udaipur.

These districts are grouped into seven divisions:

• Ajmer Division: Ajmer, Bhilwara, Nagaur, Tonk.
• Bharatpur Division: Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karuali, Swai Madhopur.
• Bikaner Division: Bikaner, Churu, Hanumangarh, Sri Ganganagar.
• Jaipur Division: Jaipur, Alwar, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Dausa.
• Jodhpur Division: Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jodhpur, Pali, Sirohi.
• Kota Division: Baran, Bundi, Jhalawar, Kota.
• Udaipur Division: Banswara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Udaipur, Rajsamand.

District	Headquarters	Area (km²)	Population (2001)	% change, 1991-2001
Ajmer	Ajmer	8,481	2,180,526	26.10%
Alwar	Alwar	8,380	2,990,862	30.23%
Banswara	Banswara	5,037	1,500,420	29.84%
Baran	Baran	6,955	1,022,568	26.19%
Barmer	Barmer	28,387	1,963,758	36.83%
Bharatpur	Bharatpur	5,066	2,098,323	27.05%
Bhilwara	Bhilwara	10,455	2,009,516	26.14%
Bikaner	Bikaner	27,244	1,673,562	38.18%
Bundi	Bundi	5,550	961,269	24.80%
Chittorgarh	Chittorgarh	10,856	1,802,656	21.46%
Churu	Churu	16,830	1,922,908	24.60%
Dausa	Dausa	2,950	1,316,790	32.42%
Dholpur	Dholpur	3,084	982,815	31.13%
Dungarpur	Dungarpur	3,770	1,107,037	26.58%
Hanumangarh	Hanumangarh	12,645	1,517,390	24.34%
Jaipur	Jaipur	14,068	5,252,388	35.10%
Jaisalmer	Jaisalmer	38,401	507,999	47.45%
Jalor	Jalor	10,640	1,448,486	26.78%
Jhalawar	Jhalawar	6,219	1,180,342	23.34%
Jhunjhunu	Jhunjhunu	5,928	1,913,099	20.90%
Jodhpur	Jodhpur	22,850	2,880,777	33.77%
Karauli	Karauli	5530	1,205,631	29.96%
Kota	Kota	12,436	1,568,580	28.52%
Nagaur	Nagaur	17,718	2,773,894	29.33%
Pali	Pali	12,387	1,819,201	22.39%
Rajsamand	Rajsamand	4,768	986,269	19.88%
Sawai Madhopur	Sawai Madhopur	10,527	1,116,031	27.44%
Sikar	Sikar	7,732	2,287,229	24.11%
Sirohi	Ajmer	5,136	850,756	30.08%
Sri Ganganagar	Sri Ganganagar	7,984	1,788,487	27.53%
Tonk	Tonk	7,194	1,211,343	24.24%
Udaipur	Udaipur	17,279	2,632,210	27.37%
Rajasthan	Jaipur	342,239	56,473,122	28.33%

	State of Rajasthan Rajasthan Topics
Capital	Jaipur
Divisions	Ajmer | Bharatpur | Bikaner | Jaipur | Jodhpur | Kota | Udaipur
Districts	Ajmer | Alwar | Banswara | Baran | Barmer | Bhilwara | Bikaner | Bharatpur | Bundi | Chittorgarh | Churu | Dausa | Dholpur | Dungarpur | Ganganagar | Hanumangarh | Jaipur | Jaisalmer | Jalore | Jhalawar | Jhunjhunu | Jodhpur | Karauli | Kota | Nagaur | Pali | Rajsamand | Sawai Madhopur | Sikar | Sirohi | Tonk | Udaipur
Major cities	Alwar • Bhilwara • Bikaner • Jaipur • Jaisalmer • Jodhpur • Udaipur