| Mathura district मथुरा ज़िला متھرا ضلع |
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Location of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh |
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| State | Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Administrative division | Agra |
| Headquarters | Mathura |
| Area | 3,329.4 km2 (1,285.5 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,647,840 (1991) |
| Urban population | 425,760 |
| Literacy | 62.21 per cent[1] |
| Tehsils | 3 |
| Lok Sabha Constituencies | Mathura |
| Official website | |
Mathura District (Hindi: मथुरा ज़िला, Urdu: متھرا ضلع) is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of northern India. The historic town of Mathura is the district headquarters.
The district is bounded on the northeast by Aligarh District, on the southeast by Hathras District, on the south by Agra District, and on the west by Rajasthan and northwest by Haryana state. The district is part of Agra division.
The district comprises several smaller units, called Tahsils. - Gokul - Raya
Other notable places in Mathura District -
According to the 2011 census Mathura district has a population of 2,541,894,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait[3] or the US state of Nevada.[4] This gives it a ranking of 167th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 761 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,970 /sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.53 %.[2] Mathura has a sex ratio of 858 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 72.65 %.[2]
Languages spoken include Agariya, an Austro-Asiatic tongue with approximately 72 000 speakers.[5]
| Mewat district, Haryana | Palwal district, Haryana | Aligarh district | ||
| Bharatpur district, Rajasthan | Mahamaya Nagar district | |||
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| Agra district |
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