Chittorgarh district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Rajasthan
- Division
- Udaipur
- Headquarters
- Chittaurgarh
- Total
- 7,822 km (3,020 sq mi)
- Density
- 197.4/km (511.4/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Kingdom of Mewar
- Capital
- Chittorgarh
- Population
- 1544338
- Area
- 10856
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Rajsamand district
- Official website
- chittorgarh.nic.in
- Households
- 329119
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- Commons category
- Chittorgarh district
- topic's main category
- Category:Chittorgarh district
- male population
- 783171
- female population
- 761167
- urban population
- 285264
- rural population
- 1259074
- literate population
- 821825
- illiterate population
- 722513
- short name
- CGH
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Encyclopedic overview
Chittorgarh district is one of the 50 districts of Rajasthan state in western India. The historic city of Chittaurgarh is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district was established on 1 August 1948 by integrating portions of various princely states: Mewar, Pratabgarh, Tonk, and Jhalawar. Chittaurgarh is famous for the Chittor fort, home to various famous Rajput dynasties.
Economy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chittorgarh district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.