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District Factbook ™
Udaipur District
Research Editor
Dr. Shafeeq Rahman
ISBN : 978-93-86370-94-5
Printed in India
Udaipur District at a Glance
Administrative Setup
Location Map
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Historically, Udaipur was founded by Maharana Udai Singh II in 1559, as the new capital
of the Mewar Kingdom. It is situated in Girwa Valley to the South-West of Nagda, on the
Banas River. It remained safe from Mughal influence because of its mountainous
situation. Udaipur became a princely state of British India in 1818. It is the part of Mewar
region.
Geographically, the district has a total geographical area of 11,724 sq km and occupies
the Ranks 8th in State and 37th in India. It lies at 24 °57'N latitude, 73 °69'E longitude
and 600 m altitude. It is bounded by the Aravalli Range on the North-west , by
Rajsamand District on the North, by Chittaurgarh District on the East, by Banswara
District on the South-East, by Dungarpur District on the South , and by the state of
Gujarat on the South-West . The district has Sabarmati River, Banas River and tributaries
of the Mahi River, including the Som and the Gomati which drain Western, Northern
portion and Southern and Central portion of the district, respectively. Ahar River also
passes through the region. It also has Dhebar Lake, known as Jaisamand Lake which was
created by Rana Jai Singh of in the 17th century. The actual rainfall in the district was
670.7 mm in the year of 2015-16.
Administratively, the district is divided into 11 Sub-districts namely Girwa, Gogunda,
Kherwada, Rishabhdev, Mavli, Vallabhnagar, Kotra Jhadol, Lasadia Salumber and Sarada.
Moreover, it has 17 towns and 2,479 Villages. Hindi is its official language. The district
Headquarters is Udaipur which is located at a distance of 420 kilometers from the State
Capital. There are 2 parliamentary and 8 assembly constituencies in the district.
Demographically, according to 2011 census, the district is home to a total number of
6,17,921 households with a total of 30,68,420 including 15,66,801 are males and
15,01,619 are females and causes it to rank 5th in the State and 118 th in India. The
population growth rate during the period 2001 to 2011 was 16.52% of which 17.28% are
males and 15.75% are females. The density of population of the district is 262 persons
per sq km. The sex ratio is pegged at 958 (females per 1000 males) while the child ratio
stands at 924 (females per 1000 males). The schedule caste population of the district is
recorded as 1,88,525 comprising 97,094 are males and 91,431 are females. The
percentage of Schedule Caste is 1.54%. The schedule tribe population is 15,25,289
including 7,73,213 are males and 7,52,076 are females. The percentage of Schedule
Tribe is 16.51%. The major religion in the district is Hindu at 93.53% of the total
population.
Economically, agriculture is the backbone of the district. It is one of the district which
receiving Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF). Tourism is also a big industry as a source
of income for the people of the district. A number of small scale industries are available
here. The GDDP or Gross District Domestic Product during 2011-12 was Rs 17,01,939 lakh
at Current Price and Rs 9,74,440 lakh at Constant (2004-05) Prices. The NDDP, or Net
District Domestic Product during 2011-12 was Rs 15,43,898 lakh at Current Price and Rs
8,61,422 lakh at Constant (2004-05) Prices. The Per Capita Income or NDDP, at factor
cost during 2011-12 was Rs.52,301 at Current Price and Rs 29,182 at Constant (2004-
05) Prices.
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Education wise, according to 2011 census, the literacy rate in the district is 61.82% with
74.74 % are males and 48.45 % are females. The total literate population of the district
is 15,82,629 including 9,73,444 are males and 6,09,185 are females. The district has a
number of Primary and middle schools, higher secondary and secondary schools,
Undergraduate and post graduate colleges .
The district has a number of political personalities. Sunder Singh Bhandari was born on
April 12th , 1921. He belongs to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
and Bharatiya Janata Party. He founded a political party namely Jan sangh in 1951. He
became the Member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan during 1966-1972 and from Uttar
Pradesh in 1976 and also in 1992. He held the position of the President in BJP. He
became Governor of Bihar in 1998 and Governor of Gujarat from 1999 to 2003. Kiran
Maheshwari is another politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is currently
holding the post of the Cabinet Minister in Rajasthan Government. She is also an MLA
from the Rajsamand assembly. She has represented the Udaipur Constituency in the 14 th
Lok Sabha Parliament . She won Rajsamand assembly seat in December 2013 with a huge
margin. Kailash Meghwal was born 22nd March, 1934 in Udaipur. He is a present Speaker
of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and MLA of Shahpura, Bhilwara constituency of
Rajasthan in 14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He was former union minister of state
in Government of India and a national vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party. He held
the position of Minister of state for social justice and empowerment from 2003 to 2004.
Kalu Lal Shrimali, known as K. L. Shrimali, was born in December 1909 at Udaipur. He was
the Union Education Minister for the Government of India, Minister of Education in the
Union Council of Ministers (1955-1963) and an educationist. He represented the State of
Rajasthan in Rajya Sabha from April 1952 to April 1956 and from April 1956 to April 1962.
He was the member of several educational and various social welfare organizations such
as "Jan Shikshan". He got Padma Vibhushan in 1976 for his contribution in educational
field.
During the year 2015, there were 7,53,066 Domestic Tourists and 1,65,525 Foreign
Tourists who came here to visit historical and religious places. These places are City
Palace, Fateh Prakash Palace, The Lake Palace, Bagoreki Haveli, Maharana Pratap
Memorial, City Palace Museum, Shilpgram Museum, Ahar Museum, Vintage Collection of
Classic Car Museum, Lake Pichola, Fateh Sagar Lake, Jaisamand Lake, Rajsamand Lake,
Jag Mandir, and Kumbhalgarh Sanctuary.
The district has various personalities who belong to different fields. Mr. Ram Narayan was
born on December 25th , 1927 in Amber village near Udaipur. He was a musician and
played Sarangi. In 1944, he became the part of All India Radio , Lahore. He was awarded
with Padam Vibhushan in 2005. Limba Ram is another famous personality who born on
January 30th , 1972 in saradat, Udaipur district. He had represented India in the category
of archery in three Olympics. He made a world record in 1992 in Beijing Asian Games. He
was awarded with Arjuna Award in 1991 and Padam Shri in 2012.
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Administrative Setup
Administrative Unit
Administrative Division:- Udaipur
Sub-districts:
1. Girwa
2. Gogunda
3. Jhadol
4. Kherwara
5. Kotra
6. Lasadiya
7. Mavli
8. Rishabhdeo
9. Salumbar
10. Sarada
11. Vallabhnagar
Towns:
1. Bargaon (Rural) (C T) 11. Kherwara C hhaoni (C T)
2. Bedla (C T) 12. Mavli (C T)
3. Bhalariya (C T) 13. Newa Talai (C T)
4. Bhinder (M) 14. Rishabhdeo (C T)
5. Bhuwana (C T) 15. Salumbar (M)
6. Bichhri (C T) 16. Semari (C T)
7. C hawand (C T) 17. Udaipur (M C l)
8. Fatehnagar (M)
9. Gogunda (C T)
10. Kanor (M)
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Demographics
Sex Ratio
Female per 1000 Males (2011)
District Total Rural Urban
Udaipur 958 966 929
Rajasthan 928 933 914
India 943 949 929
Rank of District in State 8 8 16
Rank of District in India 257 247 306
Density
Persons per Sq. Km. (2011)
District Total Rural Urban
Udaipur 262 213 3369
Rajasthan 200 153 2570
India 368 269 3689
Rank of District in State 14 13 9
Rank of District in India 416 394 254
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Economy
By Population Group
Rs. in Million (March, 2015)
Deposits
No. of Credit Amount
Residence District Offices No. of Outstanding
Amount
Accounts
Total Udaipur 301 2959675 185832.0 78320.0
Rajasthan 6426 58878306 2354794.7 2029555.2
India 153149 1611374077 98806410.7 76167841.0
Rank of District in State 4 5 2 5
Rank of District in India 109 138 71 106
Rural Udaipur 139 1345085 30972.2 13380.6
Rajasthan 2624 20836356 346620.0 360150.1
India 48536 493969524 9156764.6 5983459.9
Rank of District in State 3 3 2 8
Rank of District in India 84 99 61 126
Semi- Urban Udaipur 20 246499 6922.9 2722.1
Rajasthan 1869 19609348 568413.7 392274.9
India 34131 404661314 13172506.76 7591878.82
Rank of District in State 33 33 32 33
Rank of District in India 470 459 466 441
Urban Udaipur 142 1368091 147936.9 62217.3
Rajasthan 1277 12582437 791480.9 475374.4
India 47816 437710064 29234307.9 18422270.2
Rank of District in State 3 3 1 2
Rank of District in India 46 52 28 45
Metropolitan Udaipur - - - -
Rajasthan 656 5850165 648280.1 801755.7
India 22666 275033175 47242831.5 44170232.1
Rank of District in State 0 0 0 0
Rank of District in India 0 0 0 0
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Life Style
Circulation of Dailies
(January - June 2016)
Publication Edition Language Average
Circulation
Rajasthan Patrika Udaipur edition Hindi 84761
Dainik Bhaskar Udaipur edition Hindi 68331
The Times of India Jaipur edition English 4530
The Economic Times Ahmedabad edition English 1020
The Times of India Ahmedabad edition English 600
The Hindu C hennai edition English 456
Hindustan Times New Delhi edition English 304
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Infrastructure
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Industries
Main Workers
(2011)
Sex District Total Rural Urban
Persons Udaipur 822355 629000 193355
Rajasthan 21057968 16173343 4884625
India 362446420 245749270 116697150
Rank of District in State 7 7 7
Rank of District in India 140 113 160
Male Udaipur 623397 463211 160186
Rajasthan 15243537 11069837 4173700
India 273149359 178034713 95114646
Rank of District in State 5 6 7
Rank of District in India 133 110 157
Female Udaipur 198958 165789 33169
Rajasthan 5814431 5103506 710925
India 89297061 67714557 21582504
Rank of District in State 10 14 5
Rank of District in India 132 118 168
Entrepreneurs Memorandum (Part-II) Filed by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
In Nos. (2014-2015)
District Micro Small Medium Total
Udaipur 169 31 0 200
Rajasthan 17478 1136 41 18655
India 346206 70933 8219 425358
Rank of District in State 19 12 0 19
Rank of District in India 296 174 0 299
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Total Workers
(2011)
Residence District Persons Male Female
Total Udaipur 1365783 835839 529944
Rajasthan 29886255 18297076 11589179
India 481743311 331865930 149877381
Rank of District in State 5 5 4
Rank of District in India 79 117 50
Rural Udaipur 1156103 666719 489384
Rajasthan 24385233 13775469 10609764
India 348597535 226763068 121834467
Rank of District in State 4 4 5
Rank of District in India 55 81 37
Urban Udaipur 209680 169120 40560
Rajasthan 5501022 4521607 979415
India 133145776 105102862 28042914
Rank of District in State 7 7 6
Rank of District in India 164 163 179
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Agriculture
Land Utilisation
In Hectares (2014-15)
Rank of
Particulars Udaipur Rajasthan District
in State
i) Reporting Area For Land Utilisation Statistics 1388255 34267469 6
- Forests 397334 2739819 1
ii) Not Available for C ultivation
-Area under Non Agricultural Uses 155381 1939610 3
-Barren and Un C ulturable Land 316752 2403403 2
-Total 472133 4343013 2
iii) Other Uncultivated Land Excluding Fallow Land
-Permanent Pastures and Other Grazing Lands 82515 1673671 6
-Land under Misc Tree C rops and Groves Not Included in Net 507 26485 9
Area
-C ulturable Waste Land 120705 4038156 4
-Total 203727 5738312 5
iv) Fallow Land
-Fallow Lands Other than C urrent Fallows 68644 2068874 9
-C urrent Fallow 14227 1855955 19
-Total 82871 3924829 13
v) Net Area Sown 232190 17521496 25
vi) Total C ropped Area 342033 24235354 27
vii) Area Sown More than Once 109843 6713858 27
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Education
Literacy Rate
(2011)
Residence District Persons Male Female
Total Udaipur 61.82 74.74 48.45
Rajasthan 66.11 79.19 52.12
India 72.99 80.89 64.64
Rank of District in State 21 26 17
Rank of District in India 534 484 566
Rural Udaipur 54.93 69.64 39.82
Rajasthan 61.44 76.16 45.8
India 67.77 77.15 57.93
Rank of District in State 27 27 27
Rank of District in India 575 518 601
Urban Udaipur 87.52 93.39 81.24
Rajasthan 79.68 87.91 70.73
India 84.11 88.76 79.11
Rank of District in State 1 1 1
Rank of District in India 165 96 215
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Geographical Area
Area in Km 2 (2011)
District Total Rural Urban
Udaipur 11724 11543.39 180.61
Rajasthan 342239 335606.04 6632.96
India 3287469 3101505.00 102221.00
Rank of District in State 8 8 14
Rank of District in India 37 35 189
Wastelands by Category
Area in Km 2 (2008-2009)
Rank of Rank of
Category Udaipur Rajasthan India District District
in State in India
Gullied/Ravenous Land (Medium) - 1087.52 6145.96 0 0
Gullied/Ravenous Land (Deep) - 437.49 1266.06 0 0
Land with Dense Scrub 1343.16 21086.05 86979.91 3 5
Land with Open Scrub 1441.58 15359.37 93033.00 2 3
Waterlogged and Marshy Land (Permanent) - 48.00 1757.07 0 0
Waterlogged and Marshy Land (Seasonal) - 70.36 6946.31 0 0
Land Affected by Salinity/Alkalinity (Medium) - 323.84 5414.53 0 0
Land Affected by Salinity/Alkalinity (Strong) - 226.57 1391.09 0 0
Shifting C ultivation - C urrent Jhum - - 4814.68 0 0
Shifting C ultivation - Abandoned Jhum - - 4210.46 0 0
Under-Utilised/Degraded Forest (Scrub Domin) 1376.00 10962.97 83699.71 1 4
Under-Utilised/Degraded Forest (Agriculture) 71.46 159.68 15680.26 1 55
Degraded Pastures/Grazing Land 40.81 3438.40 6832.17 17 39
Degraded Land under Plantation C rop - 0.89 278.53 0 0
Sands-Riverine - 112.78 2111.96 0 0
Sands-C oastal - - 654.47 0 0
Sands-Desertic - 3397.75 3934.80 0 0
Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m - 9279.75 9279.75 0 0
Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m - 14250.55 14273.03 0 0
Mining Wastelands 25.75 116.18 593.65 1 2
Industrial wastelands 0.97 13.67 58.00 7 18
Barren Rocky/Stony Waste 251.18 4557.27 59482.29 6 23
Snow covered /Glacial Area - - 58183.44 0 0
Total 4550.91 84929.10 467021.16 5 10
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Housing
Total Households
(2011)
District Total Rural Urban
Udaipur 623531 495973 127558
Rajasthan 12711146 9494903 3216243
India 249454252 168565486 80888766
Rank of District in State 4 3 7
Rank of District in India 116 82 165
Houseless Households
(2011)
District Total Rural Urban
Udaipur 1321 929 392
Rajasthan 37341 20956 16385
India 449761 192865 256896
Rank of District in State 9 4 13
Rank of District in India 77 41 124
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Road Accident
In Nos. (2015)
District Accidents Deaths Injured
Udaipur 1379 500 1711
Rajasthan 24072 10510 26153
Rank of District in State 2 5 2
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