Dausa district

Dausa District is a district of Rajasthan state in India within Jaipur division. The city of Dausa is the district headquarters. It has an area of 3432 km2 and a population of 1,634,409 in 2011 census. It is surrounded by Alwar District in the north, Bharatpur district in the northeast, Karauli district in the southeast, Sawai Madhopur district in the south, and Jaipur district in the west. The Sawa and Banganga rivers run through the district. It is situated on the National Highway 21 from Jaipur to Agra. It is 55 km to the east of Jaipur and 103 km from Sawai Madhopur. Dausa is named after a hill near the city that was called Devgiri. On the top of hill is situated a fort. Later, Dausa was given by gurjar to , but the centre of their power shifted to ajmer When Akbar went to Ajmer as a pilgrim to Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in 1562, he stayed in Dausa and met with Rupsi Baragi, Hakim of Dausa at the time and brother of Bharmal. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people of Dausa. The main crops of the district are wheat, bajra, rapeseed, mustard and groundnuts. Dausa District was constituted on 10 April 1991 by separating four tehsils, namely Dausa, Baswa, Sikrai, & Lalsot from Jaipur district. Mahwa Tehsil of Sawai Madhopur was included in this district on 15 August 1992. Dausa district is located in the eastern part of Rajasthan within Jaipur division. The area of the district is 3432 km2 and ranks at 32nd among districts of Rajasthan. The Banganga and Morel rivers run through the district. However, there are no perennial rivers in the district. The district falls within the three corresponding river basins namely "Banganga River Basin" in northern part, "Banas River Basin" in southern part, and "Gambhir River Basin" in lower eastern part. The general topographic elevation in the district is between 250 m to 300 m above sea level. Elevation ranges from a minimum of 203.2 m above sea level in Mahwa in the northeastern part of the district and maximum of 596.3 m above sea level in Bandikui in northern part of the district.