Alwar is a district in the state of Rajasthan in northern India, whose district headquarters is Alwar city. The district covers 8,380 km2. It is bound on the north by Rewari district of Haryana, on the east by Bharatpur district of Rajasthan and Nuh district of Haryana, on the south by Dausa district, and on the west by Jaipur district.
As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Rajasthan (out of 33) after Jaipur and Jodhpur.
The district is a fairly regular quadrilateral in shape with its central northern portion consisting of tehsil Mandawar hemmed in by the protruding north of tehsil Behror on the west and tehsil Tijara on the east and its south eastern corner consisting of Lachhmangarh tehsil slightly flapping outward into Bharatpur district.
Ridges of rocky and precipitous hills, for the most part parallel, are a feature observable throughout the whole district which, however, is generally open to the north and east. The conspicuous feature of the district is the Aravalli range. It may be said that the hills decrease in height and breadth from south to north and west to east.
The northern and some portion of the western part of the district have shifting sand dunes.
There is no river in the district which is perennial on its entire course. Ruparel, Sabi, Chuhar Sidh and Landoha are the only rivers which flow through the district and carry the drainage of the hills.
There is no natural lake in the district. However, there are about many artificial lakes and tanks. The history of some of these can be traced to as far back as the second century A.D. Baghola Bund (tank) near Rajgarh. Some of the bunds like were constructed during the time of Mughals when Alwar forest was considered to be a haunt of wild animals and the favorite Shikar Gah of the Mughal Emperors. Later on, Maharajas of the Alwar Stale built many bunds.
The district has a dry climate with a hot summer, a cold winter and a short monsoon season. The cold season starts by about the middle of November and continues up to about the beginning of March.
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