Geographical Position

Bharatpur, Eastern gate of Rajasthan, is situated  between 26° 22' to 27° 83'  North Latitude and 76° 53'   to 78° 17' East Longitude. It is situated 100 meters above the sea  level. It  is 184 km. away from Delhi in South-East. Northern Border of the district touches district Gurgaon of state Haryana, Eastern Border touches district Mathura,  Southern Border touches district Agra of state Uttar Pradesh and district  Dholpur  of Rajasthan.   It touches district Dausa in south-west and  district Alwar in the North-West.

 

 

 

 

Temperature

Year Maximum Minimum Average
2002 46.80 6.3 28.10
2003 46.90 2.2 -
2004 45.8 - -
2005 49.0 3.5 29.0

 

 

 

 

Average Rainfall (in c.m.)

Year Normal Rain Actual Rainfall Difference
2001 67.50 59.62 (-) 7.88
2002 67.50 39.46 (-) 28.04
2003 67.50 75.19 (+) 7.69
2004 67.50 54.64 (-) 12.86
2005 67.50 67.16 (-) 0.34

 

 

 

Dams & Rivers

There are only Three main Seasonal Rivers in this District, namely BanGanga, Rooparel and Gambhir. Ban Ganga starts from Ramgarh Dam  of Jaipur District , passes from Bharatpur and meets in River Gambhir  near tehsil Bayana of District Bharatpur. Gambhir River starts from Pachana Dam of Karoli district and after passing from Bharatpur meets River Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh.Rooparel River starts from hills of district Alwar enter into Bharatpur from tehsil Kaman.Instead of this a Dam Bandh Baaretha is made near the village Baaretha on river Kakund which starts from the hills of  district Karoli.The water of this dam is used for drinking and irrigation purpose for the district. The capacity of this dam is 684.00 million cusses (29 Gaze).

 

 

 

 

Population

Urban population 2001

409000

Rural population 2001 1692000
Schedule Cast 2001 456000
Schedule Tribe 2001 47000

Number of women per thousand men is                          854

Approximate Increase in population in last ten years (1991-2001) is      27.05%

Panchayat Samitiwise Population of District Bharatpur
Panchayat Samiti Name No. of Gram Panchayat

Population (2001)

Bayana 45 192000
Roopwas 45 211000
Weir 46 202000
Sewar 33 168000
Kumher 36 155000
Nadbai 37 161000
Deeg 36 155000
Nagar 49 236000
Kaman 44 212000
Total 371 1692000

 

Population Density

Year

Density (per square kilometer)

2001 414
1991 325
1981 259
1971 184

 

 

Road Connectivity

Bharatpur is accessible by road from Agra (55 km. or 34 miles) and Jaipur ( 185 km. or 115miles). It is 1,207 km. (750  miles) from Mumbai on the broad-gauge line of the Western Railway.

All important places of Bharatpur are connected by roads. In the district, total length of roads is 1994.4 km. In the district 317 village panchayat and 911 villages are connected by roads and 60 village panchayat , 828 villages are to be connected.