The district is situated in the eastern part of Rajasthan. It is bound in the north by Alwar district, in south by Sawai Madhopur district, in the west by Jaipur district and in the east by Bharatpur district.
Distance from Major Cities
Jaipur-56 kms.
Delhi-317 kms.
Ahmedabad-681 kms.
Mumbai-1232 kms.
Climate and Rainfall
The climate of the district is dry and is subject to extremeness of cold and heat at various places.
The minimum and maximum temperatures recorded in the district are 3.33 degrees celsius and 44 degrees celsius respectively.
The normal annual rainfall is 55.2 cms.
Administrative Setup
The district has 5 tehsils and 5 blocks, viz., Bandikui, Dausa, Lalsot, Mahwa and Sikrai.
Human Resources
Indicators of Human Resources
Units
No.
Population
persons
13,16,790
Density of population
persons per sq. km.
384
Literacy
per cent
62.75
Total working population
per cent
30.70
Percentage distribution of work force
Units
No.
Cultivators
per cent
70.50
Agricultural labourers
per cent
6.89
Household industry manufacturing
-
-
processing servicing and repairs
per cent
12.6
Other workers
per cent
10.01
Major Crops and Their Production
Sr.
Production 2004-05
Tonnes
1
Wheat
196416
2
Bajra
117822
3
Rapeseed & Mustard
103545
4
Groundnuts
18390
5
Barley
11586
6
Gram
9525
7
Guarseed
7893
8
Jowar
5998
9
Maize
2260
10
Rapeseed
446
11
Field pea
79
12
Kidney bean (moth)
48
13
Sugar cane
48
14
Cowpea (Chowri)
33
15
Green gram (Moong)
22
Mineral Production
Main minerals of the area are felspar, quartz, asbestos, soapstone, magnesitie, calcite, limestone, mica, emerald, marble, granite, and masonary stone. Fairly good reserves of barytes fluorit, wolastonite and vermiculite have also been found.
Sr.
Production 1999-00
Tonnes
1
Silica sand
9,919
2
Quartz
968
3
Soap stone
1,308
4
China clay
455
5
Dolomite
1,376
6
Cheja patti
43,565
7
Marble luffers
21,737
8
Stealite
92
Infrastructure
Electricity
Dausa district is receiving the power supplied by the Anta Gas Turbine system, Kota. There are 20 electric sub-stations at 16 places in the district. As of March 2000, all villages in the district were electrified.
Water
The major rivers passing through the Dausa district are Sawa and Banganga.
Road Transport
The National Highway No. 11 linking Bikaner to Agra passes through Dausa district for a total length of 92 kms. The total length of different types of roads in the district is about 1,508 kms as on 31 March 2000.
Rail Transport
At present Dausa district is connected with Broad gauge rail route with Jaipur, Alwar and Delhi.
Air Transport
The nearest airport is at Jaipur (56 kms).
Communication Facilities
Sr.
Facilities
No.
1
Post offices
249
2
Telegraph offices
19
3
Telephone exchanges
41
4
Public call offices
638
Banking
Offices, Deposits and Credit as on Sep 2005
Offices (No.)
Deposits (Rs.Lakh)
Credit (Rs.Lakh)
All Scheduled Commercial Banks
60
49900
26500
Public Sector Banks
41
40300
22500
SBI and its Associates
14
19500
9100
Nationalised Banks
27
20800
13400
Foreign Banks
-
-
-
Regional Rural Banks
15
7300
3400
Other Scheduled Commercial Banks
4
2300
600
Educational Facilities/Institutions
Sr.
Facilities/Institutions
No.
1
Colleges
5
2
Higher Secondary Schools
154
3
Secondary schools
89
4
Higher primary schools
332
5
Primary schools
930
6
Training schools/institutions
1
Industrial Scenario
No.of small scale units: 471
No.of industrial areas: 6
Bandikul
Bapi
Dausa
Jirota
Lalsot
Mahuwa
Main existing industries Automobile repairing workshops, dal mills, durries, general repairing workshops, ice plant, milk chilling, marble slabs, printing press, quick lime, soap stone grinding, stone carving, tyre retreading, woolen carpets.
