Bharatpur, Rajasthan


Bharatpur is a city and a Municipal Corporation in the Indian state of Rajasthan with 65 wards. The city is situated 180 km south of India's capital, New Delhi, 178 km from Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, 55 km west of Agra of Uttar Pradesh and 38 km from Mathura of Uttar Pradesh. It is also the administrative headquarters of Bharatpur District and the headquarters of Bharatpur Division of Rajasthan State. Bharatpur is part of National Capital Region of India. the city was the capital of the erstwhile, Bharatpur State.
The city has an average elevation of and is also known as "Lohagarh" and the "Eastern Gateway to Rajasthan".

Demographics

Indian census, Bharatpur district had a population of 2,548,462 of which males are 1,355,726 and females are 1,192,736. Bharatpur has an average literacy rate of 82.13%, higher than the national average of 74.04%; with male literacy of 90.41% and female literacy of 72.80%.

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