Mathura District is a district of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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 state

States and territories of India

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 of northern India

India

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. The historic town of Mathura is the district headquarters.

The district is bounded on the northeast by Aligarh District

Aligarh District

Aligarh District is a district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Its district seat is located in the city of Aligarh .The Aligarh District belongs to Aligarh Division...

, on the southeast by Hathras District, on the south by Agra District

Agra District

Agra District is one of the 70 districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and the historical city of Agra is the district headquarters. Agra district is a part of Agra division.-Geography:...

, and on the west by Rajasthan

Rajasthan

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 and northwest by Haryana

Haryana

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 state. The district is part of Agra division

Agra Division

Agra Division is an administrative unit of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Agra Division consists of:-*Agra District*Firozabad District*Mainpuri District*Mathura District...

.

The district comprises several smaller units, called Tahsils.
- Gokul
- Raya

Other notable places in Mathura District -

• Raya
  Raya, Uttar Pradesh
  Raya is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Mathura district in state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Raya is located at . It has an average elevation of 175 metres .- Demographics :raya..........
  
  
• Mathura - the town
• Vrindaban
• Goverdhan
• Gokul
  Gokul
  -In Vedic Scripture:-Geography:Gokul is located at . It has an average elevation of 163 metres .-Demographics: India census, Gokul had a population of 4041. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Gokul has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of...
  
  
• Barsana
  Barsana
  Barsana or Varsana is a town and a nagar panchayat in the Mathura district of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.-History:...
  
  
• Nandgaon
  Nandgaon
  Nandgaon may refer to:* Nandgaon Khandeshwar, town and a tehsil in Amravati subdivision, Maharashtra, India* Nandgaon, Maharashtra, a town in Nashik district of Maharashtra, India...
  
  
• Kosi
  Kosi Kalan
  Kosi Kalan is a small town and a municipality in Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.Kosi Kalan is a beautiful town situated in BrijBhoomi. Town was named Kosi for being treasury of NandBaba . This small town is a hub of cultural and commercial activities.The town is situated on...
  
  
• Baldev
• Farah
  Farah, India
  Farah is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mathura district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.-Geography:Farah is located at . It has an average elevation of 172 metres .-Demographics:...
  
  
• Nauhajhil
• Bajna
  Bajna
  Bajna is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mathura district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.-Geography:Bajna is located at . It has an average elevation of 183 metres .-Demographics:...
  
  
• Surir

Demographics

According to the 2011 census

2011 census of India

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 Mathura district has a population

Demographics of India

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 of 2,541,894, roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait

Kuwait

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 or the US state of Nevada

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. This gives it a ranking of 167th in India (out of a total of 640

Districts of India

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). The district has a population density of 761 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate

Family planning in India

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 over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.53 %. Mathura has a sex ratio

Sex ratio

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 of 858 females

Women in India

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 for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate

Literacy in India

Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and India currently has the...

 of 72.65 %.

Languages

Languages spoken include Agariya

Agariya language

The Agariya language is spoken by the Agariya people, especially in Madhya Pradesh in India. It is a Munda language....

, an Austro-Asiatic tongue with approximately 72 000 speakers.