Dholpur district
The Chambal River forms the southern boundary of the district, across which lies the state of Madhya Pradesh.All along the bank of the Chambal River the district is deeply intersected by ravines; low ranges of hills in the western portion of the district supply quarries of fine-grained and easily worked red sandstone.Administratively the district is divided into four subdivisions, Dholpur, Bari, Rajakhera, and Baseri, and six tehsils, Dholpur, Bari, Rajakhera, Basedi, Sarmathura and Saipau.[1] The district had a population density of 398 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,030/sq mi) .[1] Dholpur had a sex ratio of 845 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 70.14%.