Districts of Rajasthan

Vivacious Rajasthan comprises thirty two districts. Districts of Rajasthan are divided into the following categories:

• Ajmer Division consisting of Ajmer, Bhilwara, Nagaur and Tonk.
• Bharatpur Division comprising Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karuali and Sawai Madhopur.
• Bikaner Division comprising Bikaner, Churu, Hanumangarh and Sri Ganganagar.
• Jaipur Division consisting of Jaipur, Alwar, Jhunjhunu, Sikar and Dausa.
• Jodhpur Division that includes Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jodhpur, Pali and Sirohi.
• Kota Division comprising Baran, Bundi, Jhalawar and Kota.
• Udaipur Division consisting of Banswara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Udaipur and Rajsamand.

The District Magistrate or the Deputy Commissioner wields the specter of authority in the districts. Several civil servants, under his aegis carry out the day to day governance.

Maps of India provides you with an exhaustive list on the location, area occupied and the headquarter of each district of Rajasthan.

Ajmer	Area Occupied: 8,481square kilometers. Located in: Central Rajasthan, with Tonk and Jaipur in the East, Pali in the West, Nagaur to its North and Bhilwara in the South. Head Quarters: Ajmer.
Alwar	Area Occupied: 8,380 square kilometers. Located in: North-East Rajasthan, with Gurgaon in the North, Bharatpur and Mahendragarh to its North-East, Jaipur on its South-West and Dausa on its South. Head Quarters: Alwar.
Banswara	Area Occupied: 5,037 square kilometers Located in: Southern Rajasthan with Chittaurgarh and Udaipur in the North, Dungarpur manning its western borders, Ratlam to its east and Jhabua to its south. Head Quarters: Banswara.
Baran	Area Occupied: 6,955 square kilometers. Located in: While North-Western and Northern boundaries of Rajasthan are manned by Kota, Bundi and Jhalawar, Chittaurgarh forms its western borders. Head Quarters: Baran.
Barmer	Area Occupied: 28,387 square kilometers. Located in: Western Rajasthan, with Jaisalmer to its North, Jalore on its South, Pali and Jodhpur to its East and Pakistan to its West. The Thar Desert comprises portions of Barmer. Headquarters: Barmer.
Bhilwara	Area Occupied: 10,455 square kilometers. Located in: South-East Rajasthan, Ajmer in the North, Chittaurgarh to its South, Udaipur to its in West and Bundi on its East. Headquarters: Bhilwara.
Bikaner	Area Occupied: 27,244 square kilometers. Located in: North-Western Rajasthan with Sri Ganganagar in the North, Jaisalmer and Pakistan in the West, Churu on the East and Nagaur and Jodhpur to its South-East. Headquarters: Bikaner.
Bharatpur	Area Occupied: 5,066 square kilometers. Located in: Eastern Rajasthan with Gurgaon to its north-east and north, Mathura and Agra on its East, Dhaulpur to its South and Sawai Madhopur, Dausa and Alwar on its West. Headquarters: Bharatpur.
Bundi	Area Occupied: 5,550 square kilometers. Located in: South-eastern Rajasthan with Tonk in the North, Bhilwara in the West, Chittorgarh to its South-West and the Chambal flowing past its Eastern and Southern borders. Headquarters: Bundi.
Chittorgarh	Area Occupied: 10,856 square kilometers. Located in: South-Eastern Rajasthan with its Eastern borders being manned by Kota, Mandsaur and Banswara to its South-West, Rajsamand and Udaipur on its West and Bhilwara and Bundi to its North.
Churu	Area Occupied: 16,830 square kilometers. Located in: North-East Rajasthan, with Sri Ganganagar on the North, Sikar, Jhunjhunun and Hissar to its East, Nagaur on its South and Bikaner to its East. Headquarters: Churu.
Dhaulpur	Area Occupied: 3034 square kilometers. Located in: Dhaulpur, etched out of Bharatpur has Agra to its North-East, Morena on its South, Sawai Madhopur to its West and Bharatpur to its North. Headquarters: Dhaulpur.
Dausa	Area Occupied: 2,950 square kilometers Located in: East Rajasthan, with Alwar in the North, Sawai Madhopur to its South, Jaipur on its West and Bharatpur to its East. Headquarters: Dausa.
Dungarpur	Area Occupied: 3,770 square kilometers. Located in: South Rajasthan with Udaipur in the North, Banswara in the East and Gujarat forming its Southern and Western boundaries. Headquarters: Dungarpur.
Jaipur	Area Occupied: 14,068 square kilometers. Located in: Eastern Rajasthan with Sikar and Alwar to its North, Tonk, Ajmer and Sawai Madhopur on its South, Nagaur and Ajmer on the West and in east by Bharatpur and Dausa manning its Eastern boundaries. Headquarters: Jaipur.
Jaisalmer	Area Occupied: 38,401 square kilometers. Located in: Western Rajasthan, with Pakistan to its West and North, Jodhpur to its East, Barmer on its South and Bikaner to its North-East. Headquarters: Jaisalmer.
Jalor	Area Occupied: 10,640 square kilometers. Located in: While Barmer is Jalor’s North-West boundary, Sirohi forms its South-Eastern borders. Pali mans its North-Eastern borders and Banaskantha lies to its South-West. Headquarters: Jalor.
Jhalawar	Area Occupied: 6,219 square kilometers. Located in: South-Eastern Rajasthan with boundaries of Madhya Pradesh to its East and South- West and the Mukandra mountains on the North. Headquarters: Jhalawar.
Jhunjhunun	Area Occupied: 5,928 square kilometers Located in: North-Eastern Rajasthan with Churu to its the North-West, Hissar and Mahendragarh on its North-East and by Sikar to its in the South and South East and West. Headquarters: Jhunjhunun.
Jodhpur	Area Occupied: 22,850 square kilometers. Located in: West Rajasthan, with Jaisalmer and Bikaner on the North, Pali and Barmer to its South, Nagaur to its East and Jaisalmer manning its Western borders. Headquarters: Jodhpur.
Kota	Area Occupied: 12,436 square kilometers. Located in: While Sawai Madhopur, Bundi and Tonk lies to its north and North West, Chambal snakes through, cutting off Kota from Sawai Madhopur, Bundi and Tonk. Headquarters: Kota.
Nagaur	Area Occupied: 17,718 square kilometers. Located in: Central Rajasthan, with Bikaner and Churu to its North, Sikar and Jaipur on the East, Ajmer and Pali on the South and Jodhpur to its West. Headquarters: Nagaur.
Pali	Area Occupied: 12,387 square kilometers. Located in: While Nagaur and Jodhpur forms its Northern borders, Udaipur and Rajsamand mans its South Eastern boundary. Ajmer lies to its North East with Sirohi to its South West and Jalor to its West. Headquarters: Pali.
Rajsamand	Area Occupied: 4,768 square kilometers. Located in: South Rajasthan, with Ajmer and Pali to its North, Udaipur on the South, Bhilwara and Chittorgarh to the East and Pali and Sirohi to the West. Headquarters: Rajsamand.
Sawai Madhopur	Area Occupied: 10,527 square kilometers. Located in: Eastern Rajasthan. Headquarters: Sawai Madhopur.
Sikar	Area Occupied: 7,732 square kilometers Located in: North-East Rajasthan with Jhunjhunun on the North, Churu to the north-west, Nagaur to the South-West, Jaipur to the South-East and Mehandergarh to the North-East. Headquarters: Sikar.
Sirohi	Area Occupied: 5136 square kilometers. Located in: South-western Rajasthan, with, Udaipur on the East, Banaskantha to the South and Jalor to the West Headquarters: Sirohi.
Tonk	Area Occupied: 7,194 square kilometers. Located in : While Jaipur and Sawai Madhopur lies to its North and East respectively, Bundi and Bhilwara forms its borders on the South with Ajmer to its West. Headquarters: Tonk.
Udaipur	Area Occupied: 17,279 square kilometers. Location: Southern Rajasthan with Rajsamand and Pali to the North, Dungarpur and Banswara to the South, Bhilwara and Chiittorgarh to the East and Sirohi districts and Sabarkantha in the West. Headquarters: Udaipur. Make sure you get all your facts right before you head towards exploring the lovely Rajasthan.