Dhar district | |
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 Location of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Division | Indore |
| Headquarters | Dhar |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Dhar |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Sardarpur (196) Gandhwani (197) Kukshi (198) Manawar (199) Dharampuri (200) Dhar (201) Badnawar (202) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,153 km2 (3,148 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,185,793 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (690/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 60.57 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 961 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | dhar |
Dhar district is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The historic town of Dhar is administrative headquarters of the district.
The district has an area 8,153 km2. It is bounded by the districts of Ratlam to the north, Ujjain to the northeast, Indore to the east, Khargone (West Nimar) to the southeast, Barwani to the south, Jhabua and Alirajpur to the west. It is part of the Indore Division of Madhya Pradesh. The population of the district is 2,185,793 (2011 census), an increase of 25.60% from its 2001 population of 1,740,329. Pithampur is a large industrial area comes under Dhar District. Kukshi is the largest tehsil of the district.