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As of 2011 India census, Dungarpur had a population of 47,706 people. The population consists of 52% males and 48% females. [6] Dungarpur has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. The male literacy rate is 83%, and the female literacy rate is 69%. In Dungarpur, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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The area of Dungarpur district was occupied by the Bhil people perhaps as early as 4000 BCE. [2] There is second largest community of Patidar. It was invaded by Rajputs in the 12th century. Dungarpur State was founded in 1197 by Guljaram Punjabikir, a Rajput prince from Mewar, [3] but Rajput control over the area took centuries. [4]
Dungarpur State was a princely state during the British Raj. Its capital was the city of Dungarpur in the southernmost area of present-day Rajasthan State in India . In 1901 the total population of Dungarpur State was 100,103, while that of the town was 6,094.
It is part of Dungarpur district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. As of 2023, it is represented by Umesh Meena of the Bharat Adivasi Party . [ 4 ]
The Baneshwar fair is held in the month of February at Baneshwar, a small delta formed by the river Soma and Mahi, about 50 km from Dungarpur. This fair is one of the biggest and most important fair of the Bhils. 'Baneshwar' means the ‘master of the delta’ and is derived from the Shiva Linga kept in the Mahadev temple in Dungarpur.
Nagendra Singh was born on 18 March 1914 in the State of the Kingdom of Dungarpur, to Bijai Singh and his wife Davendra Kanwar; his elder brother was Laxman Singh I, the last monarch of Dungarpur. [3] Before joining the Civil Service he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. [4]