Agra (Hindi pronunciation: [aːgɾaː]) is one of the 75 districts in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

The DM is in charge of property records and revenue collection for the central government and oversees the elections held in the city.

The district consists of 15 blocks, namely Etmadpur, Khandauli, Shamsabad, Fatehabad, Jagner, Kheragarh, Saiyan, Achhnera, Akola, Bichpuri, Fatehpur Sikri, Barauli Ahir, Bah, Pinahat and Jaitpur Kalan.

According to the 2011 census Agra district has a population of 4,418,797,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Moldova[14] or the US state of Kentucky.

A large number of people did not state their religion during the census, and there are significant populations of Jains, Sikhs and Christians in Agra city.

[17] The language of Agra is Braj Bhasha, which is a Western Hindi language, predominant in the nebulous Braj region centred on Mathura and Agra in Uttar Pradesh and Dholpur & Bharatpur in Rajasthan.