Stone Age tools dating from 5,000 to 200,000 years were found in Bundi and Bhilwara districts of the state.

State Highway (Jaipur-Udaipur) passes through the district, as does a broad gauge railway line measuring 84 km and connecting Ajmer with Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh.

There are 7 sub-divisions in the district: Bhilwara, Shahpura, Gangapur, Gulabpura, Asind, Mandalgarh and Jahazpur.

Under these sub-divisions there are 12 Tehsils as per Census of India 2011 report and these 12 Tehsils are Panachayat Samitis: Bhilwara, Banera, Mandal, Mandalgarh, Beejoliya, Kotri, Hurda, Shahpura, Jahazpur, Sahada, Asind and Raipur.

According to the 2011 census Bhilwara district has a population of 2,408,523,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait[5] or the US state of New Mexico.