[1] The district was established on 1 August 1948 by integrating portions of various princely states: Mewar, Pratabgarh, Tonk, and Jhalawar.

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Chittorgarh one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).

[4] According to the 2011 census Chittorgarh district has a population of 1,544,338,[7] roughly equal to the nation of Gabon[8] or the US state of Hawaii.

[7] The district has a population density of 193 inhabitants per square kilometre (500/sq mi) .

[7] At the time of the 2011 census, 67.88% of the population spoke Mewari, 15.52% Rajasthani and 13.86% Hindi as their first language.