It is surrounded by Alwar district in the north, Bharatpur in the east, Gangapur in the south-east, Sawai Madhopur in the south, and Jaipur Rural in the west.

The district is named after the city of Dausa, derived from a Sanskrit word Dhau-Sa which means "Beautiful like Heaven".

[7] When Akbar went to Ajmer as a pilgrim to Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in 1562 CE, he stayed in Dausa and met with Rupsi Bairagi, the Hakim of Dausa at the time and brother of the then ruler of Amber, Raja Bharmal.

Dausa district is located in the eastern part of Rajasthan within Jaipur division.

[9] It is bordered by the district of Alwar to the north, Bharatpur to the east, Gangapur to the south-east, Sawai Madhopur to the south, and Jaipur Rural to the west.

[12] The 11 Sub-divisions in district are:[13] The 11 Panchayat Samitis are:[14] The 15 Tehsils are:[15] Dausa district is part of the Dausa Lok Sabha constituency, and Murari Lal Meena is the current Member of Parliament representing this constituency.

[18] According to the 2011 census, Hindus form the majority religious group accounting for 96.81% of the district's population, followed by Muslims (2.78%).