The area of Dungarpur district was occupied by the Bhil people perhaps as early as 4000 BCE.

[4] Bagar or Vargar was the name the Rajputs gave to the area of Dungarpur and Banswara districts.

[5] The Bhil people remained the major ethnic group in the district during Rajput rule, and under the British Raj formed the core of the military and police.

[6] Dungarpur District lies in southern Rajasthan on the border with Gujarat.

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

[11] According to the 2011 census Dungarpur district has a population of 1,388,552, [1] roughly equal to the nation of Eswatini[14] or the US state of Hawaii.

[16] The Vagad region of Rajasthan includes Dungarpur and Banswara districts.