The district occupies an area of 1,840 square kilometres (710 sq mi) and has a population of 1,564,708 as of the 2011 census.

[1] The district comprises four tehsils: Hathras, Sadabad, Sikandra Rao, and Sasni, which are further divided into seven blocks: Sasni, Hathras, Mursan, Sadabad, Sahpau, Hasanpur Baru, Sikandra Rao, and Hasayan.

There are three Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Hathras, Sadabad, and Sikandra Rao.

According to the 2011 census, Hathras district has a population of 1,564,708,[3][5] roughly equal to the nation of Gabon.

[3] Hathras has a sex ratio of 871 females for every 1,000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 60.2%.