Bilara tehsil

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Bilara Tehsil
Tehsil
Coordinates: 26°13′N073°40′E / 26.217°N 73.667°E / 26.217; 73.667
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
District Jodhpur
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code RJ-IN
Lok Sabha constituency Pali
Vidhan Sabha constituency Bilara SC [1]

Bilara Tehsil is a tehsil in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. [2] The tehsil headquarters are in the town of Bilara.

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Geography

Bilara tehsil is the southeasternmost of the eleven tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Bhopalgarh tehsil to the north, Nagaur District to the northeast, Pali District to the east and south, and Luni tehsil and Mandor tehsil to the west. [3]

History

Bilara tehsil was part of the SOHU princely state of Marwar.

Economy

The economy of the tehsil is mainly based on agriculture and related businesses.

Demographics

In the 2001 census, the Bilara tehsil had 251,946 inhabitants, with 130,451 males (51.8%) and 121,495 females (48.2%), for a gender ratio of 931 females per thousand males. [4] In 2001, the tehsil was 71.7% rural. [4]

Points of interest

The Marwari people inhabit most of Bilara tehsil, and one can see typical Marwari customs and culture in the town of Bilara, and in villages throughout the tehsil.[ citation needed ]

Villages

There are forty panchayat villages in Bilara tehsil: [5]

Notes

  1. "Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies wise Polling Stations & Electors" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Rajasthan. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  2. "Administrative Setup". Jodhpur District. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013.
  3. "Map:Jodhpur District, Administrative Setup". Jodhpur District. 2007. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009.
  4. 1 2 "Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Nashik: Bhopalgarh: Kashti". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  5. "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Bilara, Jodhpur, Rajasthan". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013.

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