Mavli tehsil

Mavli tehsil
Tehsil
Mavli tehsil
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Coordinates: 24°47′30″N73°58′57″E / 24.791727°N 73.982498°E / 24.791727; 73.982498
Tehsil seat	Mavli
Area
• Total	837 km2 (323 sq mi)
	[1]
Population  (2011)
• Total	230,532 [2]
Time zone	Indian Standard Time

Mavli is a tehsil of Udaipur district in Rajasthan, India.The tehsil consists of 179 revenue villages which are organized in 42 gram panchayats and one town (Mavli). ^[1] The tehsil headquarter is located in the town of Mavli. ^[1] The boundaries of Mavli tehsil are conterminous with those of Mavli panchayat samiti. ^[1]

History

Before the formation of the Republic of India, the territory of present-day Mavli tehsil was part of the former Udaipur State. ^[2] With the formation of the United State of Rajasthan (precursor to the state of Rajasthan) in 1948, the new district of Udaipur was constituted which included Mavli tehsil. ^[2]

Geography

The area of Mavli tehsil is 837 square kilometres. ^[1] The tehsil is bordered by Girwa tehsil to the west, Rajsamand district to the north, Chittaurgarh district to the east, and Vallabhnagar tehsil to the south. ^[1] The annual average rainfall in Mavli tehsil is 604 mm, with an average of 30 rainy days per year. ^[3]

22 villages of Mavli that are in the vicinity of the city of the Udaipur urban area are subject to the jurisdiction urban planning policies of the Udaipur Urban Improvement Trust. ^{[4] [5]}

Demographics

The population of Mavli tehsil is 230,532, of which 96% is classified as rural in the 2011 census. ^[1] The sex ratio in the tehsil is 967. ^[1] The tehsil's literacy rate is 52%. ^[1] Mewari is the predominant language used in the tehsil, being the first language for 98% of the population of the tehsil. ^[6]

Economy

Agriculture is a significant sources of income in Mavli tehsil with 57% of workers identifying as cultivators or agricultural labourers in the 2011 census. ^[2]

References

1. District Census Handbook Udaipur, Village and Town Directory (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations. 2011.
2. District Census Handbook Udaipur, Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations. 2011.
3. Singh, O.P.; et al. (2013). Rainfall Profile of Udaipur (PDF). Meteorological Monograph: Hydrology No.15/2013. New Delhi: India Meteorological Department. p. 108.
4. Udaipur ke adhighoshit nagriya kshetra mein sthit gram panchayat evam panchayat samiti ki suchi yathavidyaman mah agast 2016 (PDF). City Development Office Udaipur. 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
5. Udaipur Urban Area Map 2031. Government of Rajasthan. 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
6. "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue". Census of India. Retrieved 5 September 2018.