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{{Infobox valley
| name = Bhomat
| other_name = Bhumat (Hindi: भोमट or भूमट)
| photo = Bhomat region in southern Rajasthan, India.png
| photo_width =
| photo_caption = The Bhomat region in southern Rajasthan
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| label =
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| coordinates = {{coord|24|26|N|73|18|W|display=inline,title}}
| location = [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| elevation = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = 800
| direction =
| length = {{convert|94|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|56|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| area = {{convert|1233|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}
| type = Quartzite, Phyllite, Gneisses, Schist, Dolomitic marble
| boundaries = Girwa and Kherawa tehsils of Udaipur district (east), Gogunda tehsil of Udaipur district (north), [[Sirohi district]] (west), [[Gujarat]] (south)
| topo =
| traversed = [[NH 76]]
| watercourses = [[Sabarmati River]], Wakal River
}}

'''Bhomat''' (also referred to as Bhumat; Hindi: भोमट or भूमट) is a mountainous and forested area in southern [[Rajasthan]], covering all or parts of the tehsils of [[Kotra Tehsil, Udaipur, Rajasthan|Kotra]], [[Jhadol tehsil|Jhadol]] and Kherwara in Udaipur district.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.350381|title=Patterns of Religious Observance in Three Villages of Rajasthan in 'Aspects of Religion in Indian Society,' edited by L.P. Vidyarthi.|last=Carstairs|first=G.M.|publisher=Kedar Nath Ram Nath|year=1961|isbn=|location=Meerut|pages=59–113}}</ref> During British rule, the region was also referred to as 'Hilly Tracts of Mewar'.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/ahandbookfighti00bonagoog|title=A Handbook of the Fighting Races of India|last=Bonarjee|first=P.D.|publisher=Thacker, Spink & Co.|year=1899|isbn=|location=Calcutta|pages=142}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=The Bhil and the Rajput Kingdoms of Southern Rajasthan in Narratives from the Margins: Aspects of Adivasi History in India|last=Fattori|first=Marco|publisher=Primus Books|year=2012|isbn=978-93-80607-10-8|editor-last=Gupta|editor-first=Sanjukta Das|location=Delhi|pages=134|editor-last2=Basu|editor-first2=Raj Sekhar}}</ref>

== Name ==
The name 'Bhomat' is based on the understanding that land tenures known as ''bhum'' were held by ''jagirdars'' in the region.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36082|title=Report on the Administration of Mewar State for Years 1940, 1941 and 1942|last=|first=|publisher=The Madras Law Journal Press|year=1944|isbn=|location=Mylapore|pages=33–40}}</ref>

== Geography ==
The Bhomat region is {{convert|25|to|50|km|mi|-1}} wide in the east-west direction and stretches approximately {{convert|94|km|mi}} in the north-south axis. It covers approximately {{convert|1233|km2|mi2}}.Geographically, Bhomat is divided in three sub-regions: its western area is called Bhader (Hindi: भाडेर), the central area is called Wakal (after the Wakal River; Hindi: वाकल) and the eastern area is called Khadak (Hindi: खड़क).<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=पानरवा का सोलंकी राजवंश|last=Paliwal|first=Devilal|publisher=Janak Prakashan|year=2000|isbn=|location=Udaipur|pages=}}</ref> Primary rivers of the Bhomat are [[Sabarmati River|Sabarmati]], Vakal, and Som.<ref name=":1" />

== History ==
In the 15th century, [[Kumbha of Mewar|Rana Kumbha]] is credited with building fortresses in the Bhomat region with the goal of containing revolts among the Bhils of the area.<ref>{{Cite book|title=State Formation in Rajasthan: Mewar During the Seventh-Fifteenth Centuries|last=Kapur|first=Nandini Sinha|publisher=Manohar|year=2002|isbn=81-7304-429-5|location=New Delhi|pages=}}</ref> In the 16th century, the Bhomat region was the shelter for the Ranas of Mewar when times of military crises caused by the Mughals.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.69407|title=Mewar and the Mughal Emperors (1526-1707 A.D.)|last=Sharma|first=G.N.|publisher=Shiva Lal Agarwala & Co. Ltd.|year=1951|isbn=|location=Agra|pages=170}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.120409|title=Gazetteer of India: Rajasthan - Udaipur|last=Agarwal|first=B.D.|publisher=Directorate of District Gazetteers, Government of Rajasthan|year=|isbn=|location=Jaipur|pages=46}}</ref>

The Bhomat is recognized as a geographical or cultural region, but it was a unified political entity for only a short term - a century - under British paramountcy. Prior to accession of the Mewar State to the Republic of India in 1949, the region was ruled by several ''jagirdars'', the important ones being: Jawas, Pahara, Madri, Thana, Chhani, Juda, [[Panarwa thikana|Panarwa]], [[Oghna]], Umariya, Patia, Sarwan, and Nainbara.<ref name=":0" /> These ''jagirdars'' were known as ''bhumias'' (i.e., ones holding a ''bhum'' land tenure) and owed only nominal allegiance to the Mewar State.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_S7dCkiyLJ6EC|title=Rajasthan Through the Ages: Marwar and British Administration|publisher=Sarup & Sons|year=2008|isbn=978-81-7625-841-8|editor-last=Gupta|editor-first=R.K.|location=New Delhi|pages=70|editor-last2=Bakshi|editor-first2=S.R.}}</ref>

For approximately a century during British paramountcy over Mewar State, the Bhomat represented a political unit divided in two sub-divisions - Kherwara Bhomat to the east and Kotra Bhomat to the east.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207081|title=Mewar History|last=|first=|publisher=The Times of India Press|year=1938|isbn=|location=Bombay|pages=50}}</ref>

== Population ==
''[[Adivasi|Adivasis]] comprise'' the majority of the population in the Bhomat.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Geography of Udaipur]]
[[Category:Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Mewar]]

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