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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bilara tehsil
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Rajasthan, India
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| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jodhpur district|Jodhpur]]
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| blank_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Pali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pali]]
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Bilara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bilara SC]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies wise Polling Stations & Electors|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Rajasthan|year=2008|url=http://ceorajasthan.nic.in/PC-ACWISE-ELECTORS.pdf|access-date=20 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726003649/http://ceorajasthan.nic.in/PC-ACWISE-ELECTORS.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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'''Bilara tehsil''' is a [[tehsil]] in [[Jodhpur District]] of [[Rajasthan]] state in western [[India]].<ref name="Jodh-Admin">{{Cite web |title=Administrative Setup |publisher=Jodhpur District |url=http://jodhpur.nic.in/as.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806035124/http://jodhpur.nic.in/as.html |archivedate=6 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The tehsil headquarters are in the town of [[Bilara]].

==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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Map:Jodhpur District, Administrative Setup|year=2007|publisher=Jodhpur District|url=http://jodhpur.nic.in/images/map1.jpg|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409233202/http://jodhpur.nic.in/images/map1.jpg|archivedate=9 April 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
{{main article|Marwar#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.<ref name="PF-2001-Bilara">{{Cite web|title=Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Nashik: Bhopalgarh: Kashti|publisher=Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=08&district_code=15|access-date=20 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513203122/http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=08&district_code=15|archive-date=13 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2001, the tehsil was 71.7% rural.<ref name="PF-2001-Bilara" />

==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|date=October 2018}}

==Villages==
There are forty [[panchayat village]]s in Bilara tehsil.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Bilara, Jodhpur, Rajasthan |publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India |url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=724&parenttype=B&ptype=V |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513211921/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=724&parenttype=B&ptype=V |archivedate=2013-05-13 }}</ref>

==Notes==
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{{Jodhpur district}}

[[Category:Tehsils of Rajasthan]]
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Bilara tehsil - Revision history

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