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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gogunda tehsil<br />
| native_name = गोगुन्दा तहसील
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'''Gogunda ('''[[Hindi]]: गोगुन्दा'')'' is a [[tehsil]] of [[Udaipur district]] in [[Rajasthan]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://udaipur.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/udaipur/en/about-udaipur/blocks-tehsils-panchayats.html|title=About Udaipur > Blocks/Tehsils/Panchayats|website=Official Website of Udaipur|access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref> The tehsil consists of 232 [[Revenue Village|revenue villages]], 45 [[panchayat]]s, and 1 census town.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/08/0832_PART_A_DCHB_UDAIPUR.pdf|title=District Census Handbook Udaipur, Village and Town Directory|last=|first=|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations|year=2011|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref> The tehsil headquarter is located in the town of [[Gogunda]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/08part3.pdf|title=Administrative Atlas of Rajasthan: District and Tahsil|last=|first=|publisher=Census of India|year=2011|isbn=|location=|pages=663|quote=|via=}}</ref>

== History ==
The tehsil of Gogunda was newly formed in the 1951-61 period, constituted of out of villages of the former entire Saira tehsil, one village of Phalasia tehsil, and two villages of Girwa tehsil (the tehsils of Saira and Phalasia are no longer in existence).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.117117|title=Rajasthan District Gazeteers Udaipur|last=Agarwal|first=B.D.|publisher=Directorate of District Gazeteers|year=1979|isbn=|location=Jaipur|pages=}}</ref> In 2012, Saira was declared to be a sub-tehsil of Gogunda.<ref name="DainikBhaskar2012">{{cite news |title=Udaipur jile mein Badgaon bani nayi tehsil |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/udaipur/news/RAJ-UDA-the-new-tehsil-of-udaipur-district-budgam-3430430.html |accessdate=19 April 2019 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=19 June 2012}}</ref>

==Geography==
The area of Gogunda tehsil is 1,009 square kilometres.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0832_PART_B_DCHB_UDAIPUR.pdf|title=District Census Handbook Udaipur, Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract|last=|first=|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations|year=2011|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref> The tehsil is bordered by [[Pali district|Pali]] district on the northwest, [[Rajsamand district]] on the northeast, [[Kotra Tehsil, Udaipur, Rajasthan|Kotra tehsil]] on the southwest, [[Jhadol Tehsil|Jhadol tehsil]] on the south, and [[Girwa|Girwa tehsil]] on the southeast.<ref name=":0" /> Major highways in the tehsil are [[National Highway 27 (India)|National Highway 27]] and State Highway 32.<ref name=":0" /> The annual average rainfall in Gogunda tehsil is 633 mm, with an average of 33 rainy days per year.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://amssdelhi.gov.in/RESEARCH_FILES/UDAIPUR_RF_PROFILE.pdf|title=Rainfall Profile of Udaipur|last=Singh|display-authors=etal|first=O.P.|publisher=India Meteorological Department|year=2013|isbn=|series=Meteorological Monograph: Hydrology No.15/2013|location=New Delhi|pages=108|quote=|via=}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
The population of Gogunda tehsil is 2,14,948, as per the 2011 census, which consists of 1,09,673 men (51%) and 1,05,275 women (49%).<ref name=":0" /> 96% of the population of the tehsil is rural and the literacy rate of the tehsil is 42%.<ref name=":0" /> Hindi and Mewari are the predominant languages used in the tehsil, these two languages being the mother tongue for 49% and 43% respectively of the population of the tehsil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html|title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue|publisher=Census of India|access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref>

Because of its predominant [[scheduled tribe]] population, Gogunda tehsil has been designated a [[Scheduled Areas (India)|scheduled area]] which allows special protection of tribal culture and other interests.<ref name="Gazette_19May2019">{{cite news |title=Gazette of India |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.central.e.2018-05-19.185561 |accessdate=13 April 2019 |publisher=Government of India |date=19 May 2019}}</ref>

== Economy ==
Agriculture and migratory labour are the most significant sources of income in Gogunda.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.aajeevika.org/assets/pdfs/Gogunda%20Block%20Profile.pdf|title=Migration and Labour Profile of Gogunda Block (Udaipur District, Rajasthan)|last=|first=|publisher=Shramik Sahayata Evam Sandarbha Kendra|year=2008|isbn=|location=Gogunda|pages=}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Tehsils of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Tehsils of Udaipur district]]

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