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'''Lasadiya''' (also spelt Lasadia<ref name="AMS" />) is a [[tehsil]] of [[Udaipur district]] in [[Rajasthan]], [[India]].The tehsil consists of 114 [[Revenue Village|revenue villages]] which are organized in 19 [[Gram panchayat|gram panchayats]]<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-A">{{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|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations|year=2011}}</ref> The tehsil headquarter is located in the village of Lasadiya.<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-A" /> The boundaries of Lasadiya tehsil are conterminous with those of Lasadiya [[panchayat samiti]].<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-A" />

== History ==
Before the formation of the Republic of India, the territory of present-day Lasadiya tehsil was part of the former [[Udaipur State]].<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-B">{{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|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations|year=2011}}</ref> With the formation of the United State of Rajasthan (precursor to the state of [[Rajasthan]]) in 1948, the new district of [[Udaipur district|Udaipur]] was constituted which included the area of present-day Lasadiya tehsil.<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-B" /> Lasadiya tehsil was created in 2008 by including 19 villages of [[Salumbar tehsil]] (of [[Udaipur district]]) and 88 villages of Dhariawad tehsil (of [[Pratapgarh district, Rajasthan|Pratapgarh district]]).<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-A" />

==Geography==
The area of Lasadiya tehsil is 539 square kilometres.<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-A" /> The tehsil is bordered by Girwa tehsil to the northwest, Vallabhnagar tehsil to the north, Chittaurgarh district to the north east, Pratapgarh district to the southeast, and Salumber tehsils to the southwest.<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-A" /> The annual average rainfall in Lasadiya tehsil is 692 mm, with an average of 32 rainy days per year.<ref name="AMS">{{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|series=Meteorological Monograph: Hydrology No.15/2013|location=New Delhi|pages=108}}</ref><ref>Since Lasadiya tehsil only came in existence in 2008, the mean rainfall shown here reflects that of Salumber tehsil, parts of which were carved out to create the former.</ref>

== Demographics ==
The population of Lasadiya tehsil is 91,229, which makes it the least populous tehsil in Udaipur district.<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-A" /> The entire population of Lasadiya is classified as rural in the 2011 census.<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-A" /> The sex ratio in the tehsil is 968.<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-A" /> 88% of the population belongs to one of the statutorily defined [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|scheduled tribes]].<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-A" /> The tehsil's literacy rate of 35% is the second lowest in Udaipur district.<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-A" /> 96% of the population of the tehsil is rural and the literacy rate of the tehsil is 54%.<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-A" /> [[Mewari language|Mewari]] is the predominant language used in the tehsil, being the [[first language]] for 98% of the population of the tehsil.<ref name="Census2011MotherTongue">{{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|tribal]] population, Lasadiya tehsil is classified as a [[Scheduled Areas (India)|Scheduled Area]] which affords safeguards for interests of the tribal population.<ref name="Gazette_19May2019">{{cite news |title=Gazette of India |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.central.e.2018-05-19.185561 |access-date=13 April 2019 |publisher=Government of India |date=19 May 2019}}</ref>

== Economy ==
Agriculture is the most significant sources of income in Lasadiya tehsil with 90% of workers identifying as cultivators or agricultural labourers in the 2011 census.<ref name="UdaipurCensusDCHB-B" />

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

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