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Kherwara (Hindi: खेरवाड़ा) is a tehsil of Udaipur district in Rajasthan, India.[1] The tehsil consists of 195 revenue villages and 1 census town.[1] The tehsil headquarter is located in the town of Kherwara Chhaoni.[2] The tehsil is part of the Kherwara panchayat samiti (block).[1]
History
Before the formation of the Republic of India, the territory of present-day Kherwara tehsil was part of the former Udaipur State.[3] As of 1940, Kherwara was one of the 8 districts of Udaipur State (possibly with boundaries similar to present-day Kherwara tehsil).[4][5]
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 the area of present-day Kherwara tehsil.[3]
In 2008, 79 villages were carved out of Kherwara tehsil to form, along with 19 villages from Sarada tehsil, the new tehsil of Rishabhdeo.[3]
Geography
The area of Kherwara tehsil is 594 square kilometres.[6] The tehsil is bordered by Jhadol tehsil to the north, Rishabdeo tehsil to the east, Dungarpur district to the south, and the state of Gujarat to the west.[1] Major highways in the tehsil are National Highway 8 and State Highways 10 and 48.[1] The annual average rainfall in Kherwara tehsil is 594 mm, with an average of 30 rainy days per year.[6]
Demographics
The population of Kherwara tehsil is 2,06,777, with a women to men ratio of 96%.[3] 73% of the population belongs to scheduled tribes. 96% of the population of the tehsil is rural and the literacy rate of the tehsil is 54%.[3] Wagdi is the predominant language used in the tehsil, it being the mother tongue for 91% of the population of the tehsil.[7]
Because of its predominant scheduled tribe population, Kherwara tehsil has been designated a scheduled area which allows special protection of tribal culture and other interests.[8]
Economy
Agriculture is the most significant sources of income in Kherwara tehsil with 63% of workers identifying as cultivators or agricultural labourers in the 2011 census.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 District Census Handbook Udaipur, Village and Town Directory{{#if:|, }. Directorate of Census Operations(2011)
- ↑ Administrative Atlas of Rajasthan: District and Tahsil{{#if:|, }. Census of India(2011)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 District Census Handbook Udaipur, Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract{{#if:|, }. Directorate of Census Operations(2011)
- ↑ Rajasthan District Gazetteers, Udaipur{{#if:Agarwal|, Agarwal}. Directorate of District Gazetteers(1979)
- ↑ Mewar in 1941, A Summary of Census Statistics{{#if:Dashora|, Dashora}. R.C. Sharma(1942)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rainfall Profile of Udaipur{{#if:Singh|, Singh}. India Meteorological Department(2013)
- ↑ C-16 Population By Mother Tongue. Census of India. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ↑ Gazette of India(19 May 2019).