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Osian Tehsil
Osian tehsil is a tehsil in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. Headquarters for the tehsil is the town of Osian. Osian tehsil is the most central of the eleven tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Phalodi tehsil to the northwest and north, Nagaur District to the northeast, Bhopalgarh tehsil and Bawadi tehsil to the southeast, Mandor tehsil to the south; and Balesar tehsil Balesar tehsil is a tehsil in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. Headquarters for the tehsil is the village of Balesar. Balesar tehsil is a central tehsil among the eleven tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Phalodi tehsi ... to the west. Villages There are forty-one panchayat villages in Osian tehsil. Notes Tehsils of Rajasthan Jodhpur district {{Rajasthan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional towns, and usually a number of villages. The terms in India have replaced earlier terms, such as '' pargana'' (''pergunnah'') and ''thana''. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, a newer unit called mandal (circle) has come to replace the system of tehsils. It is generally smaller than a tehsil, and is meant for facilitating local self-government in the panchayat system. In West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, community development blocks are the empowered grassroots administrative unit, replacing tehsils. As an entity of local government, the tehsil office (panchayat samiti) exercises certain fiscal and administrative power over the villages and municipalities within its jurisdiction. It is the ultimate execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodhpur District
Jodhpur District is a district in the State of Rajasthan in western India. The city of Jodhpur is the administrative headquarters of the district. As of the 2011 census, it is the second highest populated district of Rajasthan (out of 33), after Jaipur district. Jodhpur is the historic center of the Marwar region. The district contains Mandore, the ancient capital of the Pratihara Rajput kings (6th-13th centuries), and the Pratiharas' temple city of Osiyan. Jodhpur was founded in the 15th century by Rao Jodha, and served as the capital of the kingdom of Marwar under the Rathore dynasty until after Indian Independence in 1947. Geography The district is located in the State of Rajasthan in western India. he district is bounded on the north by Bikaner District, on the northeast by Nagaur District">Bikaner_District.html" ;"title="he district is bounded on the north by Bikaner District">he district is bounded on the north by Bikaner District, on the northeast by Nagaur Distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern side, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert) and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej- Indus River valley. It is bordered by five other Indian states: Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest. Its geographical location is 23.3 to 30.12 North latitude and 69.30 to 78.17 East longitude, with the Tropic of Cancer passing through its southernmost tip. Its major features include the ruins of the Indus Valley civilisation at Kalibangan and Balathal, the Dilwara Temples, a Jain pilgrimage site at Rajasthan's only hill stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osian, Jodhpur
Osian (also spelt Osiyan) is an ancient town located in the Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. It is an oasis in the Thar Desert. The town is a panchayat village and the headquarters for Osian tehsil. It lies by road north of the district headquarters at Jodhpur, on a diversion off the main Jodhpur – Bikaner Highway. The under-construction Amritsar Jamnagar Expressway passes through this town. Osian is famous as home to the cluster of ruined Hindu and Jain temples dating from the 8th to 12th centuries. The city was a major religious centre of the kingdom of Marwar during the Gurjara Pratihara dynasty. Of the 18 shrines in the group, the Surya Temple, Sachiya Mata Temple, Katan Bawari and the Jain temple dedicated to Mahavira stands out in their grace and architecture. The town was a major trading center at least as early as the Gupta period. It maintained this status, while also being a major center of Hinduism and Jainism for hundreds of year. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phalodi Tehsil
Phalodi tehsil is a tehsil in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. Headquarters for the tehsil is the town of Phalodi. Geography Phalodi tehsil is the second northernmost of the eleven tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Bap tehsil to the north, Nagaur district to the east, Osian tehsil to the southeast and south, Balesar tehsil and Shergarh tehsil to the south; and Jaisalmer district to the west. It is situated between latitude 27°06' to 27°09' north and 72°20' to 72°23' east. It has an average elevation of 303 metres (994 feet). History Phalodi tehsil was much larger before 2012 when the northern part was taken to create Bap tehsil, which had been an independent sub-tehsil with its own local council (panchayat samiti) under Phalodi tehsil. Villages There are thirty-eight panchayat village Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagaur District
Nagaur district is one of the 33 districts of the state of Rajasthan in western India. Panchayati Raj was introduced here. It is the fifth largest district in Rajasthan and the area of the district is . The city of Nagaur is the district headquarters. Geography Nagaur District is between 26°25' & 27°40' north latitude & 73°.10' & 75°.15' east longitude. The district is bounded by Bikaner District to the northwest, Churu District to the north, Sikar District to the northeast, Jaipur District to the east, Ajmer District to the southeast, Pali District to the south, and Jodhpur District to the southwest and west. The district lies in the Marwar region of Rajasthan, in the Northwestern thorn scrub forests belt surrounding the Thar Desert. The Aravalli Range extends across the southeastern portion of the district, and the saline Sambhar Lake, India's largest salt lake and Rajasthan's largest lake, lies at the southwestern corner of the district, straddling the boundary wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhopalgarh Tehsil
Bhopalgarh tehsil is a tehsil in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. Headquarters for the tehsil is the town of Bhopalgarh. Bhopalgarh tehsil is an eastern tehsil among the 13 tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Nagaur District to the north and east, Piparcity, Pipar city tehsil to the south, Jodhpur tehsil to the southwest, and Bawadi tehsil to the west. Bhopalgarh Panchayat samiti (block), panchayat samiti has 35 gram panchayats & 116 villages. The mineral and the stone used for Emery Stone are found in Bhopalgarh. Rabi crops are mainly cultivated in the Bhopalgarh Tehsil with Bajra, Moong, Moth, Sesamum (Til), Jowar and Cotton being the most common crops. Bhopalgarh tehsil has a total area of 174623.74 hectares with total cultivable area of 63.92% of total area & 21.27% of total cultivable area as irrigated area as per land use 2011. Jats are the dominant community in bhopalgarh . There number vary close to one lakh in the entire constituency . Demographic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bawadi Tehsil
Bawadi tehsil is a tehsil in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. The tehsil headquarters are in Baori. Geography Bawadi tehsil is one of the eleven tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Nagaur District to the north, Bhopalgarh tehsil to the east, Mandor tehsil to the south, and Osian tehsil to the west.Bawadi tehsil is western Bhopalgarh tehsil as shown on the map. A rare tree elsewhere, the ''dhauro'' (''Anogeissus sericea'' var. ''nummularia''), a small brown-barked tree with drooping branches and yellow flowers which has a winged fruit in the spring, has a fine stand of healthy trees in Bawadi Taluk. History In 2009 Bawadi tehsil was created out of the western portion of Bhopalgarh tehsil Bhopalgarh tehsil is a tehsil in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. Headquarters for the tehsil is the town of Bhopalgarh. Bhopalgarh tehsil is an eastern tehsil among the 13 tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Nagaur Distr .... Villages Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandor Tehsil
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Balesar Tehsil
Balesar tehsil is a tehsil in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. Headquarters for the tehsil is the village of Balesar. Balesar tehsil is a central tehsil among the eleven tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Phalodi tehsil to the north, Osian tehsil and Mandor tehsil to the east, Luni tehsil to the southeast, Barmer District to the southwest and Sekhala tehsil to the west. History In 2009 Balesar tehsil was created out of the eastern half of Shergarh tehsil, before that Balesar had been a subtehsil with a separate panchayat samiti Panchayat samiti is a rural local government (panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has been said to be the "panchayat ..., sometimes referred to as ILRC Balesar. Villages There are thirty-three panchayat villages in Balesar tehsil. Notes Tehsils of Rajasthan Jodhpur district {{Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panchayat Village
Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general body of the Gram Panchayat. The members of the Gram Panchayat are elected by the Gram Sabha. There are about 250,000+ Gram Panchayats in India. History Established in various states of India, the Panchayat Raj system has three tiers: Zila Parishad, at the district level; Panchayat Samiti, at the block level; and Gram Panchayat, at the village level. Rajasthan was the first state to establish Gram Panchayat, Bagdari Village (Nagaur District) being the first village where Gram Panchayat was established, on 2 October 1959. The failed attempts to deal with local matters at the national level caused, in 1992, the reintroduction of Panchayats for their previously used purpose as an organisation for local self-governance. Structure Gram P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
