Balesar tehsil is a
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 administr ...
in
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), af ...
of
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 si ...
state in western
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 so ...
.
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
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 ...
to the north,
Osian tehsil and
Mandor tehsil to the east,
Luni tehsil to the southeast,
Barmer District
Barmer District is a district in Rajasthan state of India. It is located in the western part of Rajasthan state forming a part of the Thar Desert. Barmer is the third largest district by area in Rajasthan and fifth largest district in India. Oc ...
to the southwest and
Sekhala tehsil to the west.
History
In 2009 Balesar tehsil was created out of the eastern half of
Shergarh tehsil
Shergarh tehsil is a tehsil in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. The headquarters for the tehsil is the village of Shergarh.
Shergarh tehsil is a western tehsil among the eleven tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Phalod ...
, 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
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