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 ...

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 ...

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

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. 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 {{Rajasthan-geo-stub