Bhindar (also spelt Bhinder) 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 ...

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. The tehsil headquarter is located in the town of Bhinder.

History

Before the formation of the Republic of India, the territory of present-day Bhindar tehsil was part of the former

Udaipur State Kingdom of Mewar, sometimes known as Udaipur State, was ruled by the Sisodia dynasty. It was an independent kingdom in Rajputana region of India. It was established around the 7th century as minor rulers of the Nagada-Ahar region of Udaipur an ...

. With the formation of the United State of Rajasthan (precursor to the state of

) in 1948, the new district of

Udaipur Udaipur () (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura''), historically named as Udayapura, is a city and municipal corporation in Udaipur district of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarter of Udaipur district. It is the historic capit ...

was constituted which included the territory of present-day Bhindar tehsil. In 1959, the sub-tehsil of Bhindar was created within Vallabhnagar tehsil. After a nearly 40-year long struggle by local activists to obtain tehsil status, Bhindar became a tehsil in 2017.

Geography

The area of Bhindar tehsil is 341 square kilometres. The annual average rainfall in the tehsil is 608 mm, with an average of 30 rainy days per year.The 'Rainfall Profile of Udaipur' (2013) report referenced presents the information for Vallabhnagar tehsil prior to Bhindar tehsil being carved out of the former. Therefore, the average rainfall and rainy days stated here are those for Vallabhnagar tehsil from the said report. 16 villages of the tehsil that are in the vicinity of the city of the

urban area are subject to the jurisdiction urban planning policies of the Udaipur

Urban Improvement Trust An Urban Improvement Trust is a type of statutory body in the state of Rajasthan, 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 co ...

References

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