Bhopalgarh 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 ...

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state in western

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. Headquarters for the tehsil is the town of

Bhopalgarh Bhopalgarh is a town located in the Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. It is a City and headquarters of the Bhopalgarh tehsil. Bhopalgarh Fort is the centre of attraction in the town. It is located in the Thar Desert, 90 ...

. Bhopalgarh

is an eastern tehsil among the 13

s in Jodhpur District. It borders

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 headqua ...

to the north and east, Pipar city tehsil to the south,

Jodhpur Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Ki ...

tehsil to the southwest, and

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, Bhopalga ...

to the west. Bhopalgarh

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 ...

has 35

gram panchayat 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 bod ...

s & 116 villages. The mineral and the stone used for Emery Stone are found in Bhopalgarh.

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s are mainly cultivated in the Bhopalgarh Tehsil with Bajra, Moong, Moth, Sesamum (Til), Jowar and Cotton being the most common crops. Bhopalgarh

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 .

Demographics

As per 2011 census of India, Bhopalgarh tehsil had a total population of 2,71,567 in 2001 which increased to 3,20,952 in 2011 showing a percentage decadal variation of 18.19%. Bhopalgarh tehsil had an overall sex ratio of 938 in 2011. In 2011 in Bhopalgarh, 100% of the households were rural. Bhopalgarh tehsil has a

Scheduled caste The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

population of 69,580 &

Scheduled tribe The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

population of 2,876 which account for 21.68% & 0.9% of total population as of 2011.

population percentage (21.68%) over total population of Bhopalgarh

is highest in

district. Bhopalgarh

has a literacy rate of 74.58% for males & 38.97% for females with overall literacy rate being 57.24%. Bhopalgarh

has main workers, marginal workers & total workers percentage of 31.28%, 17.41% & 48.69% respectively over total population of

. It has the highest percentage of female total workers in

district with a percentage of 45.91%. Out of the total workers in Bhopalgarh tehsil 56.17% account for agriculture cultivators, 23.44% account for agricultural labourers & 1.68% account for household industry workers &18.71% account for other workers.

Villages

There are thirty-nine panchayat villages in Bhopalgarh tehsil.

Notes

http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/08/0815_PART_A_DCHB_JODHPUR.pdf
Tehsils of Rajasthan Jodhpur district {{Rajasthan-geo-stub