Lasadiya (also spelt Lasadia) 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 ...

Udaipur district Udaipur district is one of the 33 districts of Rajasthan state in western India. The historic city of Udaipur is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district is part of the Mewar region of Rajasthan. History Before Udaipur d ...

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 ...

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.The tehsil consists of 114

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which are organized in 19

gram panchayats 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 ...

The tehsil headquarter is located in the village of Lasadiya. The boundaries of Lasadiya tehsil are conterminous with those of Lasadiya

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 ...

History

Before the formation of the Republic of India, the territory of present-day Lasadiya 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 area of present-day Lasadiya tehsil. Lasadiya tehsil was created in 2008 by including 19 villages of Salumbar tehsil (of

) and 88 villages of Dhariawad tehsil (of Pratapgarh district).

Geography

The area of Lasadiya tehsil is 539 square kilometres. The tehsil is bordered by Girwa tehsil to the northwest, Vallabhnagar tehsil to the north, Chittaurgarh district to the north east, Pratapgarh district to the southeast, and Salumber tehsils to the southwest. The annual average rainfall in Lasadiya tehsil is 692 mm, with an average of 32 rainy days per year.Since Lasadiya tehsil only came in existence in 2008, the mean rainfall shown here reflects that of Salumber tehsil, parts of which were carved out to create the former.

Demographics

The population of Lasadiya tehsil is 91,229, which makes it the least populous tehsil in Udaipur district. The entire population of Lasadiya is classified as rural in the 2011 census. The sex ratio in the tehsil is 968. 88% of the population belongs to one of the statutorily defined

scheduled tribes 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 ...

. The tehsil's literacy rate of 35% is the second lowest in Udaipur district. 96% of the population of the tehsil is rural and the literacy rate of the tehsil is 54%.

Mewari Mewari is an Indo-Aryan language of the Rajasthani group. It is spoken by about five million speakers in Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Udaipur, Chittorgarh and Pratapgarh districts of Rajasthan state and Mandsaur, Neemuch districts of Madhya Prades ...

is the predominant language used in the tehsil, being the

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for 98% of the population of the tehsil. Because of its predominant

tribal The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to conflic ...

population, Lasadiya tehsil is classified as a Scheduled Area which affords safeguards for interests of the tribal population.

Economy

Agriculture is the most significant sources of income in Lasadiya tehsil with 90% of workers identifying as cultivators or agricultural labourers in the 2011 census.

References

{{reflist Tehsils of Rajasthan Tehsils of Udaipur district