Mavli is a town in

Mavli tehsil Mavli is a tehsil of Udaipur district in Rajasthan, India.The tehsil consists of 179 revenue villages which are organized in 42 gram panchayats and one town (Mavli). The tehsil headquarter is located in the town of Mavli. The boundaries of Mavl ...

of Udaipur district in

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Mavli Junction railway station Mavli Junction railway station is a railway station in Udaipur district, Rajasthan. Its code is MVJ. It serves Mavli town. The station consists of five platforms. Passenger Express and Superfast trains halt here. Trains The following trains h ...

is an important station under

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of Indian Railways. It connects

Marwar Marwar (also called Jodhpur region) is a region of western Rajasthan state in North Western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. The word 'maru' is Sanskrit for desert. In Rajasthani languages, "wad" means a particular area. English tran ...

Junction ,

Chittaurgarh Chittorgarh (also Chittor or Chittaurgarh) is a major city in Rajasthan state of western India. It lies on the Berach River, a tributary of the Banas, and is the administrative headquarters of Chittorgarh District. It was a major stronghol ...

junction,

Bari Sadri Bari Sadri is a town and a municipality in Chittaurgarh district in the state of Rajasthan, India. Geography Bari Sadri is located at . It has an average elevation of . Demographics As of the 2011 India census, Bari Sadri had a population of 15 ...

and

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 ...

city. New residential colonies have come up around railway station. The town has a

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. The town has temple of Laxmi Narayan, Shriramji- Seetamata-Laxmanji (Akhada), Thirthankar Chanda Prabhu Swamy (Jain Temple), lok temples like Adra Bavji, Radaji Bawji and Chamunda Mata. There is a famous bawri (step well) known as Bai Raj Ki Bawri. ''Baijiraj Bawri'' was built by mother and sister of Rana Bhim Singhji between 1772 to 1780. This Bawri was given in dowry to Baijiraj Chandrawatiji. Over the years rainfall has declined and potable water is a big problem. Two ponds near the village namely Naya Talab (Hemsagar) and Nathela hardly get rainwater. Another big pond meant for irrigation namely Bagolia also remains dry, it was last overflown in 1973. The town is famous for its Sweet Rabdi. During early post-independence time after Udaipur and Dabok, it was Mavli, which had school up to middle level.

Political

The town 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 ...

headquarters, having

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 ...

and also subdivision office under Udaipur district. It is a

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(State Legislative Assembly) seat and

Shanti Lal Chaplot Shanti Lal Chaplot is a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Rajasthan, India, former MP and former Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 7 April 1995 to 18 March 1998. He was born on 2 March 1946 to Shri Chunilal Chaplot ...

was elected from this seat. This town falls in the

Lok Sabha constituency.

References

Divisional Map of Ajmer Division
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