Rishabhdeo (also spelt Rishabhdev) 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 125

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and one

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. The tehsil headquarter is located in the town of

Rishabhdeo Rikhabdeo (aka Rishabhadeo) is a census town in Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan, in north-west India. Rishabhadeo is situated from Udaipur and is on Udaipur-Ahmedabad Road. The name of the town is also Dhulev The place got its name ...

History

Before the formation of the Republic of India, the territory of present-day Rishabhdeo 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 Rishabhdeo tehsil. Rishabhdeo tehsil was created in 2008 by including 79 villages of

Kherwara tehsil Kherwara (Hindi: खेरवाड़ा'')'' is a tehsil of Udaipur district in Rajasthan, India. The tehsil consists of 195 revenue villages and 1 census town. The tehsil headquarter is located in the town of Kherwara Chhaoni. The tehsil is ...

and 19 villages of Sarada tehsil.

Geography

The annual average rainfall in Rishabhdeo tehsil is 518 mm, with an average of 26 rainy days per year.

Demographics

The population of the tehsil is 1,72,935, 84% of which is

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. Because of the large proportion of

tribals 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 ...

in its population, the entire Rishabhdeo tehsil is included in the

Tribal sub-plan The Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) is a planning concept used in India to channelize the flow of benefits from the Central government for the development of tribal populations in the states. The motivation for TSPs is to bridge the gap between tribal popula ...

References

Tehsils of Rajasthan Tehsils of Udaipur district {{Udaipur-geo-stub