Salumbar (also spelt Salumber) 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 268

revenue villages In accounting, revenue is the total amount of income generated by the sale of goods and services related to the primary operations of the business. Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover. Some companies receive reven ...

which are organized in 46

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 and one

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

. The tehsil headquarter is located in the town of

Salumbar Salumbar is a statutory town in Udaipur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Geography Salumbar is located at . It has an average elevation of 262 metres (859 feet). Demographics India census, Salumbar had a population of 16,42 ...

History

At least some of the area of present-day Salumbar tehsil was part of Salumbar thikana, a jagir or estate of

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 ...

, since c.1373 to 1948. 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 Salumbar as one of its tehsils.

Geography

The boundaries of Salumbar tehsil are conterminous with those of Salumbar

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 ...

. The annual average rainfall in Salumbar tehsil is 692 mm, with an average of 32 rainy days per year.

Demographics

The population of Salumbar tehsil is 248,337, of which 93% is classified as rural in the 2011 census. The sex ratio (number of females per 1000 males) in the tehsil is 971. The tehsil's literacy rate is 43%. 53% of the population of the tehsil belongs to

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 ...

s while 5% belongs to

scheduled castes 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 ...

. Agriculture is the most significant sources of income in Salumbar tehsil with 73% of workers identifying as cultivators or agricultural labourers in the 2011 census.

References

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