Bhopalgarh tehsil

Bhopalgarh Tahsil
भोपालगढ तहसील
tehsil
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Location of Bhopalgarh tehsil in Jodhpur Rural district
Bhopalgarh Tahsil is located in Rajasthan
Bhopalgarh Tahsil
Bhopalgarh Tahsil
Location in Rajasthan, India
Bhopalgarh Tahsil is located in India
Bhopalgarh Tahsil
Bhopalgarh Tahsil
Bhopalgarh Tahsil (India)
Coordinates: 26°35′N 073°33′E / 26.583°N 73.550°E / 26.583; 73.550
Country India
StateRajasthan
DistrictJodhpur
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code02920
ISO 3166 codeRJ-IN
Vehicle registrationRJ-
Lok Sabha constituencyPali
Vidhan Sabha constituencyBhopalgarh (SC)[1]

Bhopalgarh tehsil is a tehsil in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India.[2] Headquarters for the tehsil is the town of Bhopalgarh. Bhopalgarh tehsil is an eastern tehsil among the 13 tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Nagaur District to the north and east, Pipar city tehsil to the south, Jodhpur tehsil to the southwest, and Bawadi tehsil to the west.[3] Bhopalgarh panchayat samiti has 35 gram panchayats & 116 villages.[4] The mineral and the stone used for Emery Stone are found in Bhopalgarh. Rabi crops are mainly cultivated in the Bhopalgarh Tehsil with Bajra, Moong, Moth, Sesamum (Til), Jowar and Cotton being the most common crops.[4] Bhopalgarh tehsil 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.[4] Jats are the dominant community in bhopalgarh . There number vary close to one lakh in the entire constituency .

  1. ^ "Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies wise Polling Stations & Electors" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Rajasthan. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Administrative Setup". Jodhpur District. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Jodhpur district Map". Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Census 2011" (PDF). Census India.