Shergarh tehsil is a tehsil in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India.[1] The headquarters for the tehsil is the village of Shergarh.

Shergarh tehsil
शेरगढ़ तहसील
Tehsil
Shergarh tehsil
Map
Shergarh tehsil in Jodhpur Rural district
CountryIndia
StateRajasthan
DistrictJodhpur District
HeadquartersShergarh

Shergarh tehsil is a western tehsil among the eleven tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Phalodi tehsil to the north, Balesar tehsil to the east, Barmer District to the south and southwest, and Jaisalmer District to the west.[2]

History edit

In 2009 Shergarh tehsil was divided, with the eastern half becoming Balesar tehsil, before that Balesar had been a subtehsil within Shergarh, even though it had had a separate panchayat samiti.[3]

Villages edit

There are thirty-three panchayat villages in Shergarh tehsil.[4]

  • Bhandu Jati
  • Bhomsagar
  • Bhoongra
  • Budkiya
  • Chaba
  • Chandsama
  • Chordiya
  • Chutarpura
  • Dasaniya
  • Dechu (Dechoo)
  • Devrajgarh
  • Gada
  • Guman Singh Pura
  • Gumanpura
  • Himmatpura
  • Jethaniya
  • Jetsar
  • Kalau
  • Khirja Khas
  • Khirja Tibna
  • Pabusar
  • Poongaliya
  • Raisar
  • Sabarsar
  • Sai
  • Setrawa (Shaitrawa)
  • Shergarh
  • Siyanada
  • Sointara
  • Solankiya Tala
  • Somesar
  • Suwaliya
  • Tena
  • Utwalia

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Administrative Setup". Jodhpur District. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Map:Jodhpur District, Administrative Setup". Jodhpur District. 2007. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Administrative Setup". Jodhpur District. 2002. Archived from the original on 25 December 2002.
  4. ^ "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Shergarh, Jodhpur, Rajasthan". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.

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