Shergarh tehsil is a

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state in western

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. The headquarters for the tehsil is the village of Shergarh. 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,

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to the south and southwest, and

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to the west.

History

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

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Villages

There are thirty-three panchayat villages in Shergarh tehsil.

Notes

Tehsils of Rajasthan Jodhpur district {{Jodhpurdivision-geo-stub