Bap tehsil is a

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state in western

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. Headquarters for the tehsil is the village of

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. Bap tehsil is the northernmost of the eleven tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Phalodi tehsil to the south,

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to the west and northwest, and Bikaner District to the north and east.

History

Bap Tehsil was created in

in 2012 out of the northern part of Phalodi Tehsil. Prior to that the area had been an independent sub-tehsil with its own local council (

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). In August 2023 the Bap Tehsil was reduced in size with the eastern part separated off into the new Ghantiyali Tehsil, and both were incorporated into the new Phalodi District.

Villages

There are thirty-two panchayat villages in Bap tehsil.

Notes

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