Girwa is a

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

Udaipur district Udaipur district is one of the 50 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 ...

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. The administrative headquarter of the tehsil is located in the City of

Udaipur Udaipur (Hindi: , ) (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura'') is a city in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, about south of the state capital Jaipur. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Udaipur district. It is the historic capital of t ...

History

Before the formation of the Republic of India, the territory of present-day Girwa tehsil was part of the former

Udaipur State The Kingdom of Mewar was an independent Hindu Monarchy, kingdom that existed in the Rajputana region of the Indian subcontinent and later became a dominant state in medieval India. The kingdom was initially founded and ruled by the Guhila dyna ...

. With the formation of the United State of Rajasthan (precursor to the state of

) in 1948, the new district of

was constituted which included the territory of present-day Badgaon tehsil. Until 2012, Girwa tehsil included the area of present-day Badgaon tehsil as well. As part of administrative reorganization in 2012, Badgaon tehsil was carved out of Girwa tehsil.

Geography

Girwa tehsil consists of 220 revenue villages which are organized in 60 gram panchayats. The population of the tehsil is 289,070. The area of the tehsil encompasses two panchayat samities - Girwa and Kurawar. 52 villages of Girwa tehsil that are in the vicinity of the city of the

urban area are subject to the jurisdiction urban planning policies of the Udaipur Urban Improvement Trust. The annual average rainfall in Girwa tehsil is 608 mm, with an average of 32 rainy days per year.

References

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