Salumbar (also spelt Salumber
) 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 ...
of
Salumbar district
Salumbar is a district located in the Indian state of Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's tota ...
in
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...
,
India
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.The tehsil consists of 268
revenue villages which are organized in 46
gram panchayats and one
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
.
The tehsil headquarter is located in the town of
Salumbar
Salumbar is a city in Salumbar district, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Salumbar is a part of "Mewar" dynasty. Salumbar is also known as "Hadirani nagri" which has history of queen Hadirani who sacrificed her life to motivate her husband to g ...
.
History
At least some of the area of present-day Salumbar tehsil was part of Salumbar thikana, a jagir or estate of
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 ...
, since c.1373
to 1948.
With the formation of the United State of Rajasthan (precursor to the state of
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...
) in 1948, the new district 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 ...
was constituted which included Salumbar as one of its tehsils.
Geography
The boundaries of Salumbar tehsil are conterminous with those of Salumbar
panchayat samiti
Panchayat samiti or block panchayat is a rural local government ( panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) or block level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has b ...
.
The annual average rainfall in Salumbar tehsil is 692 mm, with an average of 32 rainy days per year.
Demographics
The population of Salumbar tehsil is 248,337, of which 93% is classified as rural in the 2011 census.
The sex ratio (number of females per 1000 males) in the tehsil is 971.
The tehsil's literacy rate is 43%.
53% of the population of the tehsil belongs to
scheduled tribes while 5% belongs to
scheduled castes.
Agriculture is the most significant sources of income in Salumbar tehsil with 73% of workers identifying as cultivators or agricultural labourers in the 2011 census.
References
Tehsils of Rajasthan
Tehsils of Udaipur district
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