Badgaon tehsil
{{Short description|Tehsil in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India}}
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Badgaon is a tehsil in Udaipur district of Rajasthan, India.
History
Before the formation of the Republic of India, the territory of present-day Badgaon tehsil was part of the former Udaipur State.{{Cite book|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0832_PART_B_DCHB_UDAIPUR.pdf|title=District Census Handbook Udaipur, Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract|last=|first=|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations|year=2011|isbn=|location=|pages=}} With the formation of the United State of Rajasthan (precursor to the state of Rajasthan) in 1948, the new district of Udaipur was constituted which included the territory of present-day Badgaon tehsil.
Badgaon tehsil was established on 31 May 2012,{{cite book |title=Notification F.33(81)(4)(1) Various/CTAD/2018/19494-502 |date=5 June 2018 |publisher=Government of Rajasthan |url=http://tad.rajasthan.gov.in/content/dam/doitassests/tad/Pdf/Exttsp.pdf |accessdate=20 April 2019}} its area being carved out of Girwa tehsil.{{cite news |title=Badgaon bani tehsil |url=http://udaipurnews.in/2012/06/18/the-tehsil-budgaon/ |accessdate=18 April 2019 |work=Udaipur News |date=18 June 2012}}
Geography
The tehsil consists of 111 revenue villages which are organized in 25 gram panchayats. The boundaries of Badgaon tehsil are conterminous with that of the eponymous Badgaon panchayat samiti.
37 villages of Badgaon that are in the vicinity of the city of the Udaipur urban area are subject to the jurisdiction urban planning policies of the Udaipur Urban Improvement Trust.{{cite book |title=Udaipur ke adhighoshit nagriya kshetra mein sthit gram panchayat evam panchayat samiti ki suchi yathavidyaman mah agast 2016 |date=2016 |publisher=City Development Office Udaipur |url=http://www.uitudaipur.org/uitweb/pdf/jurisdiction.pdf |accessdate=19 April 2019}}{{cite book |title=Udaipur Urban Area Map 2031 |date=2013 |publisher=Government of Rajasthan |url=https://archive.org/details/UdaipurUrbanAreaMap2031 |accessdate=19 April 2019}}
The annual average rainfall in Badgaon tehsil is 608 mm, with an average of 32 rainy days per year.{{Cite book|url=http://amssdelhi.gov.in/RESEARCH_FILES/UDAIPUR_RF_PROFILE.pdf|title=Rainfall Profile of Udaipur|last=Singh|display-authors=etal|first=O.P.|publisher=India Meteorological Department|year=2013|isbn=|series=Meteorological Monograph: Hydrology No.15/2013|location=New Delhi|pages=108|quote=|via=}}The 'Rainfall Profile of Udaipur' (2013) report referenced presents the information for Girwa tehsil prior to Badgaon tehsil being carved out of the former. Therefore, the average rainfall and rainy days stated here are those for Girwa tehsil from the said report.