Jhadol tehsil
{{Short description|Tehsil in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India}}
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Jhadol tehsil is an administrative sub-division of Udaipur district in Rajasthan, India.{{Cite web|url=http://udaipur.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/udaipur/en/about-udaipur/blocks-tehsils-panchayats.html|title=Official Website of Udaipur: Blocks/Tehsils/Panchayats|publisher=Government of Rajasthan|access-date=23 January 2017}} Jhadol tehsil was formerly called Phalasia tehsil.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.central.e.2018-05-19.185561|title=The Gazette of India, No. 325 dated May 19, 2018|publisher=Government of India|year=2018|location=New Delhi|pages=5}} The tehsil consists of 283 revenue villages and 45 panchayats.{{Cite book|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0832_PART_B_DCHB_UDAIPUR.pdf|title=District Census Handbook: Udaipur|publisher=Census of India|year=2011}} The tehsil headquarter is located in the village of Jhadol,{{Cite book|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/08part3.pdf|title=Administrative Atlas of Rajasthan: District and Tahsil|publisher=Census of India|year=2011|pages=663}} southwest of the district headquarters, Udaipur.
Geography
The area of Jhadol tehsil is 1,441 square kilometres. The annual average rainfall in the tehsil is 598 mm, with an average of 31 rainy days per year.{{Cite book|url=http://amssdelhi.gov.in/RESEARCH_FILES/UDAIPUR_RF_PROFILE.pdf|title=Rainfall Profile of Udaipur|last=Singh|first=O.P.|publisher=India Meteorological Department|year=2013|series=Meteorological Monograph: Hydrology No.15/2013|location=New Delhi|pages=108}} The tehsil is bordered to the north by Gogunda tehsil, to the east by Girwa tehsil, to the south by Kherwara tehsil and Gujarat state, and to the west by Kotra tehsil. In 2012, Phalasiya was declared as a sub-tehsil of Jhadol.{{cite news |title=Badgaon bani tehsil |url=http://udaipurnews.in/2012/06/18/the-tehsil-budgaon/ |access-date=18 April 2019 |work=Udaipur News |date=18 June 2012}}
Demographics
As of the 2011 India census, Jhadol tehsil had a population of 249,297 (126,124 males and 123,173 females).{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-RJ.html|title=Census of India C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data for State of Rajasthan|publisher=Census of India|access-date=23 January 2017}} The total number of households was 51,655. Jhadol has an average literacy rate of 42.2 percent, significantly lower than the national average of 74.04 percent.{{cite web|author=Census of India | url= http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/indiaatglance.html|title=Provisional Population Totals : India : Census 2011}}
Because of the large proportion of tribals in its population, Jhadol tehsil in its entirety is included in the Tribal sub-plan.{{cite news |title=Mavli aur Vallabhnagar ke kuchh bhag ab TSP mein |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/latest-udaipur-news-070004-1554650.html |access-date=1 May 2019 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=26 April 2018}} For the same reason, Jhadol tehsil has been designated as a scheduled area which allows special protection of tribal culture and other interests.{{cite news |title=Gazette of India |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.central.e.2018-05-19.185561 |access-date=13 April 2019 |publisher=Government of India |date=19 May 2019}}
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Further reading
- {{cite book|last=Abu-Hamatteh|first=Ziad Salem Hussain|date=11 October 1994|title=Geochemistry and tectonic significance of early proterozoic mafic and ultramafic rocks of Jharol belt of Aravalli Orogen, Southeastern Rajasthan, India|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/52568|location=Aligarh|publisher=Aligarh Muslim University}}
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