Phalodi tehsil
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
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| settlement_type = Tehsil
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| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name1 = West India
| established_title = 2012
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = Phalodi
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| area_total_km2 = 7697
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| population_total = 564560
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate = RJ-43
| website = {{URL|http://jodhpur.rajasthan.gov.in/}}
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| demographics1_info1 = Hindi
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Phalodi is a tehsil in the Phalodi District of Rajasthan state in western India.{{Cite web|title=Administrative Setup|publisher=Jodhpur District|url=http://jodhpur.nic.in/as.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806035124/http://jodhpur.nic.in/as.html|archivedate=6 August 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=13 May 2013}} The headquarters of the tehsil is the city of Phalodi.
Geography
Phalodi tehsil is the second northernmost of the eleven tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Bap tehsil to the north, Nagaur district to the east, Osian tehsil to the southeast and south, Balesar tehsil and Shergarh tehsil to the south; and Jaisalmer district to the west.{{Cite web|title=Map:Jodhpur District, Administrative Setup|year=2007|publisher=Jodhpur District|url=http://jodhpur.nic.in/images/map1.jpg|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409233202/http://jodhpur.nic.in/images/map1.jpg|archivedate=9 April 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=13 May 2013}} It is situated between latitude 27°06' to 27°09' north and 72°20' to 72°23' east. It has an average elevation of 303 metres (994 feet).
History
Phalodi tehsil was much larger before 2012 when the northern part was taken to create Bap tehsil, which had been an independent sub-tehsil with its own local council (panchayat samiti) under Phalodi tehsil.{{Cite web|title=Administrative Setup|publisher=Jodhpur District|url=http://www.jodhpur.nic.in/as.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021225084134/http://www.jodhpur.nic.in/as.htm|archivedate=25 December 2002|url-status=dead}}
Villages
There are thirty-eight panchayat villages in Phalodi tehsil.{{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Phalodi, Jodhpur, Rajasthan|publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India|url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=728&parenttype=B&ptype=V|access-date=13 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513211931/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=728&parenttype=B&ptype=V|archive-date=13 May 2013|url-status=dead}}