Bichiwara Tehsil
बिछीवाडा तहसील
Bichiwara Tehsil is located in Rajasthan
Bichiwara Tehsil
Bichiwara Tehsil
Location in Rajasthan, India
Bichiwara Tehsil is located in India
Bichiwara Tehsil
Bichiwara Tehsil
Bichiwara Tehsil (India)
Coordinates: 23°47′N 73°30′E / 23.783°N 73.500°E / 23.783; 73.500
CountryIndia
StateRajasthan
DistrictDungarpur
Languages
  OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeRJ-IN
Vehicle registrationRJ-

Bichiwara Tehsil is one of five tehsils in Dungarpur District of Rajasthan, India.[1][2] It is in the western part of the district and borders on Gujarat.[3] The village of Bichhiwara is the headquarters of the tehsil.

Bichiwara Tehsil is bounded by Kherwara Tehsil, of Udaipur District, to the northwest and north, by Dungarpur Tehsil to the east, by Simalwara Tehsil to the southeast, and by Meghraj Taluka and Bhiloda Taluka, both of Gujarat, to the southwest and west. It averages 328 metres (1,076 ft) in elevation.

In the 2015 panchayat samiti election the seats were split pretty evenly between the Congress Party (14 seats) and the BJP (11 seats).[4]

Towns and Villages

Bichiwara Tehsil has no towns. It has forty-eight panchayat villages.[5]

  • Amajara
  • Balwara
  • Barothi
  • Bheana
  • Bichhiwara
  • Bokhala
  • Charwara
  • Chhapi
  • Chundawara
  • Deval Khas
  • Galandar
  • Gamdi Ahara
  • Gamdi Deval
  • Gandhwa
  • Ged
  • Genji
  • Ghughara
  • Gumanpura
  • Jalukua
  • Kanba (Kanaba)
  • Kankaradara
  • Karawara
  • Karoli
  • Khajuri
  • Mada
  • Mahudi
  • Malmatha
  • Mewara
  • Moder
  • Navalshyam
  • Oda Bada
  • Paldeval
  • Palpadar
  • Palvada
  • Rampur Mewara
  • Rampur Sati
  • Renta
  • Sabli
  • Sanchiya
  • Sshisod
  • Sunserpur
  • Surpur
  • Talliya
  • Thana
  • Vagadari
  • Venja
  • Vikasnagar
  • Virpur

Notes and references

  1. "Panchayat Samiti - Rajasthan" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, Rajasthan.
  2. "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Block Panchayats of Dungarpur, Rajasthan". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  3. "District Wise Health Facilities: District Map: Dungarpur District". National Health Mission (NHM), Government of Rajastha. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015.
  4. "Bichiwara Panchayat Samiti Election Result 2015". 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Bichiwara, Dungarpur, Rajasthan". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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