Bawadi Taluka

Bawadi Taluka
tehsil
Bawadi Taluka

Location in Rajasthan, India

Coordinates: 26°36′N 073°17′E / 26.600°N 73.283°ECoordinates: 26°36′N 073°17′E / 26.600°N 73.283°E
Country  India
State Rajasthan
District Jodhpur
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Lok Sabha constituency Pali
Vidhan Sabha constituency Bhopalgarh[1]

Bawadi Taluka is a taluka in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India.[2] The taluka headquarters are in Baori.

Geography

Bawadi Taluka is one of the eleven talukas in Jodhpur District. It borders Nagaur District to the north, Bhopalgarh Taluka to the east, Mandor Taluka to the south, and Osian Taluka to the west.[3]

A rare tree elsewhere, the dhauro (Anogeissus sericea var. nummularia), a small brown-barked tree with drooping branches and yellow flowers which has a winged fruit in the spring, has a fine stand of healthy trees in Bawadi Taluk.[4]

History

In 2009 Bawadi Taluka was created out of the western portion of Bhopalgarh Taluka.

Villages

There are twenty-six panchayat villages in Bawadi Taluka.[5]

Notes

  1. "Parliamentary & Assembly Constitencies wise Polling Stations & Electors". Chief Electoral Officer, Rajasthan. 2008.
  2. "Administrative Setup". Jodhpur District. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013.
  3. Bawadi Taluka is western Bhopalgarh Taluka as shown on the map. "Map:Jodhpur District, Administrative Setup". Jodhpur District. 2007. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009.
  4. Kumar, Arun; Rao, S. Rama and Ram, Hardev (2004). "Morphological Diversity in the Genus Anogeissus: A Multipurpose Tree of Rajasthan". The Botanica (New Delhi) 54: 115&ndsah;120, page 118.
  5. "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Bawadi, Jodhpur, Rajasthan". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.