Bhopalgarh tehsil

Bhopalgarh tehsil is a tehsil in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state in western India. Headquarters for the tehsil is the town of Bhopalgarh. Bhopalgarh tehsil is an eastern tehsil among the 13 tehsils in Jodhpur District. It borders Nagaur District to the north and east, Pipar city tehsil to the south, Jodhpur tehsil to the southwest, and Bawadi tehsil to the west. Bhopalgarh panchayat samiti has 35 gram panchayats & 116 villages. The mineral and the stone used for Emery Stone are found in Bhopalgarh. Rabi crops are mainly cultivated in the Bhopalgarh Tehsil with Bajra, Moong, Moth, Sesamum (Til), Jowar and Cotton being the most common crops. Bhopalgarh tehsil has a total area of 174623.74 hectares with total cultivable area of 63.92% of total area & 21.27% of total cultivable area as irrigated area as per land use 2011. Jats are the dominant community in bhopalgarh . There number vary close to one lakh in the entire constituency .