Administration
ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP
Barmer is the Headquarter of the district, which is the principal town also, for the administrative purposes. The district is divided into 4 sub-division viz, Barmer, Balotra, Shiv and Gudamalani. The Barmer sub-division as per Census 2011 has 8 tehsils, viz. Barmer, Baytoo, Chohtan, Gudamalani, Pachpadra, Ramsar, Siwana & Sheo.
There are 2 Municipalities, 8 Panchayat Samities, 380 Gram Panchayat and 2160 village in the district.
S.N. |
Sub Division |
Tehsil |
No. of Villages |
No. of Towns |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In Habited | Un-in Habited | Total | ||||
1 | Barmer | Barmer | 263 | - | 263 | 1 |
2 | Baitu | Baitu | 321 | - | 321 | |
3 | Chohtan | Chohtan | 360 | 2 | 362 | |
4 | Gudamalani | Gudamalani | 395 | - | 395 | |
5 | Ramsar | Ramsar | 142 | 2 | 144 | |
6 | Sheo | Sheo | 284 | 1 | 285 | |
7 | Balotra | Pachpadra | 259 | 2 | 261 | 1 |
8 | Siwana | Siwana | 128 | 1 | 129 | |
Total | 2152 | 8 | 2160 | 2 |