About Barmer


The name  of the district Barmer is derived from the ruler Bahada Rao Parmar (Panwar) who is said to  have founded the town in the 13thcentury, when it was named Bahadamer (The hill for Bahada).
Barmer is the Head Quarter  of the Barmer district in the state of Rajasthan. It is a city and a
municipality.  Barmer is the second largest district of Rajasthan. Since its formation in 1949, there has been almost no change in its external-boundaries. Internally, however  number of  tehsils increased from 5 to 8. The number of towns however remained two. The district has divided into 8 panchayat samities viz, Barmer, Balotra, Siwana, Sindhari, Baitu, Shiv, Chohatan and Dhorimana.

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