{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}{{Infobox settlement | name = Bilara | native_name = Bilara, Bilada | native_name_lang = बिलाङा | other_name = | nickname = Balipur | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Rajasthan#India | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Rajasthan, India | coordinates = {{coord|26.1792|N|73.7056|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Rajasthan | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Jodhpur | subdivision_type3 = Tehsil | subdivision_name3 = Bilara | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 269 | population_total = 71396 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Hindi | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 342602 | registration_plate = | website = {{URL|bilaracity.com}} | footnotes = }}
'''Bilara''' is a city and a municipality located in the Jodhpur district of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarters for Bilara tehsil and a market center for the surrounding agricultural area.
==Demographics== Bilara is a Municipality city in district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Bilara city is divided into 35 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. In the 2011 India census, Urban population of Bilara was 71,396. Males constituted 51.8% (36,974) of the population and females 48.2% (34,422), for a gender ratio of 931 females per thousand males.[1] Bilara had an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 73% and female literacy of 40%. In 2001 in Bilara, 13.6% of the population was under 6 years of age.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=08&district_code=15 |title=Census of India: Sub-District Details |access-date=15 April 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013755/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=08&district_code=15 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://urban.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/udh/ctp/en/master-plan.html|title=Master Plan|website=urban.rajasthan.gov.in}}</ref>
==Infrastructure== Bilara lies on National Highway 25 between the cities of Jodhpur and Jaitaran,<ref>{{cite web|title=Statewise Length of National Highways in India|publisher=Ministry of Road Transport and Highways|url=http://morth.nic.in/showfile.asp?lid=366}}</ref> and is the terminus for a rail line from Pipar City. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued Letter of Award (LOA) for development of a national highway section in the state of Rajasthan under phase IV of National Highways Development Projects (NHDP). The 111 km long Bar-Bilara-Jodhpur section connects western Rajasthan and border areas (Jodhpur-Jaisalmer-Barmer) to the eastern parts of Rajasthan, Ajmer and Jaipur. This is a major strategic route connecting Jodhpur as an important feeder route during war time. Four-laning of the section will permit smooth flow of military traffic as well as heavy commercial and domestic traffic. It will also facilitate transportation of mining and agriculture product.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/ErrorPage.html?aspxerrorpath=/newsite/mbErel.aspx|title=Untitled Page|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>
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{{Jodhpur district}}
Category:Cities and towns in Jodhpur district