[3] Bilara tehsil was part of the SOHU princely state of Marwar.

The economy of the tehsil is mainly based on agriculture and related businesses.

In the 2001 census, the Bilara tehsil had 251,946 inhabitants, with 130,451 males (51.8%) and 121,495 females (48.2%), for a gender ratio of 931 females per thousand males.

[4] The Marwari people inhabit most of Bilara tehsil, and one can see typical Marwari customs and culture in the town of Bilara, and in villages throughout the tehsil.

[citation needed] There are forty panchayat villages in Bilara tehsil:[5] This article related to a location in Rajasthan is a stub.